Food!

January 6, 2016

Let's get the new year off to a powerful and healthy start! All month long we're sharing resources here and in the Good Food Force Facebook Group . First up: celebrating the healthy YOU in the new year! Check out some great tips around setting goals, organizing your life, creating a fitness plan,...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

January 6, 2016

Are you looking to jumpstart your career or life path? You're in luck: professional coach Jen Schenkel, a mom of 2 in Brooklyn, shares these useful tips for getting ahead in the new year. Now, let's work it! To get started, choose 1 or 2 of the activities below that are the best fit for where you...

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Karen Showalter

Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

December 22, 2015

Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York signed into law a measure that greatly expands protection against the inhumane and risky practice of restraining women when they are pregnant or have recently had a baby. Although New York enacted a law in 2009 to prevent the use of restraints on women...

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Rachel Roth

Food!

December 22, 2015

The holiday season doesn't have to feel like a downward spiral when it comes to eating and feeling great. Healthy can be fun and easy. Check out this inspiring round-up of some of our favorite healthy holiday tips! Choosing Nontoxic Holiday Gifts for Children , by Beth Messersmith Last-minute...

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Karen Showalter

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Food!

December 18, 2015

Author's Note: Although this chat ended you can click to read the December 18, 2015 #FoodFri STORIFY - a curated list of said chat's tweets compiled into a story format, to learn more about the topic, review chat resources and engage with chat panelist(s) and participants . I enjoy going out to eat...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

December 17, 2015

We're featuring the many inspiring faces of the Good Food Force, an online network of moms and dads taking action to build healthier communities. This week, meet Liz from South Carolina! (And join the Good Food Force here !) We asked Liz to tell us a bit about herself and her work: I am a mother of...

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Karen Showalter

Celebrate Wins!

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

December 17, 2015

Sometimes it’s hard to see the many ways that small actions like signing a petition, sharing your personal experience, making a call, attending a local meeting, or playing a MomsVote debate game on social media add up over time and make a big difference. They do. Because we are MomsRising together...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food!

December 15, 2015

Nature is alive and well during the holiday season, and although the days can feel blustery and cold you can bring some of the outside in through holiday plants. As a gardener, I love holiday greenery, as it reminds me that those warm, sun-drenched days in the garden aren’t so far off after all...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

December 15, 2015

Los latinos tienden a vivir en vecindarios que cuentan con pocos supermercados y otras fuentes de opciones alimenticias saludables, pero están surgiendo varias soluciones prometedoras, de acuerdo con un nuevo paquete de estudios de Salud America! , red nacional para la prevención de la obesidad...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food! Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

December 14, 2015

Keystone Moms_ it's time to build a family-friendly Pennsylvania.jpg As a mom of two young and very rambunctious kids, I consider it a personal victory if we all make it out of the house wearing shoes each morning. So I totally understand how for many folks like me, the political ramblings taking...

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Karen Showalter