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Parents to Walgreens: Back us up!

02/20/17
My kids and I are always hatching plans for (I’ll be honest, often overambitious) craft projects. So we’re in and out of stores a lot, picking up the often-forgotten small items to finish that star blaster or ride-on pony. This actually happened: Last month my son and I were in a large chain store...
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Karen Showalter
Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

Top #5Actions To Take This Week!

02/20/17
You’re making a big difference! Last week, after more than 30,000 of you sent messages opposing Trump’s completely unqualified nominee for the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Andy Puzder, along with a wide spectrum of engagement activities from a growing movement…. Drum roll please… that nominee dropped...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

My remarks to the Washington Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on Dual Language Programs

02/17/17
*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog Good afternoon Chair Zeiger and members of the Committee. My name is Casey Osborn-Hinman and I am a Campaign Director...
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Casey Osborn-Hinman
Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

Child Watch® Column: Honoring Dr. Dorothy Irene Height: Great Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Children's Rights Leader

02/17/17
During the Civil Rights Movement, while so many women were playing vital roles that weren’t featured in the spotlight, Dorothy Height was always up front with a seat at the table. She was often the only woman in the room with Dr. King and the rest of the “Big Six” group of male leaders as they planned many key strategies of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Children’s Budget Coalition applauds Senator Ron Wyden for Standing Up For Kids

02/16/17
The U.S. Senate is slogging through the nomination process of Cabinet-level presidential appointments. Several positions remain unfilled and one position – the Director of the White House Office of Management of Budget (OMB) – is of particular importance to the Children’s Budget Coalition, which is...
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John Monsif
Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy

MomsRising on the #DayWithoutImmigrants

02/16/17
Diversity makes America strong, creative and prosperous - and that diversity comes from immigrants. We know that immigrants play a large and important role in our economy, but today’s #DayWithoutImmigrants action proves just how important immigrants are: founding many of our largest companies,...
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Childcare & Early Education

Child Watch® Column: Confronting Oscar-Nominated Moonlight’s Moving and Powerful Truths

02/16/17
Everyone should watch the film Moonlight nominated for eight Academy Awards. Why? Because it’s a very powerful story of a poor Black boy’s struggles to reach adulthood with countless odds stacked against him. Because it’s a relatable story for children and youths struggling to make it to adulthood without being derailed by sexual orientation, violence and drugs. Because it’s my or your story if we faced perilous hurdles to survive, learn in school and have a safe place to sleep at night. Because it’s a too common American story – one not everyone wants to tell and too few want or are ready to hear and do anything about.
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Paid Family Leave

American families need a paid family & medical leave policy that checks ALL the boxes!

02/15/17
Can you believe that in the United States only 14% of workers --and only 5% of low-wage workers --have access to paid leave through their employers? American workers need a national paid family and medical leave policy that checks ALL the boxes: It needs to be ACCESSIBLE to all workers, offer a...
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Tina Sherman
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

Puzder Withdrawal a Victory for American Workers

02/15/17
Today, Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination to be the United States Secretary of Labor, a major victory for America’s working moms, dads and families and a demonstration of the power of grassroots activism. Half of all primary breadwinners are moms. The U.S. Department of Labor is critical to the...
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Politics & Policy

Leaked Executive Order on Religious Freedom Could Impose Harm on Black Women and Their Families

02/14/17
There has been a great deal of discussion about the draft religious freedom order that was recently leaked . Most of the conversation has centered around how the order would allow for discrimination against LGBTQ folks, and rightly so, the order clearly targets that community. However, the order...
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