Blog Carnivals

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

Fatherhood is a lifestyle. Fatherhood should not just something that you get to do after work, on the weekends or when you are allowed to by the courts or the mother. Fathers live for the betterment of the lives of their children. It is very disturbing that we live in a society that has bestowed...

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Brandale Randolph

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Health Care Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

The birth of my daughter came just about 1 year after starting a new job in the non-profit sector. I was fortunate in that the organization I work for is run by warm and kind people who appreciate and value the staff. Our staff of seven people were also fairly young on average when I started, and...

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Peter Walz

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

Four of my favorite people in the world call me Junie (their special name for their grandfather). Granny and I have been married for almost fifty years. We’re grandparents to four delightful grandchildren. I’d like to offer my input from a grandfather’s perspective as to why Father’s Day is such a...

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Charlie Dotson

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Health Care Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

I just watched my three year old “graduate” from her first year of preschool. It was a cute ceremony, and the room was filled with parents that sat in long rows with their cameras trained on the kids up front. But it's also 11am on a Friday, and that means I was one of the only dads in the room...

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Grant Dotson

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

When my partner and I were graced with the news that we were expecting our first child, I was in my fifth year of service as an assistant professor in a research university. Tenure reviews are generally scheduled for the sixth year of service. Thus, in the academic profession, this is the crucial...

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Scott Kurashige

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Childcare & Early Education Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

I’m a Dad. Even three years and two kids later, defining myself in that way still seems somewhat surreal. I’m also a Community Organizer. I have been for 13 years... and believe me that’s often very surreal as well. You see, the life of an Organizer isn’t like most. You are seen as a community...

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Adam Sotak

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

In addition to the individual stories being shared for the Father’s Day blog festival for MomsRising.org, I wanted to provide an overall discussion of the rapidly changing role of men in this discussion around a workplace supportive of employees and their family responsibilities. Often when there...

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Stan Kimer

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

When my wife and I adopted Misha Gabrielle, our oldest daughter was a two-week old infant in the late summer of 1998, the last thing we had thought about was my paternity leave. My wife was working at a relatively progressive college, and she was able to take eight weeks off before returning to...

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Mark Anthony Neal

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

Every day, LGBT Americans face unexpected emergencies or life events requiring their care and attention—a worker comes down with the flu, a child is born, an adoption is finalized, a sick child is sent home from school, an elderly loved one is hospitalized. Many LGBT workers learn at these critical...

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Jared Make

Gun Safety Blog Carnivals

June 11, 2013

Newtown is mostly quiet again now, especially in the tiny business center of Sandy Hook - just around the corner from the site where our shuttered elementary school still stands. You can’t see Sandy Hook School from the road, and the driveway remains closed and guarded. But people all around our...

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