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Preschool Dance Party in the Rotunda with Casper Babypants, Families Bring the Beats to the Capitol to Support Early Learning

January 28, 2010

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Preschool dance party in the Rotunda with Caspar Babypants, families, and wee ones bring the beats to the capitol to support early learning.
SEATTLE – The state Capitol will be rocking Friday, February 5th as families, friends, and preschoolers join Caspar Babypants for a sing-along to build support for quality early learning programs.
 
MomsRising organized this event to ensure that the WA State Legislature doesn't forget the littlest residents of our state. Particularly in difficult economic times, we must make sure that all children have a healthy start, and prioritize important programs that bring long-term cost savings for taxpayers such as increased access to early learning.
 
MomsRising approached Caspar Babypants, also known to music fans as Chris Ballew, the lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America, to help them put on a dance party that would capture the spirit of children and the attention of legislators and the public.
 
“Too often we're penny-wise and pound-foolish,” said Kristin Rowe Finkbeiner, Executive Director and Co-Founder of MomsRising. “We can't afford to be foolish with our kid’s future at stake. We want to share that message with legislators in the singing voices of children.”
 
WHO: MomsRising, families, friends, preschoolers, Caspar Babypants and legislators
WHAT: A dance party/sing-along in the Capitol Dome in celebration of healthy families, and to seek better support for quality early learning programs
WHEN: Friday, February 5th, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rotunda, Capitol Dome Building in Olympia
 
To learn more about Caspar Babypants: http://www.babypantsmusic.com/fr_index.cfm
 
To learn more about MomsRising: http://www.momsrising.org/
 
To find this event on Facebook: Dance Party in the Capitol Dome
 

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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.