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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

10/18/16

Partners in 13 states have been working with the Coalition on Human Needs to release reports on high cost of being poor and policies to reduce poverty. See what's happening in your state.

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Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education

10/18/16

Can I get a Roar! A Neigh! A Woof! A Meow! Say Whaaaaat? You heard that right! Animal noises and early learning- a match made in heaven, and two weeks ago, close to 75 of California’s littlest learners roared, whinnied, meowed and neighed in support of high-quality, affordable early learning,...

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Donna Hoffman Cullinan

Breastfeeding MomsRising

10/18/16

No mother should ever be shamed, humiliated, or harassed while breastfeeding her baby! Unfortunately, recently, two mothers were asked to stop breastfeeding their babies in North Carolina courtrooms; one by a judge , one by a law enforcement officer . Breastfeeding in public, and that includes...

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Tina Sherman

Radio!

Podcast

10/17/16

On the radio show we talk about the awful push on Twitter for women’s right to vote to end (what!?!) and about the still needed push for equal pay for equal work: next up we cover Trump’s body language during the debate and how to make sure your kids behave responsibly toward all genders; and in...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Military Families

10/17/16

Finding employment as a military spouse can be difficult and frustrating. Here is one spouse's point of view and advice---he should know. He's done it three times!

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Sean P. O’Driscoll

Health Care

10/17/16

I’m sure you know of plenty of women who say “breast is best” and let their opinions known that formula is substandard for babies. They’re ready to defend the idea that breast milk is the only option unless it’s a dire emergency. Even then, after new moms have tried breastfeeding multiple times,...

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Esperanza Dodge

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

10/17/16

This fall, more than just the leaves on DC trees are going to change. The leaves that working families take from work to fight cancer, take care of a newborn, or care for an aging parent are overdue for change – they need to be PAID! The DC Council is back in session, the clock is ticking, and we must make sure the Council does the right thing by passing the Universal Paid Leave Act.

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security

10/17/16

Whoa. It’s hard to even know what to expect in the upcoming 3rd presidential debate next Wednesday. There’s one thing we know for sure - some of the issues of greatest concern to women and our economy are not getting their due attention in these debates. Three hours and two debates later, none of...

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Ruth Martin

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

10/14/16

Whether children will have a strong foundation is in large part determined by the social and physical environments in which they grow up. The first five years of a child’s life are the time of greatest brain development. If young children’s basic needs are met by experiencing consistent, nurturing interactions with loving adults, they are far more likely to meet their full potential. The United States has not made the necessary investments to support young children and families after the seismic shift from stay-at-home moms and two parent families to the current reality of two-parent-working families, or often single working moms with young children today. The major advances in what we now know about early childhood brain development make these investments more urgent. Our aging early childhood infrastructure is in dire need of repair. While we wait for critically needed investments, there has been important progress.

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Marian Wright Edelman

MomsVote

10/14/16

It’s go time! Election Day is coming soon with November 8th just around the corner. MomsRising is hard at work turning out the #MomVote! Women are the majority of voters, and 82% of women become moms, making us a powerful force when we all vote! So we’re on fire with turning out the vote!!! For...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner