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01/22/14

Every Friday, at 1pm, EST, MomsRising hosts a Twitter chat centered around food. This past week we discussed Public Policy’s Role in Reducing Childhood Obesity . Our featured panelist, @LHCommunities , answered a number of questions, to get you as excited as we are, about the various ways that...

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Migdalia Rivera

Health Care

01/22/14

Pictured below is my close friend and business partner, Marti Woodward, celebrating the bill she received for her first month of health insurance in 5 years! She's so happy because she's insured and the cost is affordable! “ Thank you, President Obama!”says her smiling face. As her friend, I can’t...

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Molly Wingate

Paid Family Leave Health Care Food!

01/22/14

I’m a working mother of two small children, and I’ve breastfed them both. In fact, I’m currently somewhere in the middle of breastfeeding my second child, who has cut some teeth recently and knows how to use them, so we’ll see how much longer this continues. And it’s been interesting, being alive...

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Jessica Shortall

01/21/14

First, let me introduce myself. I’m a top officer of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO , the federation of America’s unions. It surprises a lot of people to hear that 6.5 million women in this country are union members. MomsRising and the AFL-CIO have partnered together on tweet chats and other...

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Liz Shuler

MomsRising Near You

01/20/14

NC MomsRising , Northgate Mall and a number of area mothers’ associations and nonprofit organizations hosted the 4th annual “Children’s Birthday Party for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Monday, January 20, 2014 from 10:30am-12:30pm to celebrate Dr. King’s life and legacy in a way children can...

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Beth Messersmith

Childcare & Early Education

01/20/14

2014 has arrived and we couldn’t be more excited! Early childhood education (like preschool and child care) is a hot topic in Washington state enjoying broad support and leadership from the Governor, both houses of the state legislature, and for the state agencies that serve children and families...

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Lauren Hipp

Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work

01/17/14

My job requires frequent traveling. As a journalist, I've been reporting from places such as quake-stricken Haiti, war-torn Mexico, and typhoon-damaged Taiwan. These are challenging works. The biggest challenge, though, is collecting and transporting breast milk while traveling. After all, I'm more...

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To-wen Tseng

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

01/16/14

After multiple attempts by Senate leadership to reach an agreement on an unemployment benefits extension, they have reached a standstill ....again. MomsRising is urging the Senate to stay in session and pass this important bill, rather then go home for recess like originally planned. Each week that...

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Elyssa Schmier

01/16/14

Sidewalks, bike trails, playgrounds, recreation centers, school meal programs, neighborhood farmers' markets and food marketing all have one very important thing in common. Public policy. State and local policymakers — from mayors to state legislators to school superintendents — have a great impact...

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Migdalia Rivera

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

01/15/14

In documenting how she was stalked and threatened online , Amanda Hess, a feminist journalist, shines an unflinching spotlight on the ugly misogyny that too often pervades online forums, making women feel unwelcome or even unsafe just for speaking our minds. It is for similar reasons that (much as...

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