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Formula update: The bottle is starting to look half full.

Due to a historic recall of some forms of baby formula, there is now a nationwide shortage of formula and it’s a very big deal, reaching a crisis point for many families. (¿Busca información en español sobre la escasez de fórmula para bebés? MamásConPoder la tiene. Haga clic aquí .) Here’s what’s going on: In late-February the FDA announced the largest recall of baby formula in recent history after two babies died and four infants tested positive for a dangerous bacteria after consuming certain...
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Elyssa Schmier
May 13, 2022

Stop violence by fighting white supremacy

Over the weekend, an 18-year-old white supremacist drove for hours to a neighborhood grocery store in Buffalo, where he shot 13 people, specifically targeting Black people. Ten died. [1] Our hearts ache for the victims and families of the Buffalo shooting and for the city itself. Our hearts break for the Black community, which once again has been targeted in a racially motivated mass shooting.
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Gun Safety Immigration MomsRising
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Gloria Pan
May 18, 2022

Paid leave is critical to all families

At the beginning of the pandemic, Amazon offered up to two weeks of paid time off for employees who had Covid-19 or needed to quarantine, and now, they’ve reduced that to five *unpaid* excused days from work.
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Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days
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Namatie Mansaray
May 16, 2022

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: Friday, May 13, 2022

We started the week energized by the hundreds of powerful stories you shared with us during the first ever MOMibuster! Thank you!! During the MOMibuster more than 98,000 views happened! Thank you also for tuning in! We hope you were able to sit back and be inspired by how each of our care stories add up to show that none of us are alone, that we aren’t in a epidemic of personal failures, and that we have national structural issues that we can solve together. Since then, we harnessed that energy...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Maternal Justice
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Selina Maldonado
May 13, 2022

Brand New Breaking Through Podcast: Protecting our Bodies, Our Health, and Building Momentum with the MOMibuster

On the radio show this week we talk about the leaked U.S. Supreme Court decision that would get rid of Roe v. Wade and what we, you, and us together can do to help protect women’s bodily autonomy; we cover maternal health and health equity; we dive into the fight for affordable, accessible childcare and for childcare workers to get living wages; and we hear about the MOMIbuster to help build momentum for change which can be watched here: momsrising.org/momibuster *Special guests include, Leila...
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May 10, 2022

Roe v. Wade: We need all hands on deck.

Last night, you might have been watching the Met Gala or wrapping up your normal Monday evening activities when a leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court’s vote to overturn abortion rights landed in our news notifications. Their only goal: to strike down Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, and strip women of their human right to bodily autonomy. Now more than ever, we need your donations and your support! Click here to donate to our movement towards culturally competent reproductive health care!...
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Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy
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Diarra Aida Diouf
May 3, 2022

Circling Up and Leaning into Our Mom Herds

I took a page out of my own book! The Human Herd: Awakening Our Natural Leadership was released into the wild last month. It was terrifying! Soul crushing anxiety. So, on the eve of the book release, I did what I learned to do staying sober in recovery--and what I've learned from the horses and what I urge in the book--CALL IN THE HERD! I sent an SOS message to my inner circle and asked for help, support, and love. Help me with my fear and help me celebrate. Two very different needs. The herd...
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MomsRising Social & Emotional Development
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Beth Anstandig
May 3, 2022

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act = Policy Win For All

More than forty years have passed since pregnancy discrimination became illegal, yet pregnant workers are not always receiving the accommodations needed to ensure their wellbeing. Over the last decade the PWFA has been introduced many times but only recently passed the House in May of 2021 and then the Senate HELP committee in August of the same year. Anticipating the birth of a child involves a lot of preparation including adequate prenatal care, purchasing necessary items and learning how the...
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Maternal Justice MomsRising
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Selina Maldonado
May 2, 2022
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Navigating the formula shortage — April MOMentum's inside

Friends, it’s finally spring, and MOMentum is blooming all around, thanks to you.
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Kerri Karvetski
May 2, 2022

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