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02/02/19

Sometimes advocacy is about getting together. And so, we gathered over tea and coffee at our local café-bookstore to dedicate our postcard writing to an issue that tugs at all our hearts, the cruel separation of families and treatment of asylum seekers. Piles of colorful postcards provided by...

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Regan Lamphier

Gun Safety Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

02/01/19

Happy Friday! We hope that everyone affected by the extreme winter temperatures is safe and warm. And we look forward to learning all of the new games you've had to invent to keep the kids entertained, after so many days of cancelled school! Below please find our latest list of top actions for the...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

02/01/19

Across the nation and here in North Carolina, health care is consistently at the top of the list when it comes to issues voters care about. Regardless of political party, religion, or race/ethnicity, our families have a common desire to lead healthy lives, which starts with quality health insurance...

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Felicia Burnett

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Health Care

02/01/19

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

02/01/19

In January 2014, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice jointly released a ‘guidance package’ on school discipline to help schools and districts meet their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to use nondiscriminatory discipline practices. Years of data have shown children of...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Paid Family Leave

01/30/19

WOW! With the progress we’ve achieved so far in 2019, it’s safe to say that MomsRising supporters are already building MOMentum for a great year ahead! Thanks to your actions and donations, we’re advancing rights for all women, moms, and families. Read on for details on what we’ve accomplished...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Maternal Justice

01/30/19

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Tasmiha Khan

Families & The Federal Budget

01/30/19

As our nation finally emerged last week from the five-week shutdown, the longest in history, something perhaps significant happened on the exit ramp. Americans, it seems, were reminded that government plays an important role in their lives. Some evidence: 21 percent of Americans said they had...

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David Elliot

MomsRising Realistic & Fair Wages

01/29/19

“Ten years after President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, Congress has still failed to take the next meaningful steps to end pay discrimination. As a result, harmful wage gaps persist: Today the wage gap is worst for moms and women of color, with moms making 69 cents for...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Food! Immigration Politics & Policy Podcast

01/28/19

On the #RisersRadio show this week we cover the government shutdown, re-opening, and what’s happening next; we get the inside scoop from a structural engineer about the literal faults in Trump’s ridiculous wall; we hear the impact of using children’s access to healthy food as a political football;...

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