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Black Maternal Health Week leads with research and healing

As midwife Jennie Joseph writes, “mothers can suffer and experience the effects of being in a living, breathing, materno-toxic zone all of their own, based on other people’s response or reaction to their race, socio-economic status, citizenship or by being “othered” while pregnant, delivering their baby or in the postpartum year, regardless of location.”
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Health Care Maternal Justice
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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka
April 18, 2019

I want to thank you this Tax Day!

Today is Tax Day! Feeling less than inspired by this? That’s because the billionaires and big corporations, not people like you and me, are reaping the benefits of the Trump Tax Scam. That’s why we need to use the media moment of Tax Day to send more letters to the editor this week in your local papers talking about the Trump tax scam and the need for real tax policies that support families. Here’s the link to write a quick letter - we make it easy! I also wanted to share a quick update on how...
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security
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Elyssa Koidin Schmier
April 15, 2019

MoMMA’s Voices offers opportunities to drive real change in maternal health

Speak up, even if your voice is shaking!
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Maternal Justice
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S. Nadia Hussain
April 15, 2019

Can you write a letter to speak out against the Trump Tax Scam?

The only people who are happy right now during tax season are the corporations and the top 1%, who received an average tax cut of $51,000 last year alone, who are getting a windfall from the Trump Tax Plan . Tax Day is this coming Monday (April 15th) and we have one major message that we want to shout from the roof tops: The Trump Tax Scam is AWFUL and should be repealed! ***TAKE ACTION NOW! Send a letter to your local newspaper speaking out against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (aka Trump Tax Scam...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy
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Abbie Gately
April 12, 2019
Sign up: Statewide day of action to expand Medicaid!

Quick Action: Statewide day of action to expand Medicaid!

Medicaid helps families weather the storm during times of need—whether it be during a health care crisis or a time of financial hardship. But in North Carolina, our lawmakers have yet to make this critical and often life-saving program available to about half a million low-income uninsured adults. On April 16th, MomsRising is teaming up with the Health Action NC coalition for a powerful statewide day of action to tell lawmakers to close the health care gap and expand Medicaid. *Sign up to...
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Health Care
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Felicia Burnett
April 11, 2019

We Are MomsRising, Te'Jal from Ohio (part 2)

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Te’Jal in Ohio again, this time about how the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit help her family! Te'Jal got to share this story with her Senator, Sherrod Brown, and discuss the importance of his new bill, the Working Families Tax Relief Act. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign and to read Te'Jal's first post, check out this blog . My name is Te’Jal, and I’m from Dayton. I’m a proud...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security
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Abbie Gately
April 12, 2019

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: April 12, 2019

Happy Friday! Monday is Tax Day, so our first top action this week is to send a letter to your local paper about the Trump TaxScam! Publishing a letter in your local paper is easier than you might think, and a great way to generate local conversation around an issue you care about. Also on the tax front: we're continuing the call for Congress to support working family tax credits. And we still need as many voices as possible to speak out about the Diaper Need Act, the Paycheck Fairness Act, and...
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Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Paid Family Leave
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Karen Showalter
April 12, 2019
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#GoodNews This Week: Getting a Boost from Tax Credits and more!

GOOD NEWS ON OUR RADIO SHOW : Big wins relating to the #FREEnewyork criminal justice reform campaign in New York! Listen for the details on how we're moving criminal justice reform forward in partnership with other groups on the ground in New York. The show also gets into why the End Diaper Need Act is desperately needed and why your help is essential to moving it forward. Give it a listen ! OUR VOICES: Have you checked out our "We Are MomsRising" series spotlighting MomsRising supporters? This...
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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsRising
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Anita Sarah Jackson
April 10, 2019

We Are MomsRising, Julie from Arizona

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Julie in Arizona about how the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit boost her family's income. She shared this story at a recent press conference in Washington, D.C. for the Working Families Tax Relief Act. Read more story below and you can watch her share it here . To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . I’m an elementary school teacher from Tucson, Arizona. I’m a proud member...
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You
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Abbie Gately
April 12, 2019

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