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Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 6, 2021

This Mother’s Day weekend, we are inviting YOU to join us in taking ACTION to get Congress moving toward real change in honor of all the moms and caregivers who have moved mountains over the past 14 months of the pandemic (and way before that too). It’s time for our nation to finally build a care...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 5, 2021

Being a single mother is tough. Doing the same job during a global pandemic has been nothing short of a seemingly impossible task that managed to get completed with each passing day. In March of 2020, as I was packing my luggage to make one of my many usual trips to Washington, D.C. for my work as...

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Lizette Escobedo

Blog Carnivals Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 5, 2021

Ser madre soltera es difícil. Hacer el mismo trabajo durante una pandemia mundial ha sido una tarea aparentemente imposible que se ha logrado llevar a cabo día a día. En marzo de 2020, me encontraba haciendo mis maletas para realizar uno de mis múltiples viajes habituales a Washington, D.C. por mi...

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Lizette Escobedo

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising

May 2, 2021

April has been a busy month with much to celebrate. One of those celebrations that I take pride in is that April is National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month! While we have started a new month, it’s never too late to celebrate. As the daughter of Mexican immigrants who grew up in a...

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Marysol Perez

MomsRising Politics & Policy

April 29, 2021

Today is the first day of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, a time to celebrate and shine a spotlight on Asian Americans as part of the American fabric. This year, such recognition is particularly important because of the current violence against our community. The size of the...

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Gloria Pan

Gun Safety MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

April 19, 2021

The unending and unjust police brutality towards Black lives has once again created a wave of devastating media content and rippling conversations families are once again forced to have. For Black families this has been a never ending conversation as police violence takes Black life, after Black...

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Donna Norton

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising MomsRising Near You

April 16, 2021

It is commonly known that Parent involvement in children's lives is one of the highest indicators of early literacy success for children. However, literacy is also a great way to provide an entry point on having conversations around social justice issues and advocacy even for our youngest learners...

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Marysol Perez

What the heck is the American Rescue Plan?

Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising Podcast Politics & Policy

April 6, 2021

On the latest episode of Breaking Through radio podcast Kristin and guests cover why the care infrastructure is part of our nation’s basic infrastructure — and how #CareCantWait. They also dive into the power of YOUR (our members) story and discuss how you can support the AAPI community and work to...

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Amber Dorsey

Gun Safety MomsRising Podcast Politics & Policy

March 25, 2021

On the radio show this week Kristin and company cover what’s in the American Rescue Plan for YOU and how you can access those benefits. They discuss the Equality Act that’s moving forward in Congress and what you can do to help make this critically important bill pass. They also touch on how you...

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Amber Dorsey

Family Economic Security MomsRising Realistic & Fair Wages

March 24, 2021

On average, a woman working full-time, year-round in the United States must work for 15 months to get paid as much as a man working full-time, year-round earns in 12. It will take her 50 years to get paid what he earns in just 40 – for Black women, it’s 66 . The persistent lifetime earnings gap...

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