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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget MomsVote

11/02/18

“That candidates were answering to us was really powerful. I was really glad I got to be a part of it. Even though I can’t vote yet, I’m doing everything I can to tell my family and friends the importance of using their vote.” –Kelsey, high school sophomore in Austin, Texas “I thought it was really...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Politics & Policy

11/01/18

It’s GO TIME in North Carolina for voting and we have gotten a lot of questions from our members about the proposed amendments on the ballot. MomsRising urges you to oppose all six and we’ll explain why below. Take action now: Sign on to say you’ll vote AGAINST all six constitutional amendments on...

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Felicia Burnett

MomsRising MomsVote

10/31/18

The MOMentum you created in October was scary good — and it’s still going! Your generosity is helping us mobilize women, moms, and the people who love them to get out the vote across the nation, to stand up for maternal justice, and so much more.

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

10/31/18

The closer we get to a major election, the more likely it is that political ads will hit below the belt. Negative political ads expose kids to highly partisan, sometimes inflammatory, and even frightening images. But because they're so extreme, it makes them ideal for analyzing the devices they use...

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Caroline Knorr

Immigration

10/31/18

“Public charge” is part of federal immigration law for over a century. The “public charge” test is designed to identify people who may depend on the government as their main source of support. If the government determines that a person is likely to become a “public charge,” it can deny a person...

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To-wen Tseng

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

10/31/18

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Jade in California about the childcare struggle and her experiences as an immigrant. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . My partner Caesar is Mexican and I am British. It took...

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Abbie Gately

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Podcast

10/30/18

On the radio show this week we cover turning rage into action, powering up to go vote on (or before) November 6th, and why it’s critically important to stand up for transgender rights right now. *Special guests include: Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her @schemaly Ruth Martin,Vice President...

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Amber Dorsey

Gun Safety

10/30/18

Children continue to be terrorized by the daily reality that there is no safe space in our gun-saturated country. They are filled with fear they will be killed in a school shooting, on the streets of their neighborhoods and even in the sacred places where they and their families worship. A Sikh...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

10/26/18

I recently had the joy of presenting an award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs to Ruby Bridges. As a six-year-old first grader in New Orleans in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend an all-White elementary school in the South. She...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care MomsVote

10/26/18

With just ten days until Election Day, it's all hands on deck to Get out the Vote! This election is critical for moms and parents across the country. MomsRising is making it easy to get involved in getting out the vote! Can you sign up for one or more of the easy actions from the list below? (If...

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