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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

02/06/15

“We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

02/05/15

Join us in wishing the Family and Medical Leave Act a happy 22nd anniversary! In this brief video , Carmen Berkley, director of the AFL-CIO Office of Civil, Human and Women's Rights, tells us why the FMLA is important and stresses the need for an additional paid sick leave law. Next week, the...

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Liz Shuler

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Paid Family Leave

02/03/15

The President's budget is hundreds of pages! Have no fear, MomsRising has broken it all down for you and provides you with all the things you need to know.

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Elyssa Schmier

Realistic & Fair Wages

02/03/15

I was lucky to kick off this week in the best way possible--traveling with teens to the capitol of Washington to tell our state legislators: Women are worth more than spare change! The teens were fired up and more than ready to speak up about the importance of equal pay for equal work. Olivia Roskill, a sixteen year old, delivered the following powerful testimony.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Politics & Policy

02/03/15

This post, authored by LeeAnn Hall , originally appeared on TalkPoverty.org . LeeAnn Hall discusses why Medicaid expansion is necessary for women's health and urges states who have not done so to take this important action . TalkPoverty.org is dedicated to demonstrating that we know how to...

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Alyssa Peterson

Food!

01/31/15

Brought to you by U.S. PIRG Education Fund Happy Saturday! Today’s #GFF2015 Healthy New Year Challenge activity is brought to you by U.S. PIRG Education Fund and is all about protecting the health of our communities. Have you heard? The White House just doubled funding to combat antibiotic...

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Karen Showalter

Podcast

01/31/15

“Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.” - Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks #BigGame (#GoHawks!) *Special guests on the #RADIO show for this #BigGame week include: Melissa Jacobs , Founder and Managing Editor of TheFootballGirl.com ; Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, co-...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food!

01/30/15

Our kids spend most of their waking life at school, so the food they encounter there can have a real impact on their health. If you're feeling concerned about some aspect of your child's school food environment - take action! Here are some general tips for effective school food advocacy: Keep your...

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Bettina Siegel

Take Action

Health Care

01/30/15

Great news! Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and other city leaders are going the extra mile to make sure our kids have the health coverage they need! Jacksonville was recently awarded a grant through the National League of Cities to connect uninsured kids with low-cost KidCare and Medicaid coverage...

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Jeannina Perez

Raise your voice!

Health Care

01/30/15

In early March, the Supreme Court of the United States will review a case that threatens to eliminate financial assistance for health coverage in about 36 states as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Jeannina Perez