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05/21/14

Dear Test, This is red-hot urgent! We need all hands on deck to tell Congress that pizza and french fries, five days a week, is not a menu we want in school cafeterias. Tell your member of Congress to put children’s health FIRST by maintaining strong nutrition standards for school meals and snacks...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care Open Flexible Work

05/20/14

I recently finished reading Arianna Huffington’s latest book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom and Wonder , and I have three words to describe it: It’s. About. Time. Anyone who has a job that requires constant connectivity can identify with...

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Elisa Batista

Childcare & Early Education

05/20/14

Tuesday was a great day for mom power! Seattle MomsRising members brought their questions, ideas, and littlest learners with them to meet with Seattle City Council Member Tim Burgess and staff to discuss the current Seattle Preschool for All proposal. And we brought the cookies! Council Member...

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Lauren Hipp

Family Economic Security

05/20/14

Today, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hosts a roundtable discussion on economic security for working women (you can see the livestream starting at 2:30 p.m. and find the participants’ testimony at http://help.senate.gov ). Lori Pelletier, executive secretary-treasurer...

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Liz Shuler

Food!

05/20/14

Note: I am thrilled to join the Center for Science in the Public Interest to pressure Chuck E. Cheese to improve their menus. This post, along with a version in Spanish , was published on my blog last week. Please join us in pressuring Chuck E. Cheese's to take our kids' nutrition seriously! As a...

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Diana Limongi

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

05/16/14

I sat frozen as my doctor told me the truth. The cold. Hard. Truth. I was not O.K.

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Elizabeth Martin

Health Care Politics & Policy

05/16/14

After signing a bill to outlaw the shackling of women in labor, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told the packed room, “It blows my mind that I have to sign a law for that.”

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Rachel Roth

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

05/16/14

I'm a mom, a stay-at-home mom, with ADD.

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Stephanie Lormand

Food!

05/16/14

Mom Victory! My son knows it's important to eat healthy, fresh food. But it's still not easy to get him to actually eat it. That's why I'm so proud of getting not only him - but his ENTIRE CLASS OF 4-YEAR OLDS - to eat Rainbow Salad Wraps on this Food Revolution Day (#FRD2014)! Woot! Jamie Oliver's...

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Karen Showalter

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

05/15/14

It was shortly after my 41st birthday, and only 6 months after a clean mammogram, that I felt a lump while doing a routine self-exam in the shower. I was familiar enough with my body to know that something felt wrong, and sure enough, my doctor confirmed it with those devastating words – I had breast cancer.

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