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May 9, 2017

Moms with Strollers, Marching Band to Deliver Mini Statue of Liberty Figures to Trump, Sessions and U.S. Senate on Friday to Raise Importance of Freedom, Liberty and Justice for Our Children’s Future On Friday, May 12th, ahead of Mother's Day, members of MomsRising and other groups will deliver...

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May 9, 2017

With Mother’s Day around the corner, we find these lines from Emma Lazarus’s poem, The New Colossus, referring to the Statue of Liberty, incredibly inspiring: “Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch , whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

May 8, 2017

Mother's Day is this weekend! Thank you for all you do! In honor of this holiday, in addition to making time with the special people in our lives, let's also take some time to flex those POWERFUL PARENT MUSCLES! This Mother's Day and every day, parents will fight for our families and our nation. We...

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Karen Showalter

Immigration

May 2, 2017

Who can defend us against growing epidemics of violence, hate, and war? Donald Trump and his allies are vowing to “keep America safe” by cutting $54 billion from domestic programs and pumping it into our military, which is already by far the largest military in the world . The media keeps on...

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Kate Duva

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

Family Economic Security Food! Immigration

April 26, 2017

I came to Christ late in life. Drawn to him out of necessity, but committed because of love. His love. It changed my life. He changed my life. I now try to live as He commanded. I don't always succeed. Some days, I will admit, when I focus on the world, I lose sight of Him and His precepts. But He...

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Migdalia Rivera

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

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave

April 24, 2017

On your mark... get set…. go!!! It’s #5Actions time! You can do all five of the actions on one day, or spread them out across the week, your choice. The important thing is not WHEN you do them, but IF you do them. One thing we know for sure is that if you do them, your actions will add up with...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

April 12, 2017

It’s time! We need you to #KeepMarching with us while Congress is home during their recess! Recess? Well, right now, members of Congress are in their home districts and many are hosting Town Halls to hear from constituents. Not everyone can attend in-person, so we’ve compiled a list of questions...

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