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Big News! For the first time ever, thanks to the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act, our nation will have a *limited*, nation-wide, paid sick days and paid family leave law in place during the COVID-19 crisis. The new law is a huge deal and we all helped make it happen. Thank you! But how will it work? Who's covered? How do you access the benefit? Scroll down for useful resources including a detailed fact sheet and handy infographic. Editor’s Note: This information is accurate as of...
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Karen Showalter
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Our jobs as moms who care about voting and democracy is not over yet!! The Georgia Special Election is on January 5, 2021, and is incredibly important. We need your texting fingers, we really do! We’ll provide everything you need to make a big impact: A list of people to text who don’t regularly pay attention to voting, draft language to use, and an easy text platform to help you get it all done with speed. Plus, you can send your texts anytime that's convenient from the comfort of your home or...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Many North Carolina families are struggling to put healthy food on the table. The way our food system is set up, the healthy choice is not always the easy or affordable choice. The economic impacts of the pandemic have made it even harder for many families to afford healthy food. While MomsRising is working to drive policy changes to support working families, we also want to offer you some tools to cook healthy on a budget. Watch this video of our recent lively cooking demo! During this event,...
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Jessica Burroughs
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an urgent crisis, yet many of the protections passed earlier this year are set to expire at the end of the month. We are calling on the U.S. Senate to immediately pass a relief package now that will benefit everyone in our nation. We also must urge Congress to prioritize childcare funding. This week’s 5Actions has a great reminder if you need to sign up for health insurance (the open enrollment window is now open via the Affordable Care Act), and also a...
We’ll get straight to the point: We’re about to go off a COVID cliff. And we need your help. In just three weeks, unless Congress acts, many of the pandemic relief policies that have been lifelines for our families (like expanded unemployment benefits, emergency paid family leave and earned sick days, and eviction protections) will all expire on December 31st. [1] This is happening as COVID cases are soaring and as we learn that nearly twenty six million adults reported they didn’t have enough...
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Hanna Addis
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ICYMI: This week the MomsRising community continued to lift democracy and open avenues for everyone to thrive…all during a historically devastating pandemic. You are true superheroes, and we are so thankful to be doing this work with you. 1. GIVE: A Sister MomsRising Donor Will Match Your Contribution Even though it’s a pandemic and you’re juggling more than seems possible each day, you just powered a more massive wave of mom voter engagement than we ever dreamed possible. We’re celebrating the...
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What a week. What a year. What a moment in our nation’s history. What a time for you and your family. This has been a hard year. Thank you. You are a true superhero. Yes, you. You have done the impossible this year . Even though it’s a pandemic and you’re juggling more than seems possible each day, you just powered a more massive wave of mom voter engagement than we ever dreamed possible. ( For instance, we had a goal of sending 3 million texts to low frequency voters to get them info on how to...
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The holidays are upon us, and many of us are getting creative and practicing flexibility to connect from a distance with family in new ways because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the pandemic hasn’t just challenged the way we celebrate; it’s also turned up the pressure on families whose health and paychecks have been devastated by the pandemic and who need relief NOW. You can make a real difference with the actions below. From sharing your own COVID-19 stories, to writing letters to the editor...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
We have an all new podcast this week! On this episode of Breaking Through we cover what’s happening with vote counts in battleground states including Pennsylvania; the powerful organizing by Black Voters Matter to get out the vote and move policy forward; the incredible impact of #LatinxVotan and the latest on what's happening with jobs and unemployment insurance in America. This weeks's special guests include: Dr. Lara Putnam, professor at the University of Pittsburgh ( @PittTweet) , Brittany...
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Amber Dorsey