While I’m at work writing to you, my husband is home taking care of our four-month-old daughter. After my three months of paid leave were up, he started his three months of paid family leave to stay home and care for our second baby like he did with our first. I know, right? We’re both lucky to work [...]
Guess what? Right now state legislators are meeting in Boston to determine their legislative priorities for the New Year. That makes right now the perfect time to send your state legislators a quick note urging them to resolve to pass the Mass paid sick days bill in 2012! http://action.momsrising.org/letter/ma_psd_12_14/ The MA paid sick days bill [...]
I’m a mom of a two-and-a-half year old and a three month old and I have a full time job. If I have any extra “me” time that isn’t spent shirking the gym and the growing piles of laundry, I’ll probably spend it sleeping. So a TV show has to be super appealing to make it [...]
Earlier this week I posted a blog about delivering MomsRising stories and thank you notes to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That same day, HUD announced they charged a PA landlord with discriminating against families with children. So glad to see HUD working hard to protect women and families! You can read the press [...]
I wish every Monday morning would start like today! This morning several members of the MomsRising team, including our VP Mary Olivella and I went to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to present John Trasviña, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and [...]
Hugely disappointed and then…angry. That’s how I felt, as a woman, and as the mother of a daughter, when I heard the news yesterday that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the courageous women of Wal-Mart – and women everywhere – in a 5-4 decision that these women won’t be able to join together as a class [...]
UPDATE: Great news! The Earned Sick Days bill passed the Philadelphia City Council last week by 1 vote! Congratulations to the Coalition for Health Families and Workplaces and all the Moms Rising members who took the time to send stories and contact City Council members. But there is one last step. Mayor Nutter still hasn’t committed to [...]
“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 [...]
It is HOT! And we’re not just talking about the weather! The Philadelphia campaign for earned sick days is heating up this week. The City Council is debating the bill *this* Thursday and is expected to vote on the bill *next* Thursday. The vote is going to be close. We need to act now to [...]
Planning, preparation, prevention – it all comes with the territory of being a mom. We try to head off as many accidents and illnesses as we can; we child-proof, we carry hand sanitizer, and we teach our kids to wash their hands. But there is a big hole in our safety net: Two out of five – [...]
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