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These Programs Are Literal Lifesavers. Yet The Trump Administration and GOP Leaders Are Now Pivoting to Take Them Away

02/07/18
There are literal lifesavers around us that we can’t see! Wondering what I’m talking about? I’m talking about Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or food stamps). They are there when we need them, saving lives and boosting our economy. They are proven programs that lift up...
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Elyssa Schmier
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care

Investments that Boost Our Families’ Health Care and Nutrition Mean the World to Us ... And to Our Economy

02/06/18
“I am a low-income single mom struggling to make a better life for myself and my little boy. We receive SNAP benefits. My son goes to a public elementary school. He gets a free lunch. I am working hard and trying to use these benefits as a stepping-stone and I am close but I have not yet been able...
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Elyssa Schmier
Paid Family Leave

TAKE ACTION: 25 years, but still no paid leave

02/06/18
A lot can change in twenty-five years. Kids grow up, parents grow older. Fashion, pop culture, and workplaces change. But what hasn’t changed is the need to be there for the people we love when they need us. Twenty-five years ago today, the Family and Medical Leave Act passed Congress. Providing 12...
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Beth Messersmith
Food!

Say No to Keeping Information from Consumers! Menu labeling helps families.

02/06/18
There's a lot going on this year, and we can't let our guard down around demanding healthy communities for our kids. Because {{ user.first_name|default:"Friend" }}: guess what? They're launching yet *another* attack on menu labeling. It's true. And your voice is needed to speak out *today*, before...
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Karen Showalter
Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

The State of the Union: Morally Dead and Leaving Vulnerable Children Behind

02/02/18
As I listened to President Trump’s State of the Union Address waiting to hear even a kernel of hope for our country’s most vulnerable children I became more and more distressed and disgusted as these children’s needs were once again left behind along with the values of the America and all great...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Social & Emotional Development

2018 Super Bowl Controversies to Watch Out For

02/01/18
For a fun family-and-friends event, the Super Bowl sure generates a lot of controversy: the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" of 2004, Tom Brady's deflate-gate, and that scary, depressing Nationwide Insurance "dead kid" ad that had parents all over the country covering their kids' eyes. This year,...
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Caroline Knorr
Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Military Families MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Rise Up! Remarks by Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw, Alicia Garza, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner for #PowerToThePolls

01/30/18
"We were divided and conquered because the intersectional history that held our movements together had been ignored and forgotten."
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Anita Sarah Jackson
Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

Women Unite to Challenge Gender Inequality and Trump Agenda with “State of Our Union”

01/29/18
On the Heels of the #Me Too Movement and Women’s March Anniversary, Women Offer Alternative Vision to Trump Agenda
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Health Care

Thank you to all who spoke out for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)!

01/29/18
They FINALLY did it! Part of the Continuing Resolution (CR) that Congress passed last week continued funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years. MomsRising members submitted hundreds of letters to the editor, made thousands of phone calls, and sent tens of thousands of...
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Felicia Burnett
Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

Washington Leaders: Don't deny women the right to fight for their own worth

01/28/18
MomsRising sent the following letter to the Washington State Legislature in regards to current equal pay legislation before the State House and Senate. Call your elected officials in Olympia to share your opposition to any form of preemption in the Equal Pay Opportunity Act 1-888-523-8974 : Dear...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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