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08/01/16

Currently on my mind: Editorial calendars Moms Meetups Play date scheduling Purging Packing Providing additional documents to loan officer Block off 3 hours to do the kid's hair NATIONAL BREASTFEEDING MONTH! Yes, yes, y'all. It. Is. Time! Can you tell I'm excited? I've been waiting for this day...

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Sili Recio

Family Economic Security Military Families Paid Family Leave

08/01/16

Less than two years ago, I was blessed to become a mother. I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to have children. Like many military women, I waited to try. When I became a helicopter pilot, I was usually the only woman in all-male units—and in that highly competitive world I didn’t want to take any time...

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U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth

Podcast

08/01/16

The radio show this week came to you LIVE from the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia, PA. Special guests include elected leaders, activists, advocates, radio personalities, and more. All of the guests talk about both the DNC and about what they expect in this election cycle for...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave

08/01/16

Breasts are made to nourish our babies and help them grow, despite what pop culture tries to tell women, breastfeeding is what breasts are really for.

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education

07/30/16

THREE MILLION students, including preschoolers and kindergartners, are suspended from public schools each year across the nation . Last year in New York City, more than 800 kindergarten through second graders were suspended from school. Not only are these children only approximately 5 - 7 years-old...

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Beatriz Beckford

Childcare & Early Education

07/29/16

Four little girls were changing into choir robes and chatting in a church restroom preparing for the Youth Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. At 10:22 a.m. a bomb previously hidden under the church steps with its timer deliberately set to go off during Sunday morning services exploded. Three 14-year-olds, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, and 11-year-old Denise McNair were killed on that Sunday morning.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Food! MomsRising

07/29/16

The other day, while chatting with my teenage son, he reminded me I was GASP middle aged. He didn't intentionally disparage my age. He wouldn't do that. No. This remark was mentioned in passing. Breezily thrown in the air as if the weight of those words didn't strike me like a thunder bolt in my...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food! Military Families

07/28/16

Military families shouldn’t struggle with hunger. But they do — and that needs to stop.

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Abby Leibman

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Food!

07/28/16

Women and men often experience disease or warning signs of disease differently. For example, women are at higher risk of breast cancer and osteoporosis and lose muscle mass at a younger age than men. Signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke also vary. Join #FoodFri on Friday, July 29, 2016,...

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Migdalia Rivera

Blog Carnivals Childcare & Early Education MomsRising MomsRising Near You

07/26/16

Nearly 20 percent of Americans are living with a disability, and countless others are deeply involved in caring for and supporting individuals affected by disability. Last year we celebrated 25 years from the passage of the Americans with Disability Act. We highlighted many successes, while...

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