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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

12/22/16

In December 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached what would be his last Christmas sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. At the end Dr. King spoke about the day he told the nation at the March on Washington that he had a dream for America’s future, but said in the uncertain years that had followed that dream sometimes felt like it was turning into a nightmare. But Dr. King said he was never willing to give up:

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Marian Wright Edelman

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12/22/16

Last week, I had the great honor of standing with faith leaders – including Rev. William Barber, Khizr Khan, and Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block – to speak out against Donald Trump’s proposed administration-in-waiting. The cabinet of bigotry. These radical cabinet appointments threaten our economy, hurt...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care Politics & Policy

12/21/16

Last week, a team of us from MomsRising spread out and met with nearly half of the U.S. Senators' healthcare staff about the importance not unilaterally kicking 30,000,000 people off healthcare coverage. We delivered stories from MomsRising members from across the country and life saver candies to...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

12/21/16

Last week, I was fortunate enough to go to Capitol Hill and share my health care story with legislators and their staffs. As someone who benefits greatly from the Affordable Care Act, also known by Obamacare, it was important for me to let politicians know how repealing the law and not replacing it...

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Abbie Gately

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Gun Safety Politics & Policy

12/20/16

My name is Alton Lucas, and I lost two people dear to me to gun violence – my dad and my nephew. I know gun safety is a hot-button issue that’s all over the news these days. But if there’s one organization that I trust to bring people to the table to actually make change – it’s MomsRising. I live...

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Alton Lucas

Health Care

12/20/16

This Wednesday the 21st marks the winter solstice, the longest night of the year and the first day of winter. The solstice is significant on many levels, but for me, it always signifies an invitation to honor and embrace the time of year when nature calls us to go inward. We live in a culture that...

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Renee Trudeau

Military Families

12/19/16

Being overseas for the holidays is the perfect opportunity to adopt new traditions and try new things!

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Julie Provost

Radio!

Podcast

12/19/16

The radio show this week covers vaping, e-cigarrettes, and why your health is important with the U.S. Surgeon General; how now’s the time to step up for #MaternalJustice; The Trump Effect report by the Southern Poverty Law Center; and how religious freedom, along with partnerships with faith...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

12/19/16

I always wanted to become a mother. I dreamed of taking prenatal yoga classes and wearing cute pregnancy t-shirts. I craved waddling around town with my very own pregnancy belly. But for me, and one out of every seven U.S. women, pregnancy and the first year postpartum was anything but rainbows and...

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Maureen Fura

Maternal Justice

12/16/16

International rates of maternal morbidity have been decreasing, however in the United States it's a different story. Pregnancy leads to the deaths of over 600 women each year in the US and US maternal mortality is at the worst it's been for 15 years. For black women, the outcomes are even worse,...

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