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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

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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Deborah Kong

Food!

04/28/17

Are we really surprised? The federal rule that would make it mandatory for restaurant, supermarket and convenience store chains to post calorie counts on their menus may be delayed yet again just days before taking effect on May 5, 2017. This process has pushed on for seven years now... As a mother...

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Kimberly Cooper

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

04/28/17

Many children receive Medicaid-covered health care not only at the doctor’s office, but also at school.

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Jessica Schubel

RSVP

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

04/28/17

“Preschool helped all three of my children to sit, listen and learn in kindergarten! They learned about the joy of learning and were hungry for more! These programs helped them in their social skills which is another important part of learning! Because of these programs they are and were not afraid...

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Jeannina Perez

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

04/28/17

THANK YOU! Through all the political chaos that’s happened since Trump took the White House we’ve been blown away by the impact at the state and federal levels of the over million members, and millions of readers, of MomsRising who have been raising their voices in high impact ways for the last ten...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care Politics & Policy

04/28/17

According to recent news reports, Republicans in the House of Representatives have resurrected plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act after Rep. Tom MacArthur introduced an amendment to the American Health Care Act that has the support of the House Freedom Caucus. The MacArthur...

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