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Military Families Realistic & Fair Wages

04/04/17

It's #EqualPayDay again , and as I started the morning catching up on the news, I noticed several references on social media about the "myth" of the pay gap. I get it, we all have different points of view. I share a view based on facts, research, and actual experience. However, I am optimistic that...

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Sarah Howard

Family Economic Security

04/04/17

Today is Equal Pay Day. Again. Seriously, we are doing this again. It’s the day that marks the fact that, on average, it takes women 15 months to make what men make in 12 months. It's way past time for a change! Sign onto our open letter calling on state and federal lawmakers to end unfair pay by...

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Ruth Martin

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

04/03/17

The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for articles on advocates' work to defeat the ACA repeal bill, FY17 & FY18 budget and appropriations work, a Supreme Court confirmation vote and more.

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Lecia Imbery

Family Economic Security Food! MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

04/03/17

Happy Monday! We hope you're enjoying these early days of spring. While the seasons change, our need to speak out, loudly and regularly, about the issues that matter remains. Without further ado, here are our top 5 actions of the week! You can do all five of the actions on one day, or spread them...

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Karen Showalter

Radio!

Podcast

04/03/17

On the #RADIO show this week we discuss rolling up our sleeves for an upcoming fight for childcare & the importance of lifting dual language learners; we cover Equal Pay Day (which is April 4th t his year!); discuss advocacy in the time of Trump and fighting for justice in Chicago; and close...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food! Military Families

04/03/17

Tips on how to stay healthy while shopping at the commissary (or off base!).

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Rebecca Alwine

Childcare & Early Education

04/02/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog I strongly believe in the value of dual language programs. I took several years of French in high school but never quite...

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Ashley Nienaber

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

03/31/17

Fifty years ago on April 4, 1967, our prophet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the historic speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” at New York City’s Riverside Church. It was his first major public antiwar speech and a powerful warning that a rise in racial hatred, militarism and violence...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care MomsRising Near You

03/31/17

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising has recieved thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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Abbie Gately

Health Care

03/30/17

My values and perspectives on life have been heavily influenced by my mother—a woman of no formal academic education but whose wisdom surpasses that of many. She was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, and as a single mother she fought hard to give her 2 daughters the opportunities that she...

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