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12/09/17

Struggling to incorporate more fruits and veggies in your diet? Here are some easy tips and tricks to add more fruits and veggies to your diet.

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Diana Limongi

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

12/08/17

…They have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek…. they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless… and they do not defend the rights of the needy. --Jeremiah 5:27-28 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Paid Family Leave

12/08/17

Hey New York moms! New York passed a great paid family leave law that kicks in January 1, 2018. For more information, visit A Better Balance or call 1-833-NEED-ABB. What does the paid family leave law do for new moms? The law guarantees new moms time off to bond with a new child (including adopted...

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Molly Weston Williamson

Family Economic Security

12/07/17

Last month I was part of a community Living Room Conversation event about affordable housing at the Peninsula JCC in Silicon Valley, a community that is severely housing cost burdened. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing is considered affordable when a person...

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Joan Blades

Environmental Health

12/06/17

This week, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is testifying before members of Congress in a hearing entitled “The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” Although the official mission of the EPA is to “protect human health and the environment,” Scott Pruitt and President Trump have...

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Melanie Donnell

Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Sick Days

12/05/17

MomsRising statement on the deceptively-named "Workflex in the 21st Century Act."

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising

12/05/17

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Democrats and MomsRising advocates will hold a press conference tomorrow in the H-207, the Rayburn Room at 10:30 a.m. E.T. on the negative impact of the #GOPTaxScam on children and families. Who: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi House Democrats MomsRising...

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Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

12/04/17

A conversation on how supporting Medicaid bolsters the health of black and brown communities.

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

12/04/17

This tweetchat is about access to health, which is one of the core tenets of our #MaternalJustice campaign. Access to health means access to safe communities and environments. Black women in poor communities don’t have safe spaces to work out and focus on their health. Safe spaces don’t only...

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Tasmiha Khan

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

12/04/17

"Mommy, what's sexual harassment?" You were hoping that the daily news reports of famous and powerful men being accused of sexual misconduct would fly right past your kid's radar. But like other unfortunate events you've had to explain far before your kid was ready , the news -- especially bad news...

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