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Lawmakers Join Family Groups for “Best for Babies” Hill Briefing on the Importance of Paid Family & Medical Leave

May 6, 2014
Paid Family & Medical Leave

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

MomsRising Delivers Storks and Baby Onesies to Members of Congress to Show the Importance of Paid Family Leave on Child Development
WASHINGTON, DC --  Lawmakers will join ZERO TO THREE, MomsRising, and the National Partnership for Women & Families for a forum on  “The Child Development Case for Paid Family & Medical Leave” on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in the Capitol Visitor Center. At the forum, co-hosted by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT), both of whom introduced the FAMILY Act of 2013 (S 1810/HR 3712) last December,  parents and their babies, along with practitioners, experts and business leaders will have a discussion on how national and paid family leave can help babies and young children during this critical time.
 
WHAT: Best for Babies Hill Briefing and Special Delivery
 
WHO: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT) host; Matthew Melmed, Executive Director, ZERO TO THREE; Debra Ness, President, National Partnership for Women and Families; Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director, MomsRising.org; Dr. David I. Fromberg, Pediatrician, AAP District III Chairperson; Jessica Christy, Parent; Marcia St. Hilaire-Finn, Owner, Bright Start Child Care and Preschool.
 
WHEN: Wednesday, May 7th from 10:00am-12:00pm ET
 
WHERE: Capitol Visitors Center Meeting Room North, Washington DC.
 
MEDIA RSVP: Kim Hayes, (202) 371-1999; kim@prsolutionsdc.com
 
 
At the same time, members of MomsRising will deliver books containing stories from moms across the country, highlighting the importance of  family leave, along with adorable stuffed storks and decorated baby onesies to call attention to the need for family leave.
 
VIEW THE STORYBOOK HERE.
 
The FAMILY Act of 2013 (S 1810/HR 3712) would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program, ensuring that American workers would no longer have to choose between earning a paycheck and caring for their families.
 
For more information on the briefing or deliveries, or for interviews with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, please contact Kim Hayes at (202) 371-1999 or by email at kim@prsolutionsdc.com.
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.