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06/01/18

Recently, the Administration announced a change in immigration policy that has resulted in at least 700 children being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border since October 1.

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06/01/18

Today's a big day, as MomsRising joins partners in hosting a National Day of Action for Children in cities across the nation. We are at a critical point in history: We are horrified to share that it is now official US immigration policy to routinely and intentionally separate children from their...

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Karen Showalter

Immigration Politics & Policy

06/01/18

With Attorney General Sessions’ recent announcement of a “zero tolerance” policy towards parents and children crossing the border, humane standards have been abandoned. Children are taken from their parents. Toddlers taken away crying; mothers not knowing where they are going, unable to contact them for weeks or months. This is shameful.

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Debbie Weinstein

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05/31/18

You know those moments that you read about in history books and think, "How could people who were around then have let that happen?" Well, we're in one of those moments. Our time is right now, because our nation's treatment of immigrant children, women, and families is devastatingly wron g. We...

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Maggie Humphreys

On June 7th, it's booties on the ground.

Childcare & Early Education

05/31/18

On June 7th, it’s time to put some booties on the ground! The North Carolina Early Education Coalition (the Coalition) is ready to take Raleigh by storm as it holds its first Strolling ThunderTM event on June 7, 2018, from 8:30am-12:00pm at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and...

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Elaine Zukerman

Family Economic Security Food!

05/30/18

You spoke out and your voices were heard! On May 18th , the destructive GOP Farm Bill failed to pass the U.S. House of Representatives ! This bill included harmful and unnecessary changes to SNAP (food stamps) that would lead to more families struggling to put food on the table. It’s because of...

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Elyssa Schmier

Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

05/30/18

Today marks how long mothers in the United States have to work into the new year to earn what fathers were paid in the previous calendar year. In every single state, moms are paid less than dads. That is disgraceful. This persistent wage discrimination doesn’t just hurt moms -- it causes great...

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Immigration

05/30/18

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Family Economic Security

05/30/18

It's time to get real: We live in a country that often claims to worship mothers, but in truth, becoming a mother puts women at a tremendous lifelong economic risk. In fact, being a mom is now a greater predictor of wage and hiring discrimination than being a woman. → Let’s disrupt the wage gap,...

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