Maternal Justice

May 10, 2024

On May 1st, World Maternal Health Day, I sat down with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin to discuss the mental health challenges that often come with giving birth. Dr. Lakshmin, a perinatal psychiatrist and bestselling author of Real Self Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses...

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Gina Arias

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Childcare & Early Education Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Reproductive Justice

May 7, 2024

This Mother’s Day, as we celebrate the many, many ways that moms power the U.S. (and all of us!), we’re calling on Congress to power moms by passing care policies! Tell Congress: Power moms - Pass care policies in honor of Mother’s Day! What happened? Together, we’ve championed AND PASSED many...

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Felicia Burnett

Policy Heroes: Building the Care Infrastructure and Economy

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Reproductive Justice

May 7, 2024

This Mother’s Day, as we’re celebrating the many ways that moms power the U.S. (and all of us!), we’re sharing powerful care stories with every member of Congress so they know why these policies are important. We're delivering our storybook, "Policy Heroes: Building the Care Infrastructure and Economy" to the White House and every member of Congress

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Felicia Burnett

Maternal Justice

May 1, 2024

My son was barely three months old, and I was in the midst of feeling depressed, when I thought I was once again pregnant. My feelings of depression were now mixed with near panic at the thought of possibly being pregnant again. Although I had never had an abortion in my life I knew that if I was...

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Gina Arias

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 15, 2024

The battle for mom votes broke through in our national consciousness again last week with a dystopian State of the Union response by Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt. She centered herself in a kitchen that looked like a stage set, using her motherhood to peddle her fear-based vision of America. Rife with misinformation, Britt used words and a delivery that served to increase viewers' anxiety in an already anxiety- and despair-saturated America. A place where women's freedoms are evaporating.

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages Reproductive Justice

March 13, 2024

Moms For Freedom Agenda A Vision to Lift Our Nation We value our freedoms. The freedom to be there for our children and families when we’re needed most, to choose what’s best for our families, to send our kids to schools where every child belongs and can thrive, and to be able to earn equal pay and...

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages Reproductive Justice Social & Emotional Development

March 6, 2024

Join us for #CareCantWait #SOTU BINGO at 9pmET/6pmPT on Thursday, March 7! Get your card, check off important victories for the care movement as President Joe Biden speaks, and celebrate as policies that are important to us make it onto center stage during the State of the Union! Download your...

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March 6, 2024

¡Únete a nosotros para jugar Lotería durante el Estado de la Unión a las 9pmET/6pmPT el jueves 7 de marzo! Consigue tu cartón, marca las importantes victorias para el movimiento de cuidado mientras el presidente Joe Biden habla, ¡y celebra cuando las políticas que son importantes para nosotros...

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Linda Stone

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

January 24, 2024

En este San Valentín, le decimos al Congreso: "No rompan nuestros corazones. ¡Aprueben políticas que las familias amen!" Así es, ya es hora de que el Congreso muestre su amor por nuestras familias y apruebe políticas que sean más dulces que una caja de chocolates, políticas que beneficien a los...

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Linda Stone

Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

January 11, 2024

It is the first anniversary of the murder of Kennan Anderson , who died at the hands of the LAPD. On January 3, 2023, Kennan was involved in a nonviolent traffic incident in which he flagged down police for help. Instead of helping, the police escalated the situation and treated Kennan as a...

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