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06/18/18

Please join us on 6/20/18 at 2pm ET for a bilingual #WellnessWed Tweetchat about Pride Month and LGBTQ+ Health! Details Topic: Pride Month and LGBTQ Health; Mes del Orgullo LGBTQ Y Salud de la Comunidad LGBTQ Date: Wednesday, 6/20/18; Miércoles, 20 de junio de 2018 Time: 2:00-3:00 PM ET Hashtags: #...

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Felicia Burnett

MomsRising supporters hold signs to show support for immigrant families' rights.

Immigration

06/18/18

Bookmark and share this! Here's your list of local orgs where you can volunteer; phone numbers and email addresses of decisionmakers, with suggestions for what you can say; links to fact sheets and resources; and much more.

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Khadija Gurnah

Take Action!

Three children hold signs in support of immigrant rights inside the U.S. Capitol.

Immigration

06/18/18

Trump is using children as hostages to bargain for his anti-immigrant agenda! It’s outrageous. On Friday, President Trump suggested that he won’t change HIS new policy of intentionally separating kids from their parents, unless Democrats agreed to his other destructive immigration demands. Trump’s...

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Khadija Gurnah

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Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety Immigration

06/15/18

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, and all of us at MomsRising are excited to celebrate—and we also recognize how much work we still have to do to reach full LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc) equality in our country. This Pride Month, let’s remember that policies that impact people...

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Karen Showalter

Pride Month

MomsRising

06/15/18

June is LGBTQ+ Pride month, and all of us at MomsRising are excited to celebrate—and we also recognize how much work we still have to do to reach full LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc) equality in our country. → Join us in celebrating Pride month and calling attention to all...

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Erin Bennett Leighton

Take Action

Gun Safety

06/14/18

The ATF is accepting comments on the bump stock ban – we need your voice! Submit a comment now in support of the proposed bump stock reclassification and ban.

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Dorie Klein

MomsVote

06/14/18

At the Tony Awards last weekend, Robert DeNiro took the stage, went off script, and bluntly shouted, “F – Trump!” The “F bomb” reverberated around the room and everyone jumped to their feet and started cheering! It was cathartic. And let’s face it; we could all use a little catharsis these days...

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Martina Leinz

Immigration

06/14/18

We are in a moment of crisis and national outrage over the treatment of families separated at our border by order of the Trump Administration. At this very moment, communities are coming together to speak out against the cruel and inhumane actions against families seeking refuge. And at this very...

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Xochitl Oseguera

Childcare & Early Education

06/13/18

Around this time every year, parents across the country struggle with the financial and logistical burdens of summer child care. This summer, I won’t be worrying — I know my sons are going to be active and taken care of. And the best part? I won’t even have to pay for it. Our school district in...

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Fernanda Perez

Childcare & Early Education

06/13/18

“I just don’t know what I’m going to do with Jonah. Today is the last day of his afterschool program, but there are still two weeks before school is out. And then what am I going to do until September?” It’s early June and I’m catching up with my coworker, Karen. Every summer, she scrambles to find...

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