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03/21/12

I am excited and honored to be joining the Women’s Human Rights Delegation in Birmingham, Alabama this week as part of the We Belong Together campaign. I am going for my grandmother and my mother. Because of them, I have the privilege to be an advocate for, to listen and speak out against our...

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Helly Lee

03/21/12

As practically a native Alabamian, I can tell you that there are many great things about the state. It is a beautiful place and as the state song says, from north to south, east to west, it offers its citizens beauty of the land. Also from the song is a promise to "give all I have, hand, brain,...

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Ruth Ann Powers

Immigration

03/21/12

On March 21st and 22nd, I will join the We Belong Together Women’s Human Rights Delegation to Alabama to lend a voice for infants and toddlers in these efforts to protect immigrant families. Today in America, over 20% of children under age six have immigrant parents and approximately 93% of those...

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Kelsey Quigley

Immigration

03/21/12

“HB 56 has devastated our community in many ways,” shared Trini in November at the first organizing training for immigrants living under Alabama’s new anti-immigrant law, considered to be the worst in the nation. “But the worst part is psychological. We used to have a life. We were active in our...

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Monica Hernandez

03/21/12

I’ve never been to Alabama and yet it has featured prominently in my personal narrative. Just days before my 12th birthday in January 1963, George Wallace was sworn in for his first term as Governor of Alabama. The words from his inaugural address rang well beyond Alabama's borders: “Segregation...

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Sammie Moshenberg

Health Care

03/20/12

As we mark the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) two-year anniversary, families across the nation are grateful because they know firsthand that their children are safer and better protected and healthier because of health care reform. While people on all sides of the political spectrum continue to weigh...

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Lisa Shapiro

03/20/12

This past September, I was honored to be part of a delegation of powerful women leaders from across the country who came to Atlanta to bear witness to the testimony of immigrant women, children, and service providers who are struggling because of anti-immigrant policies in Georgia. This was the...

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Tiffany Williams

Environmental Health

03/20/12

Every Tuesday on the MomsRising blog , you can find new information on how to eliminate dangerous chemicals and toxins that are in every day products. Our weekly guides break down the information moms need into easy-to-understand, realistic tips for daily life. We can’t avoid all chemicals, but a...

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Claire Moshenberg

03/20/12

The We Belong Together women’s delegation to Georgia last year was a powerful experience for me as we met with immigrant women there who are living in fear with their families as they deal with criminalization, racial profiling and police harassment. Georgia’s new “get tough on immigrants law,” had...

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Betty G. Robinson

Environmental Health Health Care

03/20/12

Happy first day of Spring! Spring break is here or on it's way, the Spring holidays are just around the corner, and with all this Spring merriment comes a host of Spring chores. It's time for spring cleaning! Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user bies This year, why not skip pricey, potentially toxic...

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Claire Moshenberg