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12/29/17

This is a time to stand and fight for the futures of our children and the soul of our nation with all our might! I am strengthened every morning by reading these words over my kitchen sink — based on a poem first published in 1905 and anonymously adapted over the years. Its bottom line: Never, ever...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

12/29/17

Welcome to final chapter of #MomsReading! In this series, we have explored multiple books and activities that parents and care providers can use to build a child’s social and emotional development no matter the season! Social-emotional skills support the success of children in school and in life!...

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Abbie Gately

Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

12/27/17

Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a Senior Fellow at MomsRising and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She and Black Lives Matter just received the Sydney Peace Prize for their work. She survived serious complications after childbirth, and has now dedicated her energies to saving mothers’ lives! Can you...

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Patrisse Cullors

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12/26/17

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the power YOU have and the progress we’ve made together for women and families. We know you’re busy, so this video is short and filled with our gratitude for you. We hope you enjoy it.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration MomsRising

12/23/17

We are alarmed and horrified by reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering formalizing a policy of separating parents from their children when families come to this country seeking protection or asylum, and by complaints that DHS has already done so in several cases. This...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

12/22/17

A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City’s Riverside Church were packed. The Christmas pageant was underway and had come to the point at which the innkeeper was to turn away...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice

12/22/17

Today, in a desperate attempt to claim a single legislative victory in 2017, President Donald Trump signed the GOP’s atrocious tax bill into law. Trump ran on the promise that he would stand up for working families, yet the legislation he signed today will plunge the country deeper into debt, cause...

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration

12/22/17

It is truly appalling that the continuing resolution Congress passed today to fund the government through January 19 fails to include adequate funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and protections for DREAMers. As a result, millions of families will face fear and uncertainty...

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12/22/17

2017 has been a tough year on all of us fighting the Trump agenda. And it’s not getting easier. The Republican led Congress just passed a disaster of a tax bill that was everything Trump wanted. We’re teetering on the edge of a government shutdown. And rumors abound about an attempt to shut down...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

12/21/17

Meet Elias. He is one of 800,000 Dreamers fighting for their ability to continue with their lives in the United States. Dreamers are young people that were brought to the U.S. as children. Many Dreamers, like Elias, did not know that they were not citizens until they were unable to pursue their...

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