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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: August 16, 2019

Summer is heading towards a close, and school and legislatures alike will soon be back in session. As we've seen, we can't take a break when it comes to speaking out about issues affecting our families and communities. THANK YOU to all who added their name to our urgent calls to action around family separation and gun safety this past week. Tens of thousands of us spoke out, and never fear: we are making progress. We need to keep the pressure on. Please see this week's list of our top 5 Actions...

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Gun Safety Immigration Realistic & Fair Wages

Karen Showalter

August 16, 2019

A Moment to Speak Out for Children

Long time child advocate and former deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development, Joan Lombardi, urges us all to step up efforts to stand up for children. It seems like every day we hear disturbing news about children facing violence in their communities, being separated from their parents during immigration raids or border actions, hearing hate speech in the news and beyond…when will it stop? This current crisis is on top of the fact that one out of five young children are...

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Childcare & Early Education

Joan Lombardi

August 15, 2019

Brand New Risers Radio: Speaking Out!

We have a brand new episode of #BreakingThrough this week and another awesome panel of guests. Join us as we talk with author and speaker Tim Wise on how to counteract white nationalism and white supremacy. Vice president of Gun Violence Prevention at American Progress, Chelsea Parsons joins the panel with tips on how to make a difference to end gun violence. And we’ll also cover why being part of the US Census is incredibly helpful with Lizette Escobedo (Have follow up questions about...

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Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Radio

Amber Dorsey

August 14, 2019

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U.S. Soccer: STOP lobbying against equal pay!

We’re calling a red card on the U.S. Soccer Federation! Why? It’s bad enough that they don’t pay the national men’s and women’s soccer teams equally, but now they have hired not one, but two (!!!) lobbying firms to actively lobby against equal pay on Capitol Hill. → Tell the U.S. Soccer Federation: STOP lobbying against equal pay for the U.S. Women’s National Team! Our jaws dropped when we saw the news that the U.S. Soccer Federation hired two Washington, DC lobbying firms to counter the U.S...

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Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

Sara Alcid

August 14, 2019

Preventing, Mitigating Adverse Childhood Experiences

As a nation, it is critical to our collective future that we ensure that all children have the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Yet early adversity, toxic stress, and trauma are erecting lifelong barriers for many children, jeopardizing their healthy development, their ability to self-actualize, and their long-term well-being.

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Childcare & Early Education Health Care Social & Emotional Development

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

August 14, 2019

It's been a big week. Catch up with #5Actions

This week we mourn the victims in Dayton and El Paso and stand with all those affected by the senseless gun deaths and domestic terrorism that are devastating our communities virtually every day -- and we will not rest until the epidemic of gun violence and hate in America ends. We also stand with all families affected by senseless immigration policies, in particular those torn apart in Mississippi this week. Now more than ever it's critical you add your voice to these important calls to action...

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Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy

Karen Showalter

August 10, 2019

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Time to defend SNAP once again from the Trump Administration

For the second time this year, SNAP (aka food stamps), and the families that rely most on it, are under attack by the Trump Administration. Now they are going after Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (or “Cat El”). Cat What? I know it sounds really wonky but we’ll explain why it’s so important below! **Fight against this terrible proposed rule change. Sign our letter telling Trump and the USDA to stop restricting SNAP and instead make it stronger. Basically, Cat El is a policy that does a lot...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

Abbie Gately

August 14, 2019

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QUICK SIGNATURE: Tell Congress and ICE to stop the raids!

Hearing 11-year-old Magdalena Gomez Gregorio begging - BEGGING - for her parents after a raid in Mississippi, where over six hundred people were detained by ICE, is beyond devastating. As a mother, I think of my 11-year-old...I just can’t. We should be ashamed. This would be immoral and wrong on any day, but rounding up people, including parents, on the first day of school knowing that children would be left without their parents when they came home from school is especially cruel. Like my own...

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Immigration

Beth Messersmith

August 9, 2019

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Tell the US Senate: Act now to secure our elections!

Imagine this...It’s late on November 3, 2020. You are glued to the TV watching the election results come in and the candidates for President are neck and neck. Suddenly, there is a news flash – reports are coming in that a foreign country has hacked our elections and no one can verify the results. Want to avoid this nightmare? Tell your U.S. Senators and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take action now to secure our elections! This is not a drill! A bipartisan U.S. Senate Intelligence...

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Donna Norton

August 2, 2019

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