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10/01/08

I am consulting for an environmental organization in Oakland called Green For All . I am helping the group spread the word on a new book by Green For All’s founder and president Van Jones.

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Elisa Batista

09/29/08

I was driving a friend and his daughter home after a playdate with my son and the conversation drifted to kindergarten and the utter panic this dad experienced at the parent orientation meeting he'd gone to a short time back.

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Dana Glazer

09/26/08

WORK$MART: Pay Negotiation for Women (Two-Part Series) Did you know that men are four times more likely to initiate salary negotiations than women? And that a worker stands to lose more than $500,000 by age 60 if she fails to negotiate her first salary?

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Melanie Ross-Levin

09/26/08

Governor Sarah Palin has been bad news for those fighting for better work/family balance on two counts. She has unleashed a torrent of criticism, even from progressives, that amounts to old-fashioned sexist discrimination.

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Phoebe Taubman

09/24/08

NEWS RELEASE: For press contact see www.momsrising.org/press Governor Sarah Palin’s Office Refuses to Accept Letter from America’s Moms MomsRising.org Attempts to Deliver Letter Asking Governor’s Positions on Family-Friendly Issues See pictures of the attempted delivery here

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Katie Bethell

09/24/08

After months of stalemate, a state budget is finally in place. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, the significant cuts to children's health care in the 2008-09 budget will reverse a decade of progress in covering our state's children and cause much costlier problems down the road.

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Jenny Kattlove

09/20/08

Moms across Washington State are walking their blocs today to help make sure friends and neighbors are registered to vote. This simple and fun activity is a little thing that can make a big difference. Did you know nearly 1 in 12 women in America aren't registered to vote? And, the best way to get people to register, and vote, is to ask them!

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Katie Bethell

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

09/20/08

Our work to bring paid sick days to Washington DC is just getting started! So far, our 4,880 members in the Washington, DC area sent in over 3400 letters to the DC City Council. We've teamed up with the DC Paid Sick and Safe Days Coalition, led by the DC Employment Justice Center, to get the word...

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Katie Bethell

09/18/08

On Tuesday morning, the California Legislature approved a budget for fiscal year 2008-09 that reverses years of progress in covering children by including provisions that will result in nearly 300,000 children being dropped from health coverage – increasing the number of uninsured children in California by almost 40 percent.

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Jenny Kattlove

09/17/08

Moms are in the news in a big way this election! With the nomination of Gov. Palin for Vice President, moms are quickly becoming the nation's favorite political football. Let's remind everyone that we're more than footballs, we're voters--and we're voting for our children too. With elections this close, every single vote counts.

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