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04/22/14

By Leslie Kantor, Vice President of Education, Planned Parenthood Federation of America If your teen is anything like mine, it can be nearly impossible to get him away from his phone! Knowing that it’s such an integral part of their lives, and that teens want to get information on their phones from...

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Leslie Kantor

Food!

04/22/14

Can you believe this? There's even junk food marketing in our schools. It's enough to have to deal with junk food marketing pretty much everywhere else. But it certainly shouldn't be reading, writing, and junk food ads in schools! Help us get junk food marketing out of our schools: http://action...

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Monifa Bandele

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Health Care

04/22/14

The answer is no. Charlene Dill, a Florida mom of three, died on March 21st while working one of three part-time jobs—and her passing could have been prevented if the Florida Legislature had simply acted in time.

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Jeannina Perez

Environmental Health

04/22/14

One of my favorite quotes relating to environmental health is this: First-environment.png It's true. One thing every human being has in common is that we all grew in our mother's bodies. Our mother's womb is the place we first existed and we relied on her (and her body) for nourishment and safety...

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Michelle Noehren

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Food!

04/21/14

What the what!? There is too much junk food marketing in our schools. It's enough to have to deal with junk food marketing pretty much everywhere else. But it certainly shouldn't be reading, writing, and junk food marketing in every hall of our public schools! Join us to get standards for junk food...

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Monifa Bandele

Family Economic Security Health Care

04/21/14

Thanks to recent IRS guidance —and an extended deadline (through May 30!) to sign-up for health insurance—domestic violence survivors who are living apart from an abusive spouse can now access subsidies to help them afford the cost of health insurance. Until now, unless a married couple was legally...

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Susanna Birdsong

Txt Msg Action!

Health Care

04/21/14

Finding ways for our kids to talk about mental illness and mental health is really important. I live near Washington DC and had to read last week about a local high school with 6 suicides in the past two years. Two of the kids were 15 years old. Imagining the pain of the parents of these kids...

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Mary Jacksteit

Childcare & Early Education

04/21/14

Historically, the approved approach to early childhood education in the US has, for decades, swung between support for whole child development/ play and focus on cognitive development of the child / academics.

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Leah Kalish, MA

Food!

04/17/14

Join @MomsRising and @PreventObesity this Friday, 4/18/14, at 1 p.m. EST / 10am PST for #NoMoreJunkAds, our #FoodFri tweetchat focused on creating a healthier school environment. Parents scored a huge victory last year when we won the Smart Snacks rule . Now snacks sold in school vending machines...

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Migdalia Rivera

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Environmental Health Food! Health Care

04/17/14

Join @MomsRising and @PreventObesity this Friday, 4/18/14 at 1 p.m. EST / 10am PST for #NoMoreJunkAds , our #FoodFri tweetchat focused on creating a healthier school environment. Parents scored a huge victory last year when we won the Smart Snacks rule . Now snacks sold in school vending machines...

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Migdalia Rivera