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08/30/08

After watching the convention acceptance speeches, tell us how the candidates scored on your MomsRising Candidate Bingo card! (Don't have a Bingo card yet? Get yours by clicking here.) What scores did you get? Let's hear how the candidates did on family-friendly issues. We'll be sharing scores with the media and candidates as well.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/28/08

I've been a member of the United Methodist Church my whole life. I grew up with vacation Bible school, the Methodist hymnal, and Welch's grape juice communions. Even when I went to college, I found a home church that felt familiar.

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Anita Sarah Jackson

08/27/08

Just watched Lilly Ledbetter's speech. I'm glad she got a chance to tell her story on this stage. Those of us who are a part of MomsRising.org know it well-- as a Goodyear tire manager, she spent 19 years making less than her male counterparts for the same job, at which her performance was praised.

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Anita Sarah Jackson

08/26/08

This week, the plight of children’s health in this year’s state budget garnered front page media attention.

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Jenny Kattlove

08/26/08

Getting into the spirit of the MomsRising.org BINGO game early, I decided to tune into Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention. There was quite a line up of speakers, from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Senator Ted Kennedy to Caroline Kennedy to the woman of the hour, Michelle Obama. ***

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Anita Sarah Jackson

08/25/08

It's time to bingo with Barack tonight. The Power of ONEsie display was a smashing success at the Democratic Convention yesterday. Wow. Let's keep the energy going, and keep the voices of moms in the spotlight.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/25/08

Inspiration is in short supply these days in Sacramento. But as I, and several of my MomsRising.org colleagues, delivered YOUR stories about healthcare to legislative aides, I saw a rare glimmer of interest and inspiration. The discussion quickly turned to, “How can we do it?” not “Is it important?”

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Ashley Boyd

08/21/08

Change is in the air this year. For the first time in a generation, young people are galvanized in record numbers by the presidential campaign and have devoted themselves with renewed energy to the democratic process. If they vote in numbers similar to those we have seen on the campaign trail, they could change the political landscape for years to come.

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Phoebe Taubman

08/20/08

Earlier this year, Congress approved a $168 billion economic stimulus package that aimed to provide a temporary boost to the economy through handing out checks to the masses. Many presidents are tempted to try to stimulate the economy in this way. While Bush did it recently, our next president might try it, too. The package was a bipartisan

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Alex Estes

Environmental Health

08/19/08

Mindful Living: Healthy Churches, Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Learn about the World of Toxics October 9-11, 2008 Lake Geneva Christian Center, Alexandria, Minnesota

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Jennifer Pitz