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11/27/13

Last week, MomsRising launched our newest big idea, MomsRising Near You (MRNY) , and the response from MomsRising members has been fantastic! In fact, we received some amazingly perfect questions about the MRNY program – so good, that we wanted to share them with everyone who is interested in...

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Stefanie Brown

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget

11/26/13

If you think the federal budget stalemate means things are not changing in your community you are sadly mistaken. The standoff has slammed Head Start’s doors, and eliminated opportunities to prepare for school, in the faces of 750 potential preschoolers around Washington state. How? Last March, the...

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Paul Nyhan

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

11/26/13

A survey of recent University of Pennsylvania Wharton School graduates reveals that many young adults are planning to solve the work/family crunch by removing family from the equation. Only 42% of the undergraduate class of 2012 plans to have children, compared to 78% of the class of 1992,...

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Elizabeth Gedmark

Health Care

11/26/13

One thing's for sure, on Thursday dinner tables across America will be full of delicious food and good conversation with family and friends. Inevitably, the conversation is sure to touch on the hottest topics in politics and there is no topic hotter right now than the new healthcare law. Regardless...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

11/26/13

For me, the holiday season isn’t just a reminder of joyful tidings, but a reminder of how important healthcare really is to my family, and more specifically, my son Brandon. One holiday season when my children were young, what was supposed to be a time of cherished memories literally became a...

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Cindy Hutch

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

Native American, First People, Alaska Native, Tlingit. All of these words describe me, and none of them describe me. I am a tribal councilwoman, a mother, a daughter, a modern Native woman. I am a fighter, defender, and advocate for my people. As a Native woman, life for me is about balance just...

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Jacqueline Pata

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

Most people have heroes. Some wear spandex and wear a cape. Some have super human strength. Mine is 5 foot tall and I call her Mother. I honor my mother for her desire to create the best opportunities for me, my three siblings and 8 grandchildren. My mother is Navajo. She lives on the Navajo nation...

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Randella Bluehouse

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

A Q&A with Sarah Howard, MomsRising.org’s Executive/Fundraising Coordinator, as told to MomsRising.org Social Media Fellow Connie K. Ho What is your family’s story? Both of my maternal grandparents had Native American ancestors--Blackfeet on my grandfather's side of the family and Iroquois on...

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Sarah Howard

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared on the National Relief Charities Blog . Living in South Dakota you learn a lot of things. For example, I learned that in 1990, South Dakota was the very first state in the nation to recognize Native American Day instead of Columbus Day — sending a significant...

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Murray Lee

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared on the National Relief Charities Blog . Would you ever question whether American Indians are people? Of course not… and yet, this was actually argued in a court of law. It all started with the forced exodus of the Ponca Tribe to Oklahoma, after their homelands...

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