Family Economic Security

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

February 20, 2018

The Coalition on Human Needs just released a special edition of the Human Needs Report focusing on President Trump’s FY19 budget request, including sections on select departmental budgets.

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Lecia Imbery

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

February 18, 2018

Our hearts are broken this week. We're angry and we're fed up with our leaders' failure to take meaningful action around gun safety and to keep our kids safe. At the very top of our #5Actions list this week is an action to urge Congress to ban the sale of military-style assault weapons with high-...

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Karen Showalter

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

February 9, 2018

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report, with the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, President Trump’s FY19 budget, immigration, work requirements, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care

February 7, 2018

There are literal lifesavers around us that we can’t see! Wondering what I’m talking about? I’m talking about Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or food stamps). They are there when we need them, saving lives and boosting our economy. They are proven programs that lift up...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care

February 6, 2018

“I am a low-income single mom struggling to make a better life for myself and my little boy. We receive SNAP benefits. My son goes to a public elementary school. He gets a free lunch. I am working hard and trying to use these benefits as a stepping-stone and I am close but I have not yet been able...

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Elyssa Schmier

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Military Families MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

January 30, 2018

"We were divided and conquered because the intersectional history that held our movements together had been ignored and forgotten."

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

January 28, 2018

MomsRising sent the following letter to the Washington State Legislature in regards to current equal pay legislation before the State House and Senate. Call your elected officials in Olympia to share your opposition to any form of preemption in the Equal Pay Opportunity Act 1-888-523-8974 : Dear...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

January 22, 2018

Editor's note: MomsRising's CEO/Executive Director, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, delivered a powerful message at the Women's #PowerToThePolls First Anniversary rally event in Las Vegas this past weekend. Check out the Facebook Live video of her remarks as well as the written remarks below: Hello out...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

January 18, 2018

Back in 1993 two HUGE things happened. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law and the movie Jurassic Park broke box office records. Now, 25 years later Jurassic Park will see its second reboot--with new and improved dinosaurs and modernized special effects! But our UNPAID...

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Ruth Martin

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

January 12, 2018

It is a national disgrace that children are the poorest Americans. The Children’s Defense Fund’s new report The State of America’s Children® 2017 details the immoral, costly and preventable poverty, homelessness, hunger, health problems, poor education and violence plaguing children who are America...

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