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11/20/14

I am a woman of many skills and trades — I have been a school teacher, and served on the board of my school district’s union. I am a board member of 9to5 Atlanta. I am a Reverend, and like the Apostle Paul, who was a tentmaker to supplement his ministry income, nine years ago the Lord placed me in a job as a home caregiver. I was in total shock when I found out that, in such an important role as caregiver, I would only be making minimum wage, and receive no benefits.

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Linda Meric

Paid Family Leave

11/20/14

Most people think of paid leave in the context of new parents who want to spend time with their newborn. But there’s another group of working people who need the support of paid family leave — and that’s caregivers.

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Ai-jen Poo

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Food!

11/20/14

The holiday season has begun! Are you as excited as I am? The food, parties, crafts and did I mention food? It's no wonder I can't stop humming "It'sThe Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!" I live for this time of the year and enjoy every single moment of it! Yet, the one aspect I wish we could all...

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Migdalia Rivera

Paid Family Leave

11/20/14

In the spring of 2006, I received two phone calls while away from home at a conference. The first call informed me that my mother of 92 years would require a second amputation. The second call informed me that my younger son, a senior in high school, had been diagnosed with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma…cancer.

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Blue Carreker

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Food!

11/20/14

Heeding the advice of medical authorities, I took my 6 1/2 year old son to the pediatrician about a week before Halloween, to get him the flu vaccine early in the season. When I turned around after I checked in, I saw my son sneaking away from the lollipop bowl to "hide" some artificially dyed...

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Rivka Seeman

Recipe

Food!

11/20/14

Thanksgiving makes me think of family and comfort food. Gathering with the people you love the most to eat a meal that you’ve prepared together is priceless. One of the foods I love to use throughout the fall and on Thanksgiving is winter squash. There are so many different ways you can prepare and...

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Trina O'Boyle

Family Economic Security Health Care

11/20/14

Show your support for a brave mom, Peggy Young, who is taking her pregnancy discrimination case to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 3rd with this fun action! (Selfies involved).

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

11/19/14

For a long time, we’ve assumed there was one path to success for America’s kids: College prep courses in high school followed by four or more years of a college education. But that formula leaves a lot of people out...

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Liz Shuler

Immigration

11/19/14

By Amelia Bell On Behalf of the Women’s Refugee Commission In September, I had the opportunity to observe immigration court proceedings for asylum seekers detained in the family detention facility in Artesia, New Mexico.

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Jennifer Podkul

Food!

11/18/14

The above photos say it all. The jovialness, the going back and forth between Spanish and English, the food and the conversations (more on that below) all remind me of...home. No matter the language you speak or how passionate you are on a topic, you are always welcomed home like familia.

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