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07/23/18

By: Dr. Mary Pell Abernathy It all started out innocent enough. She was being induced because she had been treated for breast cancer during her pregnancy. The goal was to get her delivered early (37 weeks) so that she could continue her treatment for breast cancer and improve her chance of...

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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Childcare & Early Education Food! Immigration

07/20/18

It's Friday! And hopefully a beautiful day wherever you are. Summer is hopefully a time when you can relax and tune out a bit. And that's why our weekly #5Actions round up of top actions from the past week is so useful. Please scroll down and make sure you've checked all of these urgent calls-to-...

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Karen Showalter

MomsVote

07/17/18

Recently, I decided to do something I hadn’t done before. After seeing a post from a friend on Facebook that stated the person was unable to find her name on the voter registration database, I jumped on the Florida Department of State voter page to do a quick search, certain that I would find my...

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Sili Recio

Breastfeeding

07/17/18

The U.S. Delegation to the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly (WHA) undermined a global resolution aimed at supporting breastfeeding, threatening trade sanctions against Ecuador before yielding to a proposal put forth by Russia, reported by the New York Times . The draft resolution was...

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To-wen Tseng

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: President Trump and President Putin stand behind podiums at the Helsinki summit.

MomsRising MomsVote

07/17/18

It's time. This is our moment to say: Not on our watch. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and people across the political spectrum must stand together and condemn Donald Trump for his disloyalty to our own government and disregard of Russia’s threats to our nation’s electoral integrity. How do...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

07/17/18

Urge the Portland City Council to pass a universal earned sick days ordinance that doesn't leave out certain workers or families!

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education

07/16/18

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to press pause on the day to day responsibilities of raising four young kids and juggling my work as the affiliate director of the New Hampshire Association for the Education of Young Children. I flew to Washington, D.C. with some of my favorite MomsRising...

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Sarah Sadowski

Childcare & Early Education

07/16/18

Last month, I represented MomsRising as part of the first ever Grassroots Assembly on Childcare and Early Education. Seventy five policy and advocacy groups came together to discuss the state of childcare in America. We came from all over the country; from the inner city of Detroit, the beaches of...

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Regan Lamphier

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A group of veterans joins the water protectors at Standing Rock.]

Immigration Military Families

07/16/18

The value of service was instilled in me from birth. Both of my Grandfathers fought in World War II, one in the Army and one in the Navy. My Father is a former Marine, and my Uncle served 21 years in the Navy. My cousin and my nephew have all served, my family can trace our service back to the...

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Brandon Boucher

Food!

07/14/18

The summer is well under way—kids are out of school, the days are long, and hot. Just because we are having summer fun, doesn’t mean we can’t make healthy eating choices. We’ve prepared some tips to get the whole family to eat healthy this summer! TIP #1: Ditch the ice cream and opt for: popsicles...

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