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Family Economic Security MomsRising Open Flexible Work

05/02/17

Despite its deceptive name, the Working Families Flexibility Act would not offer real flexibility to working families and would instead rob employees of their right to be compensated fairly for extra time they work. This bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – and working parents aren’t fooled. The...

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Immigration

05/02/17

Who can defend us against growing epidemics of violence, hate, and war? Donald Trump and his allies are vowing to “keep America safe” by cutting $54 billion from domestic programs and pumping it into our military, which is already by far the largest military in the world . The media keeps on...

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Kate Duva

Military Families

05/01/17

One of the greatest struggles that I’ve had as a military spouse, harder than the separations, more trying than the unknowns, has been the act of leaving. Leaving family, leaving friends, leaving a home. For someone like myself who already struggles with opening up and allowing people to get to...

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Jennifer Novak

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Open Flexible Work Politics & Policy

05/01/17

We’re 100 days in to the new administration and we’re not giving up! In fact, we’re powering up, rolling our sleeves up, and marching forward! Here are your #5Actions for this week: 1. The very bad, no good healthcare bill is ba-aack! And they might vote again soon. Tell Congress: Don’t take our...

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Food!

05/01/17

Parents play a big role in their children's food habits. This is a given. Yet, children also learn about what they like, and don't like, from television, the radio, new media, and advertisements. Over the course of several years, the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of...

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Migdalia Rivera

Radio!

Podcast

05/01/17

On the radio show this week we cover policies that are moving forward at the local level and how you can have an impact & talk tactics for holding the line at the federal level. We discuss Seattle's recent paid family leave proposal; Trump’s terrible tax proposal that hurts our economy &...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising

05/01/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog MomsRising/MamásConPoder just wrapped up celebrating National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month and we want...

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Diana Limongi

Health Care

05/01/17

Our family’s health is important! Medicaid is a lifeline for families in North Carolina. It provides insurance coverage to over 1.1 million children in our state, helping to bring the uninsured rate for children down to just 4.4 percent! This week, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

05/01/17

The California Children’s Health Coverage Coalition is pleased to invite you to join a webinar to walk through a California Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Renewal Playbook on May 4, 2017 at 2pm . Congress must act soon to renew the successful Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...

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Michael Odeh

Celebrating Bilingual Awareness Month

Childcare & Early Education

04/28/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog The child of immigrants, my father grew up in San Francisco Chinatown and attended schools that taught him in English...

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