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Moms Leader Available for Comment at This Week’s Democratic Presidential Debates

June 25, 2019
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Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Rowe-Finkbeiner to Attend Wednesday’s Debate in Miami; Be Available for Comment on Wednesday Evening and Thursday as Million-Member Moms Group Publishes a Mom-Crafted, Mom-Approved Platform for the 2020 Elections

From health care to paid leave, immigration to fair pay, policing to reproductive and maternal care, America’s moms have a tremendous amount at stake every day. That’s why the nation’s largest and most powerful moms group has published a Mom Platform ahead of this week’s Democratic presidential debates; and many of its more than a million members across the nation will be tracking whether the candidates speak to the key areas in that platform using a Presidential Debate Bingo card. 

“It’s imperative that candidates know what’s happening in our families, our lives and our communities, and what it takes to raise a family in the United States today, so they can put solutions that lift our economy and families on center stage where they belong,” said MomsRising executive director and CEO Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, who will attend Wednesday’s debate in Miami. MomsRising is sponsoring tweet chats during this week’s debates and a national Bingo game in English and Spanish, where members can track which of the issues are addressed during the debates.

***TO REACH ROWE-FINKBEINER FOR COMMENT DURING OR AFTER THE DEBATES, OR SET UP A TIME TO TALK TO HER, PLEASE CONTACT: Lisa Lederer at 202/421-5825***

Moms, dads, and families from across the country have lent their expertise and lived experiences to inform, craft, and build the Mom Platform. Moms have been joining conference calls, sharing stories, and filling out surveys to ensure this platform meets the high standards (and needs and demands) of families across the nation. The Mom Platform will be shared with all presidential candidates.

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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.