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05/15/06

MomsRising is getting noticed! In the last week we've had coverage in several major news media, as well many articles in the local press: Time.com put us in their list of "Ma Power!" groups. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer covered the MomsRising.org launch and described how we're moving key motherhood issues into political discussions.

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Catherine

Paid Family Leave

05/14/06

Happy Mother's Day! Here's a piece I just wrote in response to some of the reader comments about Joan and my posts on www.HuffingtonPost.com . Yes, I'm venting a bit. A woman can’t open her mouth these days about motherhood issues without getting called cutely naïve or politically incorrect. It drives me nuts.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

05/10/06

Launching MomsRising is a leap of faith. Even though mother’s issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement. MomsRising is all about growing a more powerful voice for the caring people that are the heart of this country.

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Joan Blades

Paid Family Leave

05/10/06

In 1996 I became a mother. I was the first in my group of friends to do so, and was getting an up close and personal lesson about the economic and time crunch that comes with such a leap. I started wondering, how do other moms patch together caring for family and work? What's really going on with mothers right now?

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

05/10/06

At noon today, (Mexican Mother's Day) members of the UNITE HERE will converge on the LAX Hilton to ask that hotels give housekeepers (most of whom are moms) a break.

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Catherine

05/03/06

The website salary.com released a study today calculating the true cost of a mother's childrearing labor - they calculate that stay-at-home moms' would earn $134,000 a year if paid for all her work; mothers who work outside the home perform an estimated $85K of additional work.

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Catherine

Health Care

04/06/06

1. MEDIA: Stop manufacturing “Mommy Wars!” Instead, report on how families can make ends meet! Demand a ceasefire in the so-called “Mommy Wars.” Help send a strong message to the media that uses this headline grabbing fiction to divide women. Sign the Ceasefire Petition to let media leaders know we...

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Ashley Boyd

Childcare & Early Education

The mommas are tired and they want a lot more than heart shaped cards and rom com movies this Valentine’s Day. They want real solutions for their families, like affordable, high quality child care. Tell West Virginia elected leaders that it’s time to show us the LOVE by supporting sweet child care solutions – like funding based on enrollment and increasing eligibility so child care workers can access child care, too!

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