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Are you a mom looking to learn about advocacy? We’re excited to announce that the RISERS Parent Leadership program application period is now open for the 2025-2026 year! What is the MomsRising RISERS Early Learning parent leadership program? The RISERS program is a parent leadership program for moms and caregivers of children ages 0-5. The RISERS program is anchored in early childhood – issues like child care, maternal mental health, and other prenatal-to-five issues, but because we know we don...
Storyteller Cindy from Baltimore, MD joined us to share her story during a day of action on Capitol Hill. As Republican Senate leaders rushed to vote on the Big Bad BEEtrayal Bill before the Fourth of July, we moved quickly to create a buzz that couldn’t be ignored and bring the voices, experiences, and stories of moms, parents, families, and caregivers to the Hill. She shared her story with 100+ attendees and then helped deliver storybooks to all Republican Senate offices. Good morning! My...
Welcome to the July Dispatch! Thank you for being a part of our growing, powerful Moms Next Door program! What’s the Moms Next Door Dispatch? Each month, you’ll receive the Moms Next Door Dispatch (Scroll down!)—a monthly toolkit that will arrive in your inbox to provide you and your community with ideas on how to self-organize and take action; as well as to process and make sense of all that’s going on; AND also ways to remain calm, find joy in community, and recharge as we build a brighter...
Bronti Lemke, a WA MomsForce Fellowship graduate, two-time DC bootcamp mom, and current Hub Leader, joined Senator Murray in Seattle for a press conference on June 14, 2025 about the importance of Medicaid and SNAP . Bronti shared her story about Medicaid enabling her to seek addiction treatment, have a healthy pregnancy, get an important surgery done for her son while he was an infant, and stay healthy as they grow and Bronti gets her college degree. Here is her story: My name is Bronti Lemke...
As movement lawyers at Advancement Project , w e support grassroots organizers around the country fighting for community con trol and a liberatory education in schools. Last summe r, we wrote an op-ed in TIME to sound the alarm of a dist urbing trend —we were hear ing from the ground that once again, school district leaders were trying to close local public schools in Black , Latine , and low-income communities. We published the op-ed shortly after the public learned about Project 2025 and its...
Storyteller Jean from Olney, MD brought her three children with her to share her story during a day of action on Capitol Hill. As Republican Senate leaders rushed to vote on the Big Bad BEEtrayal Bill before the Fourth of July, we moved quickly to create a buzz that couldn’t be ignored and bring the voices, experiences, and stories of moms, parents, families, and caregivers to the Hill. She shared her story with 100+ attendees and then helped deliver storybooks to all Republican Senate offices...
On Saturday, July 26th, families in every corner of the country will come together in peaceful marches, rallies, gatherings, and actions to say: Our families come first, and we will continue to come together, and rise for each other. Save the date so you can join us on July 26th in this mass mobilization. Events are being planned as we speak—and more will be added as we get closer to the 26th! What’s happening? The Big Bad Betrayal Bill that Republicans passed in Congress and President Trump...
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July 17, 2025
Advocates applaud Governor Ayotte for vetoing book ban bill Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill today that was widely criticized by parents, school leaders, students, and free speech advocates as a drastic step backwards that would have banned books and increased censorship in New Hampshire schools. The bill, HB 324, would have imposed a ban on curriculum materials and library books containing content that certain politicians deem “harmful” to students - regardless of the opinion of local...
