Statement “Childcare now costs more than college in most states in our nation. It’s a true emergency. Parents need safe, enriching places for their children to be so they can work; and children need safe, enriching early education so they can thrive. While we are encouraged that both Presidential candidates are tackling the issue of affordable childcare, Donald Trump’s new proposed childcare tax deduction plan falls far short of a solution: It’s great for the wealthy, but it doesn’t fix the childcare crisis for the majority of parents in America.
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July 22, 2016
Statement NEW YORK CITY -- Earlier today, the NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio’s Leadership Team on School Discipline and Climate released their final recommendations calling for an end to all school suspensions for children grades K-2.
In reaction to the decision, Monifa Bandele, Senior Campaign Director for MomsRising issued the following statement praising the Mayor’s Leadership Team for taking steps to end the school-to-prison pipeline and urging him to take on additional reforms:
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July 20, 2016
Statement Last week, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a budget that included funding for the Healthy Corner Store Initiative (HB 250) that tackles some of the state’s leading causes for death by providing money to corner stores and small retailers that would make them better able to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods. Nutrition-related health problems cost North Carolinians $54 billion each year.
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July 20, 2016
News release Washington residents strongly support ensuring all workers can earn paid sick leave, according to a new public opinion survey. The poll, which was conducted by the national Work Family Strategy Council in 15 states, found that 71 percent of voters in Washington support new paid sick day laws — including 2-1 support among Independent voters.
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July 11, 2016
News release Educators and child development experts agree that social emotional skills are crucial building blocks for children’s future success. These are the skills that help children understand and manage their emotions, feel and show empathy, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions.
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July 8, 2016
Statement "This has been a heartbreaking week for all Americans. We mourn the tragic killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five Dallas police officers who were on duty during a peaceful protest. These deaths compel us to address our nation's legacy of structural racism and a toxic gun culture in order to move forward. No mother, father, child or neighbor should ever have to mourn the loss of a loved one to violence. We are better than this."
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July 7, 2016
Statement “With Cameron Sterling’s heart-breaking cry still ringing in our ears as he mourned the police shooting death of his father, Alton Sterling, we awoke this morning to news of yet another African American man, Philando Castile, being shot and killed by a police officer. His girlfriend and her four-year-old daughter were witnesses to his death.
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July 6, 2016
Statement “MomsRising members are heartbroken for the family of Alton Sterling, and deeply disturbed by his killing at the hands of police. No mother should ever have to explain to her children that their father will not be coming home because he was killed by police, for no reason other than being a black man in America. And yet, tragically, Sterling is the 114th Black man to be killed by police in the U.S. just this year. This is not okay.
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June 30, 2016
News release In Jacksonville, Florida, more than 8,000 four-year-olds are enrolled in a city book club and receive free backpacks filled with reading resources, and each month, their parents receive a book to read with them. A new initiative in Rochester, New York will help expand developmental screenings for children, by helping programs that already screen increase their capacity, and training child care center staff and teachers to conduct such screenings.
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June 27, 2016
Statement “Nearly every week we are reminded of ongoing structural racism in our nation that must be deconstructed. Nothing demonstrates that more clearly than the past weeks' failures of our criminal justice system to hold any of the involved officers accountable in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, or in the video taped assault on the teen at the McKinney pool in Texas, as well as the ongoing failure of justice in the death of Ramarley Graham and too many others. Our nation must end racial profiling and police brutality, as well as halt mass incarceration.
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