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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: December 7, 2018

Happy December! And what a month it's been. Thank you once again for the tremendous work getting out the vote this fall. We were so amazed and inspired by the thousands and thousands of actions MomsRising members took to get friends and family to the polls. From texting voters to writing postcards, it all made a big difference! We're back with our list of top, urgent, hot and important actions from the past week, featuring important actions on immigration, gun safety, paid leave, and more. This...
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Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration
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Karen Showalter
December 7, 2018
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FAQ on Public Charge - December 2018

If the public charge rule published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on October 10 is finalized in its proposed form, it would mark a significant departure from the government’s current policy. We answer frequently asked questions about the proposed public charge rule here.
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Immigration
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Xochitl Oseguera
December 4, 2018
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Maternity Care in the United States Remains Separate and Unequal

This past weekend, birth workers convened in Atlanta for the first Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute . The Institute brought together doulas, midwives, nurses, doctors, public health advocates, researchers and mothers with a singular commitment to address a national crisis: Black mothers are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy complications as White mothers. The Black Mamas Matter Alliance convened the Institute, and advisory committee members noted that...
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Maternal Justice
Alison Stuebe
December 10, 2018

Be a #HealthcareHero for Open Enrollment!

It’s time to use our outside voices for health care! Healthcare.gov is open for business now through December 15th. With only 10 days left during open enrollment, time is short and we need YOU to be a #HealthcareHero by helping us spread the word! Take action and help get the word out about open enrollment in health care. Use our Open Enrollment toolkit to help spread the word! https://moms.ly/OE6Toolkit We need your voice! While the marketplaces are stable , enrollment is down 11% so far...
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Health Care
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Felicia Burnett
December 5, 2018

Our Favorite Hanukkah Books

This week, Jewish families around the world are celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is an eight-night "festival of light" that celebrates the the miracle of the Jews, led by the Maccabees, defeating one of the mightiest armies on earth, the Greeks, against all odds. Many families light a menorah (adding a candle each night), play games with a dreidel , eat foods made with oil ( latkes and sufganiyot !), and spend time with loved ones. When I was growing up there weren’t a ton of...
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Childcare & Early Education MomsRising
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Elyssa Koidin Schmier
December 5, 2018
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Let’s not lose ground on children’s health now

Last week we got some sobering news on children’s health in North Carolina: After years of progress, the rate of children with no health coverage in our state has reversed course. Nearly 5% of kids in North Carolina now have no health insurance (that’s 119,000 children) – despite the fact that our economy is on an upswing. The Georgetown Center for Children & Families released a new report that showed an uptick in the rate of children without health insurance nationwide – for the first time...
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Health Care
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Ciara Zachary
December 5, 2018

Love Works

Intense does not begin to describe last week's staff retreat. Anti-oppression and anti-semitism training, visits to the The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarcerationand and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice exploring enslavement and lynching, and a dance party (because sometimes you just have to release) stirred all the emotions. From visceral and raw sorrow to heart-exploding love to pure exhaustion, I mean all. the. Emotions! I am grateful to be apart of an organization...
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MomsRising
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Tina Sherman
December 5, 2018

Safety In Our Kids' Schools: Providing Social & Emotional Support

As a parent, I believe that it is essential that my children feel not just physically safe, but also socially and emotionally safe in their schools. As a mental health professional who has worked in both elementary and high schools, I have seen that physical safety is often the primary focus in schools. However, I have also seen that young people need just as much, if not more, socioemotional support. Socioemotional support occurs when a student participates in interventions that offer positive...
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Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development
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Keisha Mathew
December 4, 2018

#PowerUp With Risers Radio

On the radio show this week, we hear about power of YOUR word and YOUR story; how to stop voter suppression and voter intimidation, the fight to end gun violence, and what you can do to stop human rights abuses on our southern border. *Special guests include: Jamia Wilson, award-winning writer and executive director of The Feminist Press, @jamiaw Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, @LawyersComm Gloria Pan @GloPan National Campaign Director, Gun Safety MomsRising...
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Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy Radio
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Amber Dorsey
December 3, 2018

9 Ways to Avoid the Rampant Consumerism of the Holidays

Now that Black Friday starts at many stores on Thanksgiving night itself, holiday shopping madness is in full swing even before you put away the leftovers. And many of the season's strongest sales pitches are directed right at kids. If you want to enjoy the holiday on your terms, it'll take a concerted effort to replace holiday marketing messages with your own. Start training yourself and your kids now to think more critically about the rampant consumerism on display during the holidays. Before...
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Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development
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Caroline Knorr
November 28, 2018

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