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Posted September 27th, 2011 by Mary Olivella
Welcome to the MomsRising blog-a-thon developed by the delegation of women leaders traveling to Georgia this week as part of a growing national resistance to anti-immigrant laws. The We Belong Together Delegation will hear, and then share, the stories of women and children affected by Georgia’s anti-immigrant bill, HB 87, copycat legislation of Arizona’s controversial [...]
Posted September 27th, 2011 by Mary Olivella
For more than two hundred years, mothers from every corner of the globe have come here to seek a better life for their families, particularly their children. And all of us, newcomers as well as those with families who have been here for generations, want our children to live a safe and healthy life, one [...]
Posted September 21st, 2011 by Mary Olivella
It’s coming right up. And I’m trying to remember to pack some Kleenex. In response to Georgia’s new anti-immigrant law, on September 28 and 29th I will be representing MomsRising on a delegation of women’s organizations traveling to Atlanta, Georgia, to bear witness to the law’s effect on women, children and families. The National Women’s [...]
Posted June 14th, 2011 by Mary Olivella and Ruth Martin
“My husband and I were denied a home loan last year due to my being on maternity leave. It was a tremendously frustrating experience, as I was employed and on a federally protected leave; though I was told that in the eyes of the lender, I was unemployed.” – Olivia, California There’s hardly a need [...]
Posted June 8th, 2011 by Mary Olivella
“My husband and I were denied a home loan last year due to my being on maternity leave. It was a tremendously frustrating experience, as I was employed and on a federally protected leave; though was told that in the eyes of the lender, I was unemployed.” – Olivia, California Discrimination against mothers in our nation [...]
Posted June 1st, 2011 by Mary Olivella
Good news! The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced this afternoon at a news conference that they reached a settlement agreement with a mortgage company that denied a new mom a home loan simply because she was on maternity leave. Emma Cooper-Serber, LMSW / MPH, a NYC MomsRising member and mother of a three year old [...]
Posted May 23rd, 2011 by Mary Olivella
We just heard about this appalling article in Psychology Today from our friends at ColorOfChange.org. Gabriel (on their staff) gave us the go-ahead to share their email about this. Here’s what the ColorOfChange team writes: ************** Nearly 20 years after a black parent documented how hard it was to hear, “Mommy, I want to be white,”1 [...]
Posted December 7th, 2010 by Julissa Gomez and Mary Olivella
Looks like the DREAM is rising again. The DREAM Act, that is, and mothers have been weighing in on a vote that may come up in Congress as soon as tomorrow. Women overwhelmingly support the DREAM Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that would provide a path to legal status for thousands of young people [...]
Posted October 19th, 2010 by Mary Olivella and Elisa Batista
Odds are, if you are a mom, you’re one of the 72 percent of women in the United States who support the DREAM Act. [1] But we want to know why. First, a quick refresher: The DREAM Act is short for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. Currently, undocumented immigrant children who were brought [...]
Posted October 19th, 2010 by Mary Olivella and Elisa Batista
Por Mary Olivella, Elisa Batista, y Julissa Gomez Traducido con ayuda de Julissa Gomez y Ricardo Mosso 18 de octubre 2010 Es probable, si usted es madre que es parte del 72% de mujeres en los Estados Unidos que apoya la ley conocida como el “DREAM Act.” (1) Pero queremos saber sus razones. El proyecto [...]
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