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End of Mad Men Pay

04/08/14
I am proud to support President Barack Obama's executive orders to promote and protect equal pay for women. The first executive order would protect federal employees who share salary information with one another. The second executive order will instruct the Secretary of Labor to create regulations...
MomsRising Together
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Charles Rangel
Immigration

I fasted for comprehensive immigration reform that helps families thrive

04/08/14
Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
MomsRising Together
Teresa Vyhanek
Immigration

What I think about when I fast every Wednesday for Lent

04/08/14
Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
MomsRising Together
Julia Toepfer
Immigration

After fasting, I felt triumphant!

04/08/14
Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
MomsRising Together
Monica McCarthy
Immigration

The Most Difficult Part of the Fast...

04/08/14
Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
MomsRising Together
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Cecelia Friedman Levin
Immigration

Estoy ayunando por familias como la mía

04/08/14
Nota de la editora: Más de 1.200 mujeres de 70 organizaciones están ayunando en 35 estados por la reforma migratoria que mantenga a las familias juntas y que trate a las mujeres con justicia y dignidad. 100 mujeres se unieron en el capitolio de Washington desde el 7 de abril hasta el 9 de abril...
MomsRising Together
Miriam Garcia
Immigration

Estoy participando en el ayuno por nuestras familias

04/08/14
Nota de la editora: Más de 1.200 mujeres de 70 organizaciones están ayunando en 35 estados por la reforma migratoria que mantenga a las familias juntas y que trate a las mujeres con justicia y dignidad. 100 mujeres se unieron en el capitolio de Washington desde el 7 de abril hasta el 9 de abril...
MomsRising Together
Martha H
Immigration

Immigrant Women Need Immigration Reform NOW: My Mother’s Story

04/08/14
Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
MomsRising Together
Shivana Jorawar
Realistic & Fair Wages

For Many The Wage Gap Starts at Home

04/08/14
More than fifty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, the gender-based wage gap has only shrunk by 17.6 cents and it is predicted to take another fifty years until it disappears. Today is Equal Pay Day, the day we acknowledge a woman needs to work a year and three months to earn what a man...
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Liz O'Donnell
Immigration Gun Safety

Hungry for Action and Reform

04/08/14
Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Royce Murray

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