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08/28/13

All this week, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, I have been reminded of the shoulders I stand on—the civil rights leaders who sat in protest, endured water hosings, recovered from dog bites, and went to prison for me and my children, and my children’s children, to...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Politics & Policy Health Care

08/28/13

The news had not been posted for two hours before the brouhaha began on Facebook. Yesterday, myself and two of my comrades in the movement to shift breastfeeding culture in the black community, officially announced August 25-31st—the last week of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month—as Black...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Politics & Policy Health Care

08/28/13

Emergency Rooms and Lack of insurance create a cycle of poverty for the poorest Americans and disparately African Americans. Last week, when former U.S. Senator and current President of the Heritage Foundation , Jim DeMint , confidently stood in front of crowds of Americans touting the benefits and...

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Angelique Roche

Gun Safety

08/28/13

I can’t sleep, thinking about Antoinette Tuff. What do I learn from her? Certainly not how to “handle” or “deal with” or “manage” or, much less, “confront” a distraught man with guns and ammunition ready to kill a lot of people including himself. In the first place, I don’t expect to ever be in her...

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Virginia Raymond

Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

08/28/13

This afternoon I’m headed to the Lincoln Memorial for the 50th Anniversary celebration of the March on Washington. Today’s event is both a commemoration and call to action. Thousands are gathering to remember the 1963 March and to outline the remaining civil rights agenda. At times the 2013 civil...

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Fatima Goss Graves

Realistic & Fair Wages

08/28/13

This post explores the many ways in which fairness in the workplace has yet to be attained. We continue to work toward justice and economic freedom for all women and families. ~MomsRising Ed. On this Women's Equality Day - the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote - I'm...

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Roger Baldwin

Paid Family Leave Immigration Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Blog Carnivals

08/28/13

This blog carnival was updated twice on Thursday, August 29th, 2013. Introduction by the members of the MomsRising Education Fund Board of Directors: Ai-jen Poo , Executive Director for National Domestic Workers Alliance Barbara Arnwine , President & Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee...

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The members of the MomsRising Education Fund Board of Directors

Family Economic Security

08/28/13

This week marks the 50thanniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when hundreds of thousands of people mobilized for equality, jobs and freedom. The monumental event and the organizing that preceded and followed it helped lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting...

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Linda Meric

Gun Safety

08/28/13

This blog post originally appeared in the ACLU blog . I was at home when the March on Washington took place in 1963. My parents took my four older siblings with them, but at the last minute decided that, as the youngest, I should stay at home. I was furious about being left behind. My parents had...

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Murphy Laura W.

Immigration

08/27/13

April 10th, 2013 was a memorable day for me. I was in Washington, D.C. and participated, in what for me personally, was the largest rally I had ever attended. See pictures here. Tens of thousands of people of all heritages, hues, and life experiences, covered the lawn in front of the Capitol...

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