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A mom with brown skin holds her toddler while her young son hugs her

06/21/22

No matter our race, place, or politics, most of us want similar things: to make a good living, to care for our families, and to have the best chance possible to be healthy. The bottom line is that families need care — health care, child care, and policies that support families to care for each...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

06/21/22

Right now, Congress is working on the economic reconciliation package, which should include critical child care and Pre-K investments needed to solve the ongoing child care crisis and lower costs for families, BUT reports suggest that lawmakers are considering abandoning child care and pursuing legislation without it!

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S. Nadia Hussain

Health Care Politics & Policy

06/16/22

I’m so freaking mad today. Our family and families across the state with kids under the age of 5 are so close - SO CLOSE - to having vaccines for our kids. But thanks to Governor DeSantis, Florida families are going to have to wait even longer. Florida is the only state that did not meet the deadline to order the new, COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of 5 to be shipped when approved, which is expected in days. You read that right. The ONLY state.

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Jeannina Perez

Summer Fridays! June 17th to September 2nd, 2022

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06/16/22

MomsRising has moved to a 4-day work week for the summer from June. 17th - Sept. 2nd, 2022. In order for our whole team to fully utilize "Summer Fridays", we are shutting down on Fridays and will only be available and responding to messages Monday-Thursday.

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ShaRanda Stephens

Paid Family Leave

06/15/22

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, papas, pop-pops, g-pops. My little one calls me dada, I wear the badge proudly. This is Father’s Day #2 for your boy and I cannot express how excited I am. I’m in disbelief that I have a 1 year old already. Time has passed so quickly.

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Isaiah Gaymon

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Maternal Justice

06/15/22

The infant formula shortage has been going on for months now and we just learned that most states are experiencing a 74% out-of-stock rate, with 10 states seeing even higher rates near 90%.

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! MomsRising

06/14/22

Recently, Elyssa Schmier VP of Government Relations for MomsRising hosted a roundtable with HHS Assistant Secretary of Health Admiral Rachel Levine to share baby formula shortage stories from families, dispel myths and misinformation, and educate families on guidance for how to safely feed your baby.

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care MomsRising

06/13/22

On the radio show this week we cover the infant formula shortage crisis, and include tips for making sure infants get the nutrition they need in this time of emergency; we also cover the urgent need to protect voting rights and reproductive rights in America as our rights, freedoms, and communities...

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Maternal Justice

06/09/22

Are you ready to rally for reproductive justice? We’re officially coming to a city near you next week! MomsRising will join the Liberate Abortion campaign, led by SHEro and Mississippi in Action, and rally side by side for our reproductive rights. Here’s the scoop: Over 150 organizations are...

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Diarra Diouf

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Health Care Maternal Justice MomsVote

06/09/22

Each week, we provide you with a number of urgent, high impact actions that you might have missed. We appreciate you taking the time to take action, to share on social media, and to help us spread the word. All of our actions together add up to create change.

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