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11/07/19

Voices for Healthy Kids has funded Eat Smart, Move More South Carolina (ESMMSC) since 2014. Recently, the coalition, working with the South Carolina affiliate of the American Heart Association (AHA) and others, successfully pursued healthy vending policies in several cities around the state, including the passage of one of the country’s strongest vending and food service policies in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Stephanie Vaughn

Health Care

11/07/19

This year, we released our ninth annual report tracking children’s health insurance coverage and the findings were alarming: Between 2016 and 2018, the number of uninsured children in the U.S. increased by more than 400,000, bringing the total number of uninsured children to over 4 million in the...

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Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

11/06/19

We’ve all been hearing about the depths of cruelty of the Trump Administration’s family separation policies for a while, but the extent of that cruelty is still being discovered. Horrifyingly, just last week, the ACLU discovered 1,556 more immigrant families were separated than previously estimated...

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Elyssa Schmier

Medicaid Helps Families Weather The Storm

Health Care

11/04/19

More than half a million North Carolinians—many who are parents—can’t see a doctor when they need one because reliable health insurance is out of reach. Yet, the NC legislative session just ended without expanding Medicaid. What-is-the-Gap.jpg Across North Carolina, thousands of low-income families...

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Felicia Burnett

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MomsVote

11/04/19

WOW! If your emails, social media posts, postcard parties, pledges to vote, and overall enthusiasm are any indication-- you all are MORE than ready to vote tomorrow, November 5th! LET'S DO THIS.

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Anita Sarah Jackson

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MomsVote Paid Sick Days

11/01/19

Happy October! This month has been overflowing like a Halloween candy bowl with progress and wins by and for women, moms and families! In this month's newsletter you'll find good news from North Carolina on earned sick leave, terrific photos and messages from MomsRising supporters energized to...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

11/01/19

Happy Halloween Week! Know what's scarier than a bump in the night? Not speaking out about issues that matter to women and families! Please checkout our list of top 5 Actions from the past week below, which makes it easy to scroll and catch up. Please be sure to share this with family and friends...

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Karen Showalter

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Reproductive Justice

10/30/19

When I was 17, I was looking forward to escaping high school and going to college when I unintentionally got pregnant. I had an abortion. Twenty years later, I became a mom. In that time, I didn’t just build a career and create a stable home—I found spiritual grounding as a Buddhist. I volunteered...

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Ruby Sinreich

Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

10/30/19

Halloween is especially scary this year. Not because of the neighbor’s zombie decorations – and certainly not because of all the (adorable) miniature vampires at your door for candy. Nope. This year, Halloween is off-the-charts frightening because of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s LEGISLATIVE GRAVEYARD that is actively harming women, working families, the LGBTQ+ community, the immigrant community, and our democracy.

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Sara Alcid

Food! Politics & Policy

10/29/19

The Double Up Food Bucks program, which matches SNAP dollars spent on fruits and vegetables, is a national model for healthy food incentives. It operates in 20 states and is expanding to more, but it began in Michigan.

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Stephanie Vaughn