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06/15/17

Today my car almost ran out of gas. So I coasted into the gas station & tried pumping gas, balancing by bouncing around on my one unbroken foot, only to learn that gas hoses can be cranky and throw off your balance in a big way. There were all women at the gas pumps today. All moms. So we had a...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

06/14/17

The time to take action to protect healthcare is now! The Senate is moving quickly to bring its version of American Health Care Act (AHCA) to a vote in the next two weeks, with no hearings or public input. One of the most devastating – and least discussed – proposals being considered by the Senate...

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Alison Barkoff

MomsRising

06/14/17

In the last few months, we've had a growing number of influencers ask about how you can help and want to get more involved in the work that MomsRising does to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can...

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Sili Recio

Gun Safety MomsRising

06/14/17

We are sending comfort, healing, and peace to all those hurt and affected by this morning's shooting at the GOP congressional baseball practice. The moms of America once again mourn that yet more people were added to the ranks of those victimized by our country’s gun violence epidemic.

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Paid Family Leave

06/13/17

Good afternoon, and thank you for allowing me to speak today. My name is Sonja Darai and I'm from Somerville, Massachusetts. I’m a member of the group MomsRising and I'm the mom of two teenage boys. I'm also a daughter, and I’m here today to tell you how paid family and medical leave helped me care...

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Tina Sherman

Immigration

06/13/17

On Friday May 12, I joined MomsRising members from across the country to deliver mini Statues of Liberty to all 100 Senators. I went as an immigrant and as a mother because I wanted to make sure that my children and the children of all immigrants were remembered and protected by our legislators...

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Khadija Gurnah

Childcare & Early Education

06/12/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog Since May, mamás poderosas have been participating in MomsRising's campaign, #BilingualRisers. Through their personal...

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education

06/12/17

When Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook passed away May 29 our nation and world lost a very creative and distinguished political scientist, trailblazing Black scholar, and towering oak role model for his students. I was blessed to be among them as a Spelman College student in his political theory course at...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Radio!

Podcast

06/12/17

The #RADIO show this week covers what’s really going on in America, in the Trump Administration and in Congress… and what YOU can do to fix it! Topics covered include: #StatusOfBlackWomen #MuslimCommunity #PaidFamilyLeave #Medicaid #HealthcareForAll *Special guests include: Alicia Garza , Domestic...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Health Care

06/12/17

As parents, we know when there’s silence, there’s often some sort of trouble happening. And soon after the silence—we hear that inevitable crash!! Well, right now there’s a whole lot of silence happening behind closed doors in the U.S. Senate. The extremist Republican members of the U.S. Senate,...

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