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Posted March 2nd, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
BREAKING NEWS: First Lady Michelle Obama shared a warm video welcome to the MomsRising.org “Food Power” Conference. For this “Food Power” Conference, MomsRising.org, the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization with more than 1.1 million members, is bringing together moms, dads, bloggers, community activists, filmmakers, and artists to discuss action steps to reverse the epidemic of [...]
Posted February 27th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Eleanor Smeal
“UPDATE (2/28/2013): VICTORY! The House of Representatives decided to stand with students, Native Americans, immigrants, and the LGBT community and passed the Senate inclusive #VAWA in a vote 286-138!” via Feminist Majority Foundation. At last the House will vote on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) today. The reauthorization has been held up by partisan [...]
Posted February 21st, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Great news! Moms’ voices calling for common-sense gun violence prevention laws are working! Today, we’re hearing that support among lawmakers for universal background checks for gun purchases is really gathering steam, with even the likes of Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Joe Manchin of West Virginia (both “A” rated by the NRA) at the [...]
Posted February 15th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
This Valentine’s Day, as we celebrate our loved ones with chocolates, flowers, and sometimes even pink cards with massive glitter, I can’t help but also think of the families who are missing people due to gun violence–and about the importance of making our communities safer for everyone. To be blunt: Our nation can’t wait any [...]
Posted February 14th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Chocolates, flowers, pink cards with massive glitter, and safe communities are on our minds this Valentine’s Day. What? Safe communities? This Valentine’s Day, as we think of our own loved ones, we can’t help but also think of the families who are missing people due to gun violence–and about the importance of making our communities [...]
Posted February 14th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
On a day usually associated with candy hearts, red roses and romance, America’s moms will call on Congress to “have a heart” and pass common sense gun laws. MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization with more than 1.1 million members, held a special event at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation with gun violence [...]
Posted February 5th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA. Legislation that has been used an estimated 100 million times – by moms and dads to take care of new babies, by adult children to care for ailing parents, by husbands and wives to care for a spouse with a [...]
Posted February 2nd, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
A few years ago I saw a video that shocked me: Two young children crying, alone in a car, reaching out for their mother who’d been taken away by armed deputies wearing ski masks after being stopped for a minor traffic violation. The images haven’t left me. A nightmare, right? Never in America? Wrong. A local NBC [...]
Posted January 17th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
I’m writing to you from my kitchen table while my kids do their homework, appreciating just that they are here. Safe. And I can’t help but think of the empty spots on at the tables in families who’ve lost their children to gun violence, like those recently at the Sandy Hook Elementary school. It’s hard to put what’s been happening [...]
Posted January 3rd, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
On New Year’s Day 2013, Congress listened to voices of millions of mothers and families and passed “fiscal cliff” legislation that makes the wealthiest in this country pay more of their fair share. Who helped win the day? You did! Our nation needs your help again. There is another Congressional fiscal deadline in TWO MONTHS. *Tell the [...]
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