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Power of ONEsie Goes Presidential in St. Paul

August 29, 2008
MomsVote

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

National Moms Grassroots Organization to Urge Candidates to Focus on Supporting Families with Display at Democratic and Republican Conventions

MomsRising.org, the national grassroots organization for moms and anyone who has a mom will be on-hand at the Republican convention on Wednesday to call attention to the importance of the candidates valuing families by addressing issues like health care, fair wages, flexible work hours, paid sick days, paid family leave, and affordable childcare. MomsRising.org visited the Democratic convention last Wednesday.

MomsRising.org members will display dozens of baby onesies (one-piece outfits for babies) decorated by members from across the country with messages about what American families need, who want to hear how Senator McCain will address these critical “kitchen table” issues at the Republican convention:

3:30pm, Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Outside the Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 Seventh Street W
St. Paul
 
 

The Power of ONEsie display is part of MomsVote ’08, MomsRising.org’s effort to focus candidates’ attention on family friendly policies and mobilize moms to register to vote and to vote. Women comprise more than half of all voters in the U.S. and eight in ten women are mothers by the time they are 44. MomsVote ‘08 is working to bring the voices of moms and their families to the forefront during the elections.

MomsRising.org Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Moms Vote ’08 Director Laura Hitchcock will be on-hand along with several Minneapolis/St. Paul-area members to offer comment on the ONEsie display and MomsVote ’08.

On Thursday evening, MomsRising.org members will be watching Senator McCain’s speech and noting how often he mentions family friendly policies, with the help of special “BINGO” cards. During Senator Obama’s acceptance speech the last week, members tracked his mentions of these issues. MomsRising.org will host an online conversation after both conventions to ascertain members’ impressions of how each candidate performed.
 

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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.