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Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

04/25/20

This week at MomsRising, we celebrate steps forward for paid leave, share important COVID-19 support for families, take action for migrant children, and discuss helping black mothers thrive. VICTORY: What You Need to Know About the New Federal Emergency Paid Leave Big News! For the first time ever...

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Kerri Karvetski

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

04/24/20

Happy Friday. We hope you've had a good week, and are looking forward to some down time this weekend. We know how busy these times are, whether you're able to stay at home, or one of our brave workers on the front lines. Our weekly list of Top 5 Actions is a handy round-up of the biggest campaigns...

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Karen Showalter

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Health Care Politics & Policy

04/24/20

The funniest line I ever heard came from the deadpan mouth of a mother standing over her dying daughter. I had just walked in to the girl’s hospital room to help her nurse that day when the mother remarked in my direction: “Oh, I see you have a woody and poo on your shirt too.” She was referring to...

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David Metzger

Politics & Policy

04/23/20

In these unusual and often difficult times, my internet connection has become more important than ever. Internet access is keeping me connected to my friends, family and jobs. For the first time ever, I’m using video conferencing for work meetings, yoga classes and happy hours! And my kids -- 9 and...

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Ashley Boyd

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

04/22/20

Communities across the globe are feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has had disastrous impacts on families everywhere. In response, our PA MomsRising team has compiled a list of resources here to share with our members as they navigate this crisis. The resources below include...

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Taylor Austin

Health Care

04/22/20

Many Americans have lost their jobs and their health insurance due to the COVID-19 pandemic and find themselves in immediate need of affordable health coverage. Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide free or low-cost health coverage for children and pregnant women with...

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Family Economic Security Health Care

04/22/20

More than 10 percent of Americans have been laid off since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. And even for those who have not lost their jobs altogether, families are feeling financial strain due to reduced work hours — whether because of the current pause on non-essential business, or because...

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Joanna Eng

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

04/21/20

Families who’ve taken financial hits due to the coronavirus pandemic should check out how the recently-passed CARES Act might help, even if they’ve never received unemployment benefits before.

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Robyn Welling

Social & Emotional Development

04/21/20

Virtual learning has been in existence pre-COVID-19; since 1990 to be specific, and yet distance education for young and adult learners is quickly becoming necessary, newly affordable, and potentially ideal for many as they move into the future.

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Lisa Quattlebaum (Tall Poppies + Co. and The Homesteadista)

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Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

04/17/20

Big News! For the first time ever, thanks to the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act, our nation will have a *limited*, nation-wide, paid sick days and paid family leave law in place during the COVID-19 crisis. The new law is a huge deal and we all helped make it happen. Thank you! But how...

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Karen Showalter