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Adoption Awareness Month

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November 26, 2018

Like every parent, I will never forget the day we brought our daughter home for the first time. It was an unseasonably warm spring day and, after dumping the luggage from our weeks abroad, we headed straight for the yard. As I set our 17-month-old in the grass, I felt a momentary a rush of relief...

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Tatsuko Go Hollo

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November 26, 2018

A few days ago, we asked MomsRising members like you why you voted, and why you #KeepMarching. In celebration of Giving Tuesday, Nov. 27, we’re sharing 10 of these statements — all of them from MomsRising grandparents . Yes, grandparents! If there’s anyone who can inspire us to keep rising and #...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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November 22, 2018

En este Día de Acción de Gracias, queremos expresar gratitud a nuestra comunidad de guerreras, y a ti que eres parte de ella. Gracias por tu apoyo constante y ser la fuerza motivadora de nuestro trabajo. Cada una de tus llamadas, textos, firmas, visitas a la oficina de tu legislador, y otras...

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Linda Stone

Adopción

MomsRising Paid Family Leave

November 20, 2018

Como cualquier padre de familia, nunca olvidaré el día que trajimos a nuestra hija a la casa por primera vez. Era un día de primavera inusualmente cálido y, después de meter a la casa el equipaje de una semana que pasamos fuera del país, salimos al patio. Cuando puse a nuestra hija de 17 meses en...

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Tatsuko Go Hollo

Premature Awareness Month

Breastfeeding Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave

November 14, 2018

Ever since I was little I knew I wanted to have kids. My husband and I married somewhat young, and we decided to try having kids when we were in our twenties, just in case it might not work out if we tried in our thirties. With our chosen professions in the food industry, there would have been no...

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Nicole Stoddard

Programa de permisos familiares pagados de WA

MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave

November 14, 2018

Desde niña, supe que quería tener hijos. Mi esposo y yo nos casamos cuando éramos relativamente jóvenes y decidimos tratar de tener hijos cuando teníamos veintitantos años, por si acaso no podíamos si tratábamos después de los treinta. Como trabajamos en la industria alimenticia, no íbamos a poder...

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Nicole Stoddard

MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

November 5, 2018

This is it. It’s Election Eve. We have less than 24 hours until the election -- and we urgently need your help reminding infrequent voters to #VOTE on Election Day, which is tomorrow, November 6, by making some quick reminders to vote. It’s going to take all of us to make voter turnout this year...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsRising MomsVote

October 31, 2018

The MOMentum you created in October was scary good — and it’s still going! Your generosity is helping us mobilize women, moms, and the people who love them to get out the vote across the nation, to stand up for maternal justice, and so much more.

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Anita Sarah Jackson

VOTE!

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October 19, 2018

Does this election season have you stressed out? I’ve got a solution for you! Let’s Gourd Out The Vote and carve some electoral pumpkins! What the what? What is “Gourd Out the Vote” and what is an electoral pumpkin? A weird band? A polling firm? Nope! Gourd out the vote is a seasonal play on “get...

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Ruth Martin

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October 17, 2018

It's ON. Early voting is underway in North Carolina from Wednesday, October 17th, until Saturday, November 3rd (of course, you can also vote on Election Day, November 6th!). There's a lot at stake for women and families this election – now it's YOUR turn to have the final say when you head to the...

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