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11/02/16

I was embarrassed that I had welled up to the point where my nose and my eyes could no longer function properly. I attempted not to take a huge breath or blink since tears were going to pour. From the stage I listened to Heather C. McGhee tell all of us that we needed to listen and understand one...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

MomsVote

11/02/16

There’s a nagging suspicion inside you that something is wrong. He calls you names. He denies your feelings. He talks over you; yells at you; humiliates you; and re-writes reality, including the reality of what happened to you. Maybe you wouldn’t call it abuse, or can’t. Maybe he’s never lifted a...

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Alison Stine

MomsVote

11/02/16

Yesterday, I got out my vintage orange pantsuit, turned up the volume on RESPECT by Aretha Franklin, put pen to ballot, affixed stamp to envelope, and inserted mail into mailbox to vote! (And I confess to feeling oddly giddy and empowered while voting in my bright orange pantsuit.) It’s really...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education

11/01/16

Reading has many benefits for people of all ages and the benefits start at a very young age! As parents, we are our children’s first teachers and by reading with our kids from an early age we can nurture their social-emotional skills by using books and stories to discuss how to understand, express...

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Diana Limongi

Family Economic Security

11/01/16

Lucianna Borrego is a grocery deli cashier in California who was thrilled to be expecting a baby boy. Several months into her pregnancy, she told her bosses that she needed to avoid lifting more than 10 pounds - a routine accommodation made to workers who had suffered an injury. But while she had...

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Xochitl Oseguera

MomsRising

11/01/16

Late last month I was joined by a number of NC MomsRising members to stand up for breastfeeding rights in our state by hand-delivering the over 500 signatures and comments from our members across the state to the NC Administrative Office of the Courts. Why the delivery? Well, unfortunately,...

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Tina Sherman

Food!

11/01/16

What toddler isn’t a picky eater? One day she loves broccoli and the next, it’s all over the floor. It is downright hard to find food that your child will try, let alone eat. As mothers, I’m sure that most of us have been concerned at one point or another that our child is either eating nothing or...

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Sally Mancini

Health Care

11/01/16

I’ve been leading women’s retreats for 25 years and every single time I’m humbled and amazed by how much I learn and am reminded of by the beautiful women who show up in our circle. (Read why I lead retreats. ) This past weekend I was at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health —one of my favorite...

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Renee Trudeau

MomsRising

10/31/16

Modernize workplace policies to boost families and the economy: MomsRising urges the administration and Congress to prioritize the following policies to improve families’ economic security and the boost the economy. *Priority policies include: Equal Pay, Paid Family/Medical Leave, Childcare,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Podcast

10/31/16

On this radio show we talk about what’s at stake in the elections, hear about sexism on the campaign trail and women leaders who are in the political pipeline, get inspired by an 8th-grade writing marvel, and learn how to get engaged in #MomsVote. *Special guests include: Asha Bandele, Drug Policy...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner