Katie Gordon lives in Muskegon, Michigan. She has been working from home since the middle of last month and will not be keeping the one time direct deposit of $1200 she will receive as part of the economic relief plan passed by Congress in response to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
“As someone who hasn’t lost their job and who hasn’t lost any of my income I am still able to work from home and I am still receiving paychecks from works—it feels like the stimulus check isn’t actually meant for me its actually meant for folks who are struggling during this time.”
Undocumented immigrants, incarcerated folks, those without social security numbers, bank accounts or home addresses will not be eligible to receive the check.
“So many undocumented folks that aren’t able to receive the stimulus check and we know that many of them are struggling financially either have lost jobs or are working in underpaid jobs right now and really putting themselves in the front lines of the crisis and the system doesn’t catch them in the same way that it catches someone like me.”
Gordon says she could use her stimulus check to pay off her loans, but thinks its our collective responsibility to help those in need.
“The moment of this crisis invites us into solidarity and mutual aid with one another and it feels like our collective responsibility to make sure that not only are we doing okay but that our neighbors are doing okay as well.”
Gordon is planning to donate her check to Movimiento Cosecha.
