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10/29/20
In her latest blog post, Capacity Building Manager Marianne Bullock reflects on a new, precarious reality. "It's not that women are falling off the cliff," she shares, "but that we are being pushed off and out of the workforce by a lack of policies that support the on-the-ground reality of the burden of care for our children's wellbeing."
10/29/20
I've worn a lot of different hats for MomsRising -- fundraiser, blogger, donor communications. This fall, I put on a new one -- answering emails from our voter postcard volunteers. By all measures, the MomsRising voter postcard program SMASHED records for volunteers, the number of postcards pledged...
Kerri Karvetski's picture
A group of people hold "Don't Take My Care" signs standing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
10/28/20
Rage. Rage is the best way to describe how I’ve been feeling this week with the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. And I know I am not alone. Why? Because next week the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments about a case that would decimate the...
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10/23/20
The toll the pandemic is taking on America’s moms is well documented and truly concerning, not just for moms but also for families and our country. At this time when millions more families are struggling to make ends meet, Moms are leaving the workforce because of the unmanageable burdens thrust on...
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Instagram Image: Beth Messersmith Shares Her Voting Story
10/23/20
ICYMI: It's less than two weeks until Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, and moms are RISING and VOTING in unprecedented numbers. Check out these fun election day posts that you loved, or might have missed, for the week ending Oct. 23, 2020. 1. INSTAGRAM: What's Your Voting Plan? Moms are making plans...
Kerri Karvetski's picture
10/23/20
Unless you’ve been really good at avoiding all media, you know that election day is approaching at a rapid speed. November 3rd is how many days away now?!? Are you registered?!? Check your status here : https://app.sos.nh.gov/Public/PartyInfo.aspx No worries if you are not. You have time to request...
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10/20/20
Moms are a mighty force this election season. Through MomsRising’s Beacons of Hope program, moms-- and those who love moms!-- are engaging in massive nonpartisan voter engagement efforts targeting moms. Each of these 265 volunteers, or “Beacons of Hope Volunteer Fellow,” is assigned a list of 400-...
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10/19/20
In Michigan schools, children are eating fresh peaches for the first time after only tasting canned. The kids take a juicy bite, and their faces light up. Even apples—the iconic school fruit—are causing a sensation as children learn in school meals that different varieties can be sweet, tart, and in between. And Brussels sprouts? Yes, please. Roasted. It’s all thanks to an innovative Michigan program that is cultivating healthy eating habits among children by introducing them to the wide variety of fruits and vegetables so necessary for good nutrition, and doing it in schools—the places where kids get up to two and even three meals a day.
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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A photo of a woman wearing a red flower in her chin length wavy brown hair, looking at the camera and holding up her get-out-the-vote postcards.]
10/18/20
Voting is our civic duty- one of our most sacred roles as Americans - and for this upcoming election it feels as complicated and confusing as getting out of a corn-maze. In the midst of a global pandemic we need to be mindful that going to vote in person can be dangerous to ourselves or others if...
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10/16/20
ICYMI: We mourned, we honored, we lifted up the work of one of our nation's foremost TLGBQ+ leaders, Monica Roberts. On Monday, we joined communities across the country to spotlight Indigenous peoples. And in record-shattering numbers, we are VOTING for a brighter, more just future. With 17 days...
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