Family Economic Security

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

March 8, 2019

In 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused widespread devastation across Puerto Rico, leaving children especially vulnerable—but the sad reality is Puerto Rican children were some of the most at risk in America long before the storm. Nearly 6 in 10 children in Puerto Rico live in poverty, a rate...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

March 6, 2019

D elicious avocado toast isn’t why families like mine are struggling financially, as has been ridiculously proposed, but childcare...now THAT is an actual problem. It’s hard to believe that out of touch millionaires like Tim Gurner can even suggest that eating avocados could be a reason that...

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Donna Hoffman Cullinan

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

March 6, 2019

MomsRising super mom, Jessica Morrison, spoke at a press conference on Capitol Hill about how the American Family Act would help her growing family. Read her story below and watch her speak here ! Good afternoon. My name is Jessica Morrison. I live just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I...

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Abbie Gately

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Podcast

March 4, 2019

On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the power of the Oscars to move justice forward. We'll cover the power of YOUR story, and a new National Academy of Sciences MAJOR report on child poverty and how to end it. We also discuss the nutrition/NAP crisis hitting Puerto Rico if Congress doesn't...

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Amber Dorsey

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Politics & Policy

March 4, 2019

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on early FY20 budget talks, the potential loss of food aid for millions, a blow to low-income consumers, ongoing immigration battles, and more. Click here to read a PDF version.

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Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Immigration

March 1, 2019

It's March, and spring is officially in the air! We're back with this week's round-up of top actions, featuring urgent campaigns around tax credits for working families, child care, protecting school lunch and SNAP (food stamps), gun safety, the #FakeNationalEmergency, and more. Be sure to scroll...

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Karen Showalter

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

March 1, 2019

From attending the State of the Union address to speaking at the re-introduction of the FAMILY Act to testifying before Congress on the Paycheck Fairness Act, February has been full of MomsRising power! And not only at the federal level — moms are making the difference for economic justice...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Social & Emotional Development

March 1, 2019

“Someone had to break the pattern, and very often the civil rights revolution was initiated by the most vulnerable Black persons. Many of them were women and many of them were children—tough, resilient, hopeful, beautiful children. The greatest experience of my life was standing with them as they...

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Marian Wright Edelman

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Mother and son look at camera, smiling, holding sign for paid family and medical leave in New Hampshire.]

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

February 27, 2019

During the recent Polar Vortex of 2019, I loaded myself and my son Vinny into the Resistance Mobile (my terrible minivan bedecked with political and justice related stickers) and for the first time in my life drove to the State House in Concord, New Hampshire to rally and testify in support of...

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Marcella Termini

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 27, 2019

I’m newly back in the office after having my baby and I have one thing on my mind—we HAVE TO solve the childcare crisis in this country. At my neighborhood meetup for new parents not a week goes by that childcare doesn’t come up as a major issue for families. Moms with no choice but to quit jobs...

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