“So many of the things we were always told were impossible — it’s impossible to work remotely, it’s impossible to have flextime, it’s impossible to do all these things — the pandemic created a whole new normal,” Morita said. “Some things we were able to prove are possible, we hope to hold onto. Part of what we want to talk about in this town hall is, ‘What is it going to take, right now, to help keep you in the workforce? What supports do you need right now? How do we help you fight for these? How do we take some of these temporary changes and make them permanent? How do we use this time as a way to build a more mama-friendly economy and a more mama-friendly set of policies?’ So when we talk about a mama recovery, hopefully that recovery becomes a new normal in a good way for moms in the workforce.”
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