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07/29/16

The other day, while chatting with my teenage son, he reminded me I was GASP middle aged. He didn't intentionally disparage my age. He wouldn't do that. No. This remark was mentioned in passing. Breezily thrown in the air as if the weight of those words didn't strike me like a thunder bolt in my...

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Migdalia Rivera

Childcare & Early Education

07/29/16

Four little girls were changing into choir robes and chatting in a church restroom preparing for the Youth Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. At 10:22 a.m. a bomb previously hidden under the church steps with its timer deliberately set to go off during Sunday morning services exploded. Three 14-year-olds, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, and 11-year-old Denise McNair were killed on that Sunday morning.

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Food!

07/28/16

Women and men often experience disease or warning signs of disease differently. For example, women are at higher risk of breast cancer and osteoporosis and lose muscle mass at a younger age than men. Signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke also vary. Join #FoodFri on Friday, July 29, 2016,...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food! Military Families

07/28/16

Military families shouldn’t struggle with hunger. But they do — and that needs to stop.

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Abby Leibman

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07/26/16

Nearly 20 percent of Americans are living with a disability, and countless others are deeply involved in caring for and supporting individuals affected by disability. Last year we celebrated 25 years from the passage of the Americans with Disability Act. We highlighted many successes, while...

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Christina D'Allesandro

Childcare & Early Education

07/26/16

Last week I joined MomsRising to visit Mayor Buddy Dyer’s office to talk about the importance of early learning programs, like pre-k and childcare, in ensuring kids get a strong start both academically and in life. ‪Why? Because early learning is so critical and is something dear to my heart. When...

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Meredith Tweed

Health Care

07/26/16

Recently, our family was invited to visit friends for the weekend at their cabin on the river, an hour’s drive from our house. The night before we were going to leave, my husband and I were frantically creating lists of all the things we needed to buy, prepare, and pack — when we suddenly paused...

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Renee Trudeau

Podcast

07/25/16

On this radio show we cover what the heck happened at the RNC, including how many balloons were on the ceiling and the response from people in the room to Trump; we discuss a new PAC to build Black power in politics, the Collective PAC; we release a new accountability campaign, #NotOnOurWatch; and...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Food!

07/22/16

With summer in full swing, parents and children are enjoying more time outside, at the park, beach, BBQs and while traveling. This is great fun but can easily derail a family's healthy accomplishments. To stay mindful of the food you and your family are consuming, because junk food is ok once in a...

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Migdalia Rivera

Politics & Policy

07/22/16

[The summer] brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst came during a two-week period in July, first in Newark and then in Detroit. Each set off a chain reaction in neighboring communities . . . What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again?

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Marian Wright Edelman