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Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

06/25/14

As a single mother of an energetic 4-year-old, I know the difficulty of balancing a demanding career while single-handedly providing for my daughter, and making time to enjoy the first years of her young life. As much as I was overcome with joy when I first held her in my arms, I also understood that the decision to be a single mother and head of household would require many difficult choices and sacrifices such as putting my career growth on hold. But I was prepared for the challenge. Those difficulties began just before my daughter was born.

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Lizette Escobedo

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

06/25/14

One day in the early 1950s, my father’s folks loaded their kids into the car and took off down a central Indiana road for a picnic. My dad’s mom sat in the front seat, holding three month old Beverly, in her arms. As they turned a corner, an oncoming car smashed into them, killing baby Beverly...

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Roberta Riley

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

06/25/14

MAJOR VICTORY! MomsRising.org's top policy priorities & members were prominently featured at the The White House Summit on Working Families--and also in their blog recap of Monday's Summit!

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food!

06/24/14

Eating out accounts for a third of Americans’ calories and contributes to poor nutrition and obesity . Restaurant foods and beverages often contain high levels of calories, saturated fat, sugars, and salt, and not enough fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. And restaurant practices, like large...

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Migdalia Rivera

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Near You MomsVote Politics & Policy

06/24/14

On Sunday, June 29th, my story in the form of the film “Documented” will be told to the nation on CNN. A large part of my story is that I haven’t seen my mother since August 1993.

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Jose Antonio Vargas

Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work

06/23/14

Cross-posted from NWLC's blog Earlier today, I caught up with Kay Thompson and Sasha Hammad during a break at the White House Summit on Working Families . Kay spoke at the Summit about what having a predicable full-time schedule and a say in the timing of her work hours has meant for her family...

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Liz Watson

Food!

06/23/14

Ever have someone tell you they've got "sugar" when you asked how they are doing? It's an old Southern term that means he/she is sick, stricken with a form of diabetes, and in most cases, type 2. Type 2 diabetes is a debilitating, life altering, deadly and preventable disease. For decades, it was...

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Monifa Bandele

Immigration

06/23/14

While I was thinking about writing you this note, I remembered that when my daughter was a little girl she'd run to the door to hug me when I came home from work. Her smiles lit up the room as she'd chant, "Yay, mommy's home, mommy's home!" She never doubted I'd return home at the end of the day...

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Mary Olivella

Family Economic Security

06/23/14

All the storybooks are printed and we have bright colored kites made by little kids calling for Congress to pass working family policies. The only thing missing is YOU! If you live in DC, Virginia, or Maryland do you want to join us tomorrow for visits with Senate offices to discuss working family policies?

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