Immigration

February 5, 2019

En una impactante revelación, el Inspector General del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo que “miles” de niños migrantes más de lo que se sabía anteriormente fueron separados por la administración Trump y que no saben cuántos niños fueron separados de sus...

MomsRising Together

Khadija Gurnah

Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Podcast

February 5, 2019

On the #RisersRadioShow this week we cover the shutdown, the re-opening, and the power of older women; we also cover the introduction of the Paycheck Fairness Act and FAMILY Act in Congress (Yay!); and we close the show covering how to help prevent Muslim youth from being bullied in our communities...

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Amber Dorsey

Gun Safety Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

February 1, 2019

Happy Friday! We hope that everyone affected by the extreme winter temperatures is safe and warm. And we look forward to learning all of the new games you've had to invent to keep the kids entertained, after so many days of cancelled school! Below please find our latest list of top actions for the...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Food! Immigration Politics & Policy Podcast

January 28, 2019

On the #RisersRadio show this week we cover the government shutdown, re-opening, and what’s happening next; we get the inside scoop from a structural engineer about the literal faults in Trump’s ridiculous wall; we hear the impact of using children’s access to healthy food as a political football;...

MomsRising Together

Amber Dorsey

Food! Gun Safety Immigration

January 27, 2019

The Shutdown crisis has been averted, for now. A huge thank you to the thousands of MomsRising members who called their U.S. Senators, sent emails, wrote letters of protest, visited congressional offices, shared personal stories about how the shutdown was affecting their families, and in other ways...

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Karen Showalter

Immigration

January 26, 2019

En una impactante revelación, el inspector general del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) dijo que “miles” de niños migrantes más de lo que se sabía anteriormente fueron separados por la administración Trump y que ¡no sabían cuántos niños fueron separados de sus familias porque no...

MomsRising Together

Linda Stone

Immigration

January 24, 2019

Howdy. I’m Amy Patrick. I’m a licensed structural and civil engineer. I hold a BS in civil engineering from Rice University in Houston, with an MS in structural engineering the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I have over a decade of experience on high-performance projects, and...

MomsRising Together

Amy Patrick, PE

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

January 22, 2019

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on the ongoing government shutdown, immigrant families separated at the border, a $15 minimum wage bill, and more.

MomsRising Together

Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Immigration Realistic & Fair Wages

January 18, 2019

It’s #5actions Friday! Start your celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. early with these top five quick actions that will make a big impact. We’re speaking out for universal background checks on gun purchases, standing up against the #TrumpShutdown, signing up to #keepmarching this weekend...

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Sue Anne Reed

Immigration

January 17, 2019

The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says that not only were “thousands” more migrant children separated at the Southern border by the Trump administration than previously known, but that they didn’t even know how many children were taken away from their...

MomsRising Together

Khadija Gurnah