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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

05/14/18

This is a guest post by Sharvonne Williams. As a child growing up in Harlem, I never realized that I was living in poverty. I didn’t know that the groceries my mom brought home were purchased with food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). My mom did a lot of...

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Deborah Lash

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Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Podcast Social & Emotional Development

05/14/18

On the radio show this week we cover how people are getting information and what it means to have changing mediums; the new #KeepMarching book; what’s going on in immigration policy and how you can help; the latest on protecting kids electronic data and a report from the USOW; and why decreasing...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsRising

05/14/18

Today I’m eating LOTS of chocolate with my kids, giving the moms in my life extra hugs, and celebrating the power of moms -- and the power of kids to inspire moms to take action, to raise our voices, and to fight for a better world. I rise for my (and for our) kids. They are why I Keep Marching...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising MomsRising Near You

05/11/18

We are so glad you are able to come to Raleigh on May 16th for the March for Students and Rally for Respect. Below are some of the details you’ll want to know for the day of the march. Huge thanks to the NC Association of Educators (NCAE) for pulling most of this together! Agenda: 9:30 am- Meet at...

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Beth Messersmith

Gun Safety Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

05/11/18

“Daddy,” the boy said, “I don't want to disobey you, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will sneak off. If you think I deserve to be punished for that, I'll just have to take the punishment. For, you see, I'm not doing this only because I want to be free. I...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

05/11/18

When it comes to our kids, it’s personal. Every day the majority of North Carolina’s children spend most of their waking hours in our state’s public schools. Sadly, for the last decade NC’s schools have been consistently underfunded, leaving North Carolina ranked in the bottom half of the nation in...

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Beth Messersmith

Immigration Social & Emotional Development

05/11/18

How many children will call out, "Mama! Where are you?", after announcements that children, even those as young as a year old, will be separated from undocumented families arriving at the border.

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Carolyn Norr

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

05/11/18

Few things touch a parent’s heart like the smile of a child. Unfortunately, tooth decay is the most common chronic disease of early childhood and the health consequences can be painful, lifelong, and even deadly. Here in North Carolina many families struggle to access oral health care. In focus...

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Beth Messersmith

Families & The Federal Budget Food!

05/11/18

Supporting mothers should be a universal, bipartisan priority. But as we celebrate Mother’s Day, the U.S. House will be preparing to vote on a highly partisan version of the Farm Bill that includes cuts and harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) known as CalFresh in...

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Lisa Sherrill

Maternal Justice

05/11/18

As Mother’s Day approaches, I’ve found myself reflecting on the trip I took last month to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama – both brainchildren of the brilliant civil rights attorney, Bryan Stevenson, the founder and...

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