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10/23/18

We are in countdown mode all across the country! This has been the most memorable midterm elections to date for me. One of the things that I have been very conscious of is the messaging that I am taking in as we round the corner toward November 6th. To that end, I’d like to introduce you to the...

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Sili Recio

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Social & Emotional Development

10/22/18

October is HeadStart Awarness Month. In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Sheila in North Carolina about her experiences with Early Head Start and Head Start. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . My story with Head...

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Abbie Gately

MomsVote

10/22/18

KIDS ! This post is for you (and your parents and caregivers)! Have the adults in your life finally listened to you about voting? CONGRATULATIONS! Sometimes a reminder from a kid helps grown ups figure out what they're supposed to do-- and to do it! Thanks to all your gentle and wise reminders, the...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Take Action!

MomsVote

10/22/18

Early voting has already started in California! Woohoo! This means you and your friends, family, and neighbors can make their voices heard at the ballot box today—you don’t have to wait until November 6th! It’s exciting stuff! I don’t know about you, but we #CantWait2Vote! ***Join us by pledging to...

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Elyssa Schmier

Immigration MomsVote

10/19/18

Happy Friday! We have a dual focus this week. With just over two weeks left until the election, we need all hands on deck to help get out the vote. See below for easy ways to get involved. At the same time, we need to keep the drumbeat going around critical issues like immigration. The Trump...

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Karen Showalter

VOTE!

MomsRising MomsVote

10/19/18

Does this election season have you stressed out? I’ve got a solution for you! Let’s Gourd Out The Vote and carve some electoral pumpkins! What the what? What is “Gourd Out the Vote” and what is an electoral pumpkin? A weird band? A polling firm? Nope! Gourd out the vote is a seasonal play on “get...

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Ruth Martin

Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

10/19/18

Low-income adults in expansion states are less like to report having unmet medical needs, are less likely to forego care because of cost, are more likely to have a usual place of care, and are more likely to receive selected health care services (like getting a flu shot or a blood pressure check) than their peers in states that did not expand Medicaid.

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Lecia Imbery

Health Care Politics & Policy

10/19/18

More than 4,100 Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage on Oct. 1, adding to the more than 4,350 adults in the state who were kicked off the Medicaid roles on Sept. 1. These nearly 8,500 adults lost their coverage due to the state’s harsh new work reporting requirements, which require beneficiaries to report at least 80 hours of work or work-related activities every month.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

10/19/18

When the 2017 $1.9 trillion in tax cuts were enacted, many of us predicted that the hole in the budget caused by the lost revenue would be used by the Trump Administration and some in Congress to justify cuts in basic needs programs like Medicaid, Medicare, housing, and SNAP. And we were right.

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Debbie Weinstein

Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

10/19/18

This week marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Black Power salute given by Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos as the American anthem played during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympic Games. Their quiet nonviolent protest earned them loud and widespread criticism, death threats...

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