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11/09/16

This morning we woke up to a very different America than the polls predicted. Many of us are reeling. Some of our children have difficult questions about their own safety, about their friends, and about the future of our country. But moms never give up, and we never stop fighting to make sure that...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsVote Politics & Policy

11/09/16

This morning we woke up to a very different world than the one we woke up to yesterday. So many questions linger in the air, and the uncertainty of what happens next is weighing on all of our minds. The biggest weight on my shoulders today is how do I explain this to my son? How can someone who...

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Donna Hoffman Cullinan

MomsVote

11/08/16

"People need to vote because people haven't always been able to vote! I'm glad I didn't live back then because first women couldn't vote and Black people couldn't vote and I'm a girl AND I'm Black!" - Elena, age 6. "It's important to vote so we get what we want!" - JoJo, age 5 "Mama says, 'Vote...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Podcast

11/07/16

On the #RADIO show this week we discuss the election, sexism, racism, and xenophobia, as well as how to stop the spread of hate---and YOUR VOTE! *Special guests include: John Neffinger, Franklin Forum, @Neffinger ; Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center, @ splcenter ; Ashley Boyd, @ MomsRising...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Military Families MomsVote

11/07/16

Election Day is tomorrow! Make sure to vote on behalf of your military family and all families!

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Jennifer Goodale

Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

11/07/16

Tomorrow, millions will cast their vote for not only the next President, but for representatives down the ballot who will make the decisions that impact their lives and the lives of their communities. But there are many who, despite being citizens, will have their voices silenced. These are the 6.1...

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S. Nadia Hussain

MomsVote

11/05/16

I am voting on behalf of a 25-year-old battered woman and single mother who didn’t have a prayer. She was me. This is my story: In 1980 I met and married the most beautiful boy I’d ever seen and I thought my life would be a fairy tale. Within a week of marriage I learned it was a nightmare instead...

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Tracy McDermott

Politics & Policy

11/04/16

“You know, it was pretty staggering. It put an end to essentially something that the Civil War was unable to end.” -Legal Defense Fund Attorney Jack Greenberg, describing his reaction after the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education I was heartbroken by the recent death of Jack...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Food!

11/03/16

From birth to age 2 children form healthy eating habits that can prevent childhood obesity. Expert health professionals have provided recommendations for feeding babies and toddlers, yet baby and toddler food and drink companies and their marketing messages do not always support these...

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Migdalia Rivera

Health Care

11/02/16

I’ve been traveling and speaking a lot over the past six weeks about stress management. As I move through airports, workshops, community centers, companies and gathering places I’ve noticed a buzzy, low-grade anxiety and palpable stress in the air. No doubt you’ve been feeling it, too. Before you...

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