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Childcare & Early Education Food! Health Care

12/26/19

It has been an historic week. Thank you to all who joined our call demanding that the U.S. Congress protect our elections and our democracy by holding President Trump accountable for his abuse of power and his undeniable obstruction of the congressional investigation. Read our press release on...

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Karen Showalter

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Family Economic Security MomsRising

12/26/19

Like a flame, passion needs fuel to keep burning. At MomsRising, we are on FIRE about opening avenues for women, moms, and families to rise! For over 10 years, we’ve been on the front lines making progress on the issues that matter most to America’s families — healthcare, gun safety, fair pay,...

MomsRising Together

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Immigration

12/24/19

This year we dealt a big blow to the private prison industry — and we couldn’t have done it without MomsRising supporters like you. Working with the powerful Families Belong Together coalition, the MomsRising community won the commitment of Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America,...

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Donna Norton

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

12/20/19

The highlights - and lowlights - of the FY20 spending package. Paid parental leave for federal workers. A ruling against the ACA. Efforts to preserve SNAP and immigration benefits. All this and more in the Coalition on Human Needs' latest Human Needs Report.

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Lecia Imbery

Family Economic Security Food!

12/20/19

In North Carolina, the harsh reality for many children in our state of agricultural abundance is: The cupboards at home are bare and refrigerators are not over-stocked. Kids rely on school meals. But what happens during the holidays?

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Tamara Cox Baker

MomsRising Politics & Policy

12/18/19

President Trump’s abuse of power, the ways he covered it up, and his undeniable obstruction of the congressional investigation left responsible, fair-minded members of the U.S. House of Representatives no choice but to vote to impeach him. The House did its duty today. We commend every...

MomsRising Together

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Immigration MomsVote

12/15/19

From start to finish, 2019 has been a year of rip-roaring, unstoppable, joyful MOMentum! Just to name a few of the major wins we accomplished together this year: MomsRising leads a coalition that won commitments from major national and regional banks to quit financing private prisons, including the...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

MomsRising

12/15/19

If any of our children behaved in the way that Donald Trump’s been behaving with his bullying use of Twitter (like his recent Tweet at 16-year-old Greta Thunberg), and, importantly, his proven abuse of power for his own personal gain; then they’d get a time out. Fortunately, there are laws in place...

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Felicia Burnett

Take Action!

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

12/12/19

Add your name! We're sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, urging them to reject a Trump Administration proposal to legalize anti-LGBTQ and other discrimination.

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Sara Alcid

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Health Care

12/12/19

This is the story of Elena Hung, longtime MomsRising supporter and co-founder of Little Lobbyists , an organization advocating for kids with complex medical needs and disabilities. *** I am Elena and I am a mom to two amazing kids who are the joy of my life. My daughter, Xiomara, was born with...

MomsRising Together

Anita Sarah Jackson