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Open Letter: Woman Leaders in Entertainment, Sports, and Business Call on Leader Schumer to Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Prominent women leaders in entertainment, fashion, sports, business, and tech joined together to write an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer, urging him to ensure respect and equality for women and moms across the country by bringing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to a vote by the end of the year, before it is too late. To join them in demanding action for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, visit here

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Abby McEnany, Writer/Actor/Creator/Showrunner

Adriana C. Vázquez, Co-founder and CEO of Lilu

Allyson Felix, Mother and Olympic Champion

Alysia Montaño, Olympic Medalist, Writer, and CEO of &Mother

Alysia Reiner

Alyssa Milano 

Amanda Lasher, Showrunner

Amanda Nevarez, Producer/Director

Amy Schumer

Ashley Nicole Black

Busy Philipps

Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, Founders of theSkimm 

Chemen Ochoa, 1st Assistant Director 

Christy Turlington Burns, Founder and President of Every Mother Counts

Cindi Leive, Journalist and Co-Founder of The Meteor

Daria Polatin, Showrunner/Executive Producer

Dee Poku, Founder and CEO of The WIE Suite

Emily Simoness, Nonprofit Executive

Erica Kodish, Writer/Producer

Eve Rodsky, Author of Fair Play

Gillian Laub, Photographer

Hanelle Meier, Director/Producer 

Hannah Bronfman, Wellness Expert

Heather Fink, Director

Heidi Zak, CEO of ThirdLove

Hilary Weisman Graham, Writer/Producer

Holly Sorensen, Showrunner

Ilana Glazer

Ingrid Carney, Founder of Ingrid and Isabel

Jenna Segal, Producer

Jennifer Hyman, CEO of Rent the Runway

Jonathan Caren, Showrunner

Josephine Decker, Director and Writer 

Josh Greenberg, Writer/Producer

Josh Reims, Writer

Dr. Joyce F. Brown, President of the Fashion Institute of Technology

Julia Beck, Founder of It’s Working Project 

Julianne Moore

Karen Kane, Activist 

Kate Mara 

Kate Ryder, Founder and CEO of Maven Clinic

Kelly Galuska, Showrunner

Laura Rizer, 2nd AD 

Leanne Pittsford, Founder and CEO of Lesbians Who Tech

Lila Byock, Writer/Producer

Lisa Randolph, Writer/Producer

Mandy Moore 

Michael Chernus, Actor

Michelle Hurd

Padma Lakshmi 

Rachel Bloom 

Rachel Talalay, Director/Producer 

Rebecca Minkoff, Designer 

Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan For Moms

Robbie Thompson, Showrunner

Rooney Mara

Sarah Brooke, Director 

Sima Sistani, CEO of WeightWatchers 

Subha Barry, President of Seramount 

Susan McPherson, CEO of McPherson Strategies

Winnie Holzman, Writer

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