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02/21/14

Recently, my friend and colleague Ruth told you about the impact of the Elk River chemical spill on her friends and family in West Virginia. 300,000 West Virginians lost their clean water , so they could not cook, bathe or simply have a drink for days. My heart went out to them. Today, like a bad...

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Tracy Kellogg-Brodeur

Food!

02/21/14

Parents drive food justice in schools. Their involvement is pivotal in ensuring that children receive access to healthier foods. Knowing this, MomsRising is excited to host this week's #FoodFri chat with the NAACP! Our topic, Food Justice is Racial Justice, will focus on advocating for food justice...

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Migdalia Rivera

Environmental Health

02/21/14

Where do you get water for your family? This week we discussed the many problems of bottled water on our weekly Twitter chat, #EcoTipTue. And boy, where there a LOT. We had special guests from Corporate Accountability International and Food and Water Watch tweeting with us, as well as many of our...

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Katy Farber

02/20/14

Today, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced plans to issue emergency regulations to put a stop to the shackling of pregnant women in labor. “Regulation is good but here law would be better,” the governor said . Pledging his support, Governor Patrick added, “I urge the Legislature to send...

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Rachel Roth

02/20/14

Title IX deserves a gold: While we cheer for Team USA and the amazing girls and women in the Olympic Games, let’s also give a shout out to Title IX, the 1972 law that put sports within reach of girls in a whole new way by requiring gender equity in schools. And make some noise for American Sarah...

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Liz Shuler

Paid Sick Days Paid Family Leave

02/20/14

Rep. Rosa DeLauro represents the Third District of Connecticut and serves as Senior Democrat on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee. She has been cancer-free for 28 years. In 1986, I received news that no woman wants to hear: I had ovarian cancer...

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Rachel Laser

Health Care

02/20/14

I'm a MomsRising member from San Diego who is a college professor working four part-time jobs that don’t offer health coverage. For more than a year, I spent every moment terrified and ridden with anxiety. Unable to get private coverage because of a pre-existing condition, I worried daily about...

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Somer Meade

Environmental Health Health Care

02/20/14

As you may remember, Smart on Pesticides Maryland has been trying very hard to advocate for pesticide reporting in Maryland and we’ve made some great progress. Recently, a state legislative workgroup determined that there are data gaps in pesticide use – particularly related to where, when and the...

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Ruth Berlin

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

02/19/14

I can still smell the steak that my dad grilled one night during my teenage years. He was a little bit obsessed with making this one lemon rice dish, but overall it was the perfect complement to any main dish- not so flavorful as to compete, but more exciting than plain rice. Nothing tasted better...

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Rachel Laser

02/19/14

For the first time ever, a bill to improve conditions for pregnant women in jail and prison, including strict limits on shackling, has been voted out of committee in the Massachusetts Legislature. For a decade, the bill was introduced by a member of the House and assigned to the Judiciary Committee...

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Rachel Roth