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This August we are celebrating National Breastfeeding Month recognizing the strength of families, the power of community, and the policies that make breastfeeding possible. This year’s National Breastfeeding Month theme, RISE: Resilience, Interdependence, Self-Determination, and Empowerment, reminds us that no family should have to navigate their feeding journey alone. Breastfeeding doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Families’ ability to meet their breastfeeding goals is shaped by the support they...
The Essentials Mombassador Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest discusses the unique challenges faced by mothers in the United States, from soaring costs to globally substandard social policies. Nathalie shares her personal experience of being a working mother, juggling caregiving and professional commitments. The $2,220 Child Tax Credit is inadequate compared to the “baby tax” of raising a child under current economic conditions. Social policies including universal child care, paid family leave,...
MomsRising
Education Fund
August 3, 2026
Thanks so much for your interest in the national “Stop the Squeeze” project! We’re so glad you’re with us! *All the How-To notes and tools are below when you scroll down. What’s happening? Like you, we’re fed up! Every time we check out at the grocery store, open a utility bill, fill the gas tank, or pay for health care and child care, or even look at our own impossible calendars, we feel it: Moms are being squeezed to the breaking point. But this is the weird thing. (Well, maybe not so weird...
Your first Florida Moms’ Seal of Approval Child Care champions have been awarded and we don’t want you to miss your chance to meet them! The Moms’ Seal of Approval on Child Care is mom made and mom moved. That means MomsRising moms have been in the driver's seat and are working to make child care a top election issue. As Florida gears up for the August 18th primary, showing up and getting to know local candidates for office is more important than ever. Meeting candidates face-to-face is one of...
On the radio show this week, we start by exploring a powerful new documentary film from Moms First that highlights structural barriers and challenges mothers face in America. After that, we discuss the concerning attacks on vital food, nutrition, and healthcare programs – and how to counter misleading narratives. Next, we delve into critical issues like the childcare and affordability crisis. Finally, we close the show with insights from a new book on how to transition from mere presence to impactful power.
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Black women earn just 65 cents for every dollar paid to white men. Sign MomsRising's petition urging the EEOC to protect vital EEO-1 wage transparency data and stop corporate pay discrimination.
Because of the cuts to health care programs in Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, families across the country are already facing higher costs and a growing shortage of affordable health care, child care, and aging and disability care. And now, the Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for 1.3 million people, including at least 50,000 healthcare workers who provide essential care in our communities. [1] Urge the Trump Administration to act immediately to extend TPS for...
MomsRising
Education Fund
July 21, 2026
Quick Read Early learning professional Gladys Jones shares her child care story as a family child care educator. After enduring a stroke, Gladys had to close her group family day care program GaGa Daycare and founded her grassroots organization ECE on the Move as well as continuing to fight for Early Childhood Education is recognized as essential. Early learning professional Gladys Jones shares her story as a passionate family child care educator. After enduring a stroke, Gladys had to close...
This July 2026 Moms Next Door Dispatch offers five powerful ways to take action, from fighting health care and food assistance cuts to exploring creative "craftivism." Discover mutual aid gardening tips, inspiring community book recommendations, and upcoming virtual meetups to help you connect and grow your local village.