News release JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS -- Texas Jail Project, a nonprofit that advocates for improving conditions in Texas county jails, and MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground multicultural organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, are petitioning a Jefferson County judge to release Kandace Washington, a 22-year-old black mother who is more than 7 months pregnant.
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August 21, 2017
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August 12, 2017
Statement “This weekend, we watched in horror as white supremacists and Nazis march through the streets of Charlottesville inciting violence that has caused the death of at least one peaceful anti-racism demonstrator.
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August 7, 2017
News release WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, August 7th, in celebration of National Breastfeeding Month, members of MomsRising, a national mom-focused advocacy organization, will hand deliver letters to members of the US Senate featuring personal stories of moms living in the United States that highlight the need for better pumping accommodations for breastfeeding moms at the workplace.
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August 1, 2017
News release Today, as August marks the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month, moms advocacy organization MomsRising in partnership with independent creative ad agency WONGDOODY announced the launch of #IPumpedHere, a viral social media campaign to drive attention to the serious lack of clean, legal places for breastfeeding mothers to pump in the workplace.
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July 31, 2017
Statement “Black women in our country experience an appalling wage gap. It took almost 19 months, going into July of 2017, for Black women’s earnings to catch up to those of white, non-Hispanic men in 2016. That is a wage gap of 63 cents on the dollar for the average Black woman working full-time, year-round – an average loss of more than $21,000 per year compared to what is paid to white, non-Hispanic men. Black mothers are penalized even further, earning just 51 cents on the dollar. This is outrageous.
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July 28, 2017
Statement “Moms across America are breathing a temporary sigh of relief today because the U.S. Senate leadership’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed -- at least for now. Despite a flurry of last-minute back-room dealings, Senate Republican leaders were rightly unable to corral enough votes to pass their destructive ‘Skinny Repeal’ bill, which would have destabilized insurance markets, ripped coverage away from millions of people, and caused lasting damage to the health of our families and to our economy.
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July 25, 2017
News release WASHINGTON, DC — Four civic engagement groups, iAmerica Action, Indivisible, Mi Familia Vota (MFV) and MomsRising, unveiled on Tuesday the “Raise Your Hand” initiative to strengthen the voices of communities of color who often feel disenfranchised by national political leaders.
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July 25, 2017
Statement “Today, Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate continued their grossly irresponsible, shameful assault on our economy and the health care families rely on by approving a Motion to Proceed to a vote on a mysterious health care bill. Republican U.S. Senators have not read the bill, experts have not reviewed the bill, the Congressional Budget Office has not scored the bill’s impact and, most importantly, the American people know nothing about the bill. This partisan, secretive process has been shocking in its disregard for families and our economy -- and it must stop now.
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July 21, 2017
Statement “Treating immigrants fairly and with respect is not only a moral imperative, but also a way to make our nation strong and prosperous. U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took a step in the right direction yesterday when they introduced the bipartisan DREAM Act of 2017 – urgently needed legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for the nearly 800,000 undocumented people who have grown up here and know no other home. These young people contribute tremendously to the strength and vitality of their communities.
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July 19, 2017
News release With our nation’s health care hanging in the balance, on Thursday morning MomsRising members will deliver superhero capes to U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski for standing up for women, children and families by opposing the dangerous proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without replacing it. The capes are part of a broader delivery of powerful personal stories from parents across the country that demonstrate how repealing or weakening the ACA and gutting Medicaid would harm maternal and child health.
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