Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

April 28, 2017

THANK YOU! Through all the political chaos that’s happened since Trump took the White House we’ve been blown away by the impact at the state and federal levels of the over million members, and millions of readers, of MomsRising who have been raising their voices in high impact ways for the last ten...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Immigration Military Families Paid Family Leave

April 25, 2017

Me llamo Brishithe Tovar y nací en Guatemala. Mi familia y yo emigramos a California cuando tenía 9 años después de que mi madre fuera asaltada a mano armada cuando tenía 6 meses de embarazo. El trauma y el estrés fueron tan severos que mi mamá desarrolló presión arterial peligrosamente alta y...

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Brishithe Tovar

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Immigration Military Families Paid Family Leave

April 24, 2017

My name is Brishithe Tovar and I was born in Guatemala. My family and I migrated to California when I was 9 years old after my mother got robbed at gunpoint when she was 6 months pregnant. The shock and stress was so severe, my mom developed dangerously high blood pressure and temporary blindness,...

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Brishithe Tovar

Breastfeeding

April 12, 2017

Originally posted on Kimberly Seals Allers' blog . Losing a child is a tragedy. As the Internet buzzed with the story of Jillian Johnson and the death of her son Landon, our hearts ached. Every mother, every human, feels her pain. Often, the best you can glean from any tragedy are important lessons...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Breastfeeding

April 12, 2017

Getting beyond the headlines to the truth about recent stories of “breastfeeding-related deaths.”

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Breastfeeding Military Families Paid Family Leave

March 27, 2017

Paid Family Leave for military families has rapidly changed in the past two years, and the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act brings even more changes. While some of these changes appear to be improvements for military parental leave, several points of the new law have left us with some...

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Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Podcast

March 20, 2017

Most of us spend a great deal of time at work - with our colleagues, doing our job. This can be a wonderful thing or a true challenge. When we feel valued, work can be an amazing thing – you feel part of something, appreciated and engaged. This is something every company should strive for, but how...

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Christina D'Allesandro

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

February 7, 2017

As you have probably heard by now, Congress is trying to repeal health coverage by gutting the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is a big deal. Independent, credible experts agree that a repeal of the ACA without an immediate replacement would leave almost 30 million people uninsured, including 4...

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Abbie Gately

Breastfeeding Maternal Justice Military Families Paid Family Leave

February 6, 2017

Being a new mom in a military family presents particular challenges. The military needs to address these situations head on with more family-friendly policies like stronger and consistent paid leave policies.

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Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC

Breastfeeding Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

February 3, 2017

Wow – it has been a big week. Families in Washington state and across the country are still reeling from the harmful directives coming from the new administration. Now, more than ever, Washingtonians are counting on the power of state and local advocacy to move the dial for children and families...

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