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07/19/09

Dear Moms, I wrote the following letter to President Obama the day following my last chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. He asked for ideas, and I was ready to give them. I'm not sure the day after chemo or even a week after chemo was the best time to sit down and write a letter to the...

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Gina Robison-Billups

07/18/09

Over the past year I've taking my younger son, Jamie, to the local Jewish community center for a 'Mommy and Me' class. Being the only dad present has never troubled me. Everyone is friendly and respectful. Sure, the moms feel more comfortable with asking each other out for lunch, etc, but what's...

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Dana Glazer

07/17/09

And we’re off! MomsRising members have started meeting with Senate staff in states across the country, and boy, are we packing a punch! This week in Massachusetts, for example, 14 members of MomsRising and 6 members to be (all under six years old) crammed into the offices of Senator Kerry to demand...

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Donna Norton

07/17/09

Every day the California Governor and Legislature fail to pass a budget that restores Healthy Families funding, nearly 1,000 children are denied access to health coverage. Starting TODAY, the State’s Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) will begin to deny children health coverage through...

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Jenny Kattlove

07/17/09

Q: WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? A: Every Woman in America Who Ever Tried to Create Anything, That’s WHO! “Who Does She Think She Is?” This is the film the New York Times called “…An engaging documentary about the struggle to create … an enlightening primer on sexism in the art world.” “Who Does She...

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Pamela Tanner Boll

07/17/09

When we read the Wall Street Journal article this week in which the former CEO of GE, Jack Welch, states there's "no such thing as work-life balance," our blood really started boiling. No such thing!? What we want to know is, "Why not already?" We're tired of people bemoaning that work-life balance...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health

07/16/09

UPDATE: There were some questions on my diary at Daily Kos as to the science that was presented. Research had been released by California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment . The scientists presented their evidence before the "science advisory board's...

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Elisa Batista

07/16/09

The healthcare debate is top of news and tip of tongue across the nation right now--and MomsRising is working hard to make sure mothers are part of that dialogue. After all, over 80% of American women become mothers by the time they are forty-four years old. Yet frankly, all too often, the stories...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

07/16/09

Marie Claire has published an incredible 3-part profile on moms without custody that everyone should read. It includes Maria Housden, best-selling author, and Ellie Hull, a woman who decided to give up custody in order to "go back to school, get a decent career, and be a better mom." My...

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Rebekah Spicuglia

07/15/09

Last week, the Washington Post reported that the healthcare industry is spending a record $1.4 million dollars a day (Yes, a day!) to protect their interests in health reform.[1] Whose interests aren't being protected? Our kids! While health reform holds great promise in providing more children and...

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Donna Norton