Gun Safety

January 5, 2016

Gun violence is a crisis in our country. That crisis has reached a fever pitch with almost as many mass shootings last year as there were days in the year. In fact, there have been more than 100,000 deaths as a result of gun violence in the last decade. This cannot go on. Mothers and fathers,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Gun Safety

January 5, 2016

President Obama just took Executive Action to shrink the loophole in background checks for gun sales today! And you helped this happen! You (yes, YOU!) signed letters to Congress, clicked on petitions, shared your experiences, visited elected leaders, shared links on social media, made calls and...

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Gloria Pan

Gun Safety

December 27, 2015

An American child dies by a gun every other day. Every. Other. Day. The only thing that will break the stranglehold that the corporate gun lobby has on our lawmakers is US – you, me, and every mom and dad out there who cares AND who takes action.

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Beth Messersmith

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! Gun Safety Podcast

December 8, 2015

For your podcast list: Breaking Through with me, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner! It's fun, feisty, and relevant for moms and families. Our weekly podcast is ‪#‎free‬ for all on iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/moms-rising-radio/id533519537 ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW: The San Bernardino shooting and...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Gun Safety Politics & Policy

December 8, 2015

I'm remembering how Sandra Bland, an African American woman in her late twenties, was pulled over by Trooper Brian Encinia, a white police officer, for not signaling a lane change. Some facts are clear: Sandra was less than a mile from the Prairie View A&M University, her alma mater where she...

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Christine Stone

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Gun Safety

December 3, 2015

Heart. Broken. In the 336 days of 2015, there have already been 355 mass shootings in our nation . This has to end. Our thoughts are with the San Bernardino mass shooting victims and their families, the many people and caregivers who work at the Inland Regional Center, a facility that serves people...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Gun Safety

December 3, 2015

Yesterday’s shooting in San Bernadino brought the number of mass shootings in the United States to 355 in just one year. This has to end. MomsRising is an organization of more than a million moms, dads and others, and we are dedicated to the health and safety of our nation’s families. Today, our...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

#GivingTuesday

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration MomsVote Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

December 1, 2015

You gave thanks. You ate delicious food. You got deals. Now, it’s time to give back! Today is Giving Tuesday, a national day of celebrating and supporting the causes that matter most to us – like making the world a better, safer, more just place for women, moms and families. To mark this day,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Gun Safety

November 18, 2015

El estado soleado pronto puede ser menos apto para las familias. Los legisladores del estado están considerando otorgar a los dueños de armas que tienen permisos para portar armas ocultas el derecho a portar sus armas de fuego a la vista en lugares públicos incluso permitiéndoles llevar sus armas...

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Gloria Pan