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08/13/24

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care. Families could have had child care decades ago… Video of Families could have had child care decades ago… Today, as moms, children and families struggle to access and afford quality...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsVote Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

08/12/24

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care desert is “any census tract...

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S. Nadia Hussain

MomsRising

08/09/24

Thanks to donors like you, we began amping up the full power of the Mom Vote.

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Kerri Karvetski

Breastfeeding Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave

08/01/24

This August we are celebrating National Breastfeeding Month and this year's theme is - Nourish, Sustain, Thrive! We're still on top of the world celebrating the the rights that pregnant and pumping workers have in the workplace. You can learn (and share) about the legal protections for pregnant and...

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Tina Sherman

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Health Care

08/01/24

Two-weeks ago, I got a panicked call from my teen son. He had dislocated his knee at Judo practice, couldn’t get up, and didn’t know what to do. I told him to call an ambulance, then I hopped in the car to go to him. As I drove there, I was—of course—extremely worried about my son, but, if I’m...

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Felicia Burnett

Text written “COVID-19 Mitigation = Community Care!” with a group of moms and children wearing masks

Health Care Politics & Policy

07/31/24

[This blog post was updated the week of August 5, 2024.] As we approach the end of Disability Pride Month today, we want to give you a COVID-19 crash course on everything you need to know and more! The United States is currently seeing massive increases of COVID-19 cases , with one report...

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Hanna Addis

MomsRising

07/25/24

UPDATE: NEW SIGN UPS FOR THE POSTCARD PROGRAM ARE CLOSED. From the streets to the ballot box, moms are making our voices heard and inspiring our kids and communities. This year, help us mobilize moms to vote for the future we want to see for our loved ones and ourselves! MomsRising has a super easy, high-impact, and FREE way for YOU to help get out the vote!

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Sue Anne Reed

Childcare & Early Education

07/19/24

Cuando mi primogénito tenía dos años descubrí una pequeña guardería encantadora que quedaba a unos diez minutos a pie de mi casa. Era perfecta: el horario funcionaba para nosotros, tenía educadores que hablaban español y le daban comida casera a mi hijo. ¡Incluso tenía un espacio al aire libre...

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Diana Limongi

Parenting & Families Social & Emotional Development

07/19/24

By Jodi Grant and Delaney Ruston The calls to protect our kids from the harms caused by social media are intensifying. The Surgeon General issued an unprecedented call to put warning labels on social media platforms. Los Angeles’s Unified school District, the second largest school district in the...

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Jodi Grant

Childcare & Early Education

07/18/24

It’s summer time! The kids are out of school, and everyone’s frantically scrambling to find child care (fingers crossed), summer camps (thoughts & prayers, y’all), or just winging it (sending big hugs). Before all the summer madness, we took a deep dive into a topic that’s absolutely vital for...

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