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Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety Immigration

06/15/18

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, and all of us at MomsRising are excited to celebrate—and we also recognize how much work we still have to do to reach full LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc) equality in our country. This Pride Month, let’s remember that policies that impact people...

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Karen Showalter

Pride Month

MomsRising

06/15/18

June is LGBTQ+ Pride month, and all of us at MomsRising are excited to celebrate—and we also recognize how much work we still have to do to reach full LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc) equality in our country. → Join us in celebrating Pride month and calling attention to all...

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Erin Bennett Leighton

Take Action

Gun Safety

06/14/18

The ATF is accepting comments on the bump stock ban – we need your voice! Submit a comment now in support of the proposed bump stock reclassification and ban.

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Dorie Klein

MomsVote

06/14/18

At the Tony Awards last weekend, Robert DeNiro took the stage, went off script, and bluntly shouted, “F – Trump!” The “F bomb” reverberated around the room and everyone jumped to their feet and started cheering! It was cathartic. And let’s face it; we could all use a little catharsis these days...

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Martina Leinz

Immigration

06/14/18

We are in a moment of crisis and national outrage over the treatment of families separated at our border by order of the Trump Administration. At this very moment, communities are coming together to speak out against the cruel and inhumane actions against families seeking refuge. And at this very...

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Xochitl Oseguera

Childcare & Early Education

06/13/18

Around this time every year, parents across the country struggle with the financial and logistical burdens of summer child care. This summer, I won’t be worrying — I know my sons are going to be active and taken care of. And the best part? I won’t even have to pay for it. Our school district in...

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Fernanda Perez

Childcare & Early Education

06/13/18

“I just don’t know what I’m going to do with Jonah. Today is the last day of his afterschool program, but there are still two weeks before school is out. And then what am I going to do until September?” It’s early June and I’m catching up with my coworker, Karen. Every summer, she scrambles to find...

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Cristina Novoa

MomsVote

06/13/18

Come learn to #RunAsYouAre! Sign up for this FREE workshop on how to enter public service! Sign up here Have you ever thought about running for office but didn't know where to start? We're partnering with VoteRunLead to offer a great workshop just for you -- and it's FREE! Who's this workshop for?...

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Monifa Bandele

Health Care Maternal Justice

06/12/18

Every year at this time we celebrate mothers and fathers for the important role they play in supporting our families. And yet as a society we don’t do enough to truly help mothers who face unique challenges on the road to birthing and raising children. Between 700 and 1200 mothers die during...

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Jeretha McKinley

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

06/08/18

On the night Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who had announced his decision to run for president, was campaigning in Indiana when the news came of Dr. King’s assassination. He movingly shared the terrible news with the waiting crowd of mostly Black people, urging...

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