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The destruction of numerous federal services and programs has begun and mothers and children are amongst the main targets of this Administration. No amount of rhetoric about family values can erase the fact that Congressional Republican leaders and the Administration are aiming to dismantle several life-saving maternal health programs. This week is Maternal Mental Health Week and instead of celebrating and building off of recent progress , we are preparing for the continued assaults on programs...
Today marks six years since my dad died by suicide. In the months following his death, I wrote an article about the weight of suicide, the grip of shame, and the power of silence. It was my attempt to make sense of something that felt impossible to understand. I wrote about love, pain, and the brokenness of the systems that failed him. Then, four years after his death, suicide rocked our lives again, this time through the death of my deepest love, Heidi. Her loss cracked open parts of me I didn...
Across the country, parents are standing up and speaking out to tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid! And we need YOUR VOICE! Take action NOW by writing a letter to the editor to tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid! *Don’t stress - We’ll make it easy! We’ll give you a draft letter and all the talking points you need! What’s happening? Right now, Congress is debating a budget that would cut $880 billion from Medicaid —a health care program that is a lifeline for over 72 million Americans. This...
The Families Over Billionaires storybooks—crafted from thousands of voices—are shining a spotlight on what’s at stake for families when Medicaid, SNAP, education, and child care are on the chopping block. Stories like Ashley's from Pennsylvania: "Our child has multiple disabilities that require significant medical and educational support. We tried to meet these costs through employer-provided insurance for over a decade. Last year, faced with thousands of dollars of uncovered expenses, we...
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Education Fund
May 4, 2025
We can’t fix what we can’t see and right now both the Trump Administration and Republican leadership in Congress are trying to erase the very information that helps us save moms’ lives and ensure healthy beginnings for babies. Sign our letter urging your member of Congress to protect maternal health and Medicaid!! Behind every data point is a story - a mom, a baby, a family. But right now the Trump Administration is slashing programs that tracks how moms and their babies are doing during...
Spring is here — and with it, powerful stories and a growing movement are blossoming.
On the radio show this week, we dive into Donald Trump's latest round of harmful, racist executive orders and outlandish ideas, like providing medals for motherhood and classes about menstrual cycles to increase the birth rate — instead of policies that moms and families really need to thrive!
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Together
April 28, 2025
Last week, our member Robin Sampson from Glenmoore, PA shared her story at the National Domestic Workers Assembly, We Power Care event in Washington, DC. She spoke about the important role that Medicaid plays in helping her mother who has Parkinson’s disease access the care that she needs. Here is her story: Hello! I’m Robin Sampson, and I’m here today from Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. I’m a mom of three, a proud member of MomsRising, and a family caregiver for my mother, who...
Welcome to the April Dispatch! Thank you for being a part of our growing, powerful Moms Next Door program! What’s the Moms Next Door Dispatch? Each month, you’ll receive the Moms Next Door Dispatch (Scroll down!)—a monthly toolkit that will arrive in your inbox to provide you and your community with ideas on how to self-organize and take action; as well as to process and make sense of all that’s going on; AND also ways to remain calm, find joy in community, and recharge as we build a brighter...
