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12/07/15

It's a tough day. Our hearts are heavy following yesterday's tragic events in California, so we're starting this update with MomsRising's statement on the shootings. Then read on to find some uplifting news about soda in kids' meals, a couple of great tweetchats happening this week (one today) and...

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Karen Showalter

Tweetchat

Food!

12/04/15

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) has created a Plan of Action to End Hunger In America. Their innovative plan offers concrete solutions to a very real and growing problem. In the United States, hunger and food insecurity has been steadily increasing . Federal nutrition programs help...

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Migdalia Rivera

Health Care

12/04/15

This week we had 2 great guests: the Preeclampsia Foundation and the Office on Women's Health . Let's get to it! There are loads of great resources here!

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Sili Recio

Politics & Policy

12/04/15

“I have supported legislation in the past which would place reasonable and careful restrictions on the use of firearms, and I am co-sponsoring S.1…I believe this bill would impose necessary controls without unduly curtailing the use of firearms for legitimate sport shooting or hunting, and without...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Family Economic Security Health Care

12/03/15

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time for the country to remember and honor the histories, contributions, and struggles of the 566 federally recognized tribes and the 5.4 million American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in the United States. November is also the first month...

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Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

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Gun Safety

12/03/15

Heart. Broken. In the 336 days of 2015, there have already been 355 mass shootings in our nation . This has to end. Our thoughts are with the San Bernardino mass shooting victims and their families, the many people and caregivers who work at the Inland Regional Center, a facility that serves people...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Gun Safety

12/03/15

Yesterday’s shooting in San Bernadino brought the number of mass shootings in the United States to 355 in just one year. This has to end. MomsRising is an organization of more than a million moms, dads and others, and we are dedicated to the health and safety of our nation’s families. Today, our...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

#GivingTuesday

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration MomsVote Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

12/01/15

You gave thanks. You ate delicious food. You got deals. Now, it’s time to give back! Today is Giving Tuesday, a national day of celebrating and supporting the causes that matter most to us – like making the world a better, safer, more just place for women, moms and families. To mark this day,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education

12/01/15

When Angelica Gonzalez left home at age 11, all she wanted was a safe place where she could go back to school. Abandoned by her mentally ill mother, she was raising herself on the streets of her Phoenix neighborhood, never in school, and narrowly avoiding the gangs and crime that seemed to be...

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Paul Nyhan

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

11/30/15

By Virjeana (Jeannie) Brown This week, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made specific proposals to help caregivers and expand certain aspects of Social Security. As a caregiver and recipient of Social Security, I believe that it is important for individuals and families to have access to tax...

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