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If you’re a caregiver who is looking to learn more about advocacy, brush up your leadership skills (brush up, because let’s face it, if you’re a mom you’re probably a leader, even if you don’t think so!) and get involved in fighting for family friendly policies in your local community and in Washington, DC? If you answered yes, (or even maybe!) Keep reading! Or, if you're ready to apply to become a voice for families click here to get started! We’re excited to announce that the RISERS Parent...
The Motherhood Manifesto is a 58-minute documentary film that explores the systemic obstacles facing mothers in America while illustrating solutions with mixed media, humor, moving personal stories, and star power. Directed by Laura Pacheco and produced alongside PBS veteran John de Graaf, the film is based on the award-winning book of the same name by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Joan Blades. The creators also established the powerful advocacy organization, which now has more than 3.7 million...
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June 17, 2026
As we reflect on Mother's Day, we celebrate mothers for everything they give, sacrifice and carry. We talk about love, resilience and devotion. But we don't talk enough about how often mothers are left to navigate impossible choices without the support they actually need. And we talk even less about how corporations step into that gap. Because there is a truth we are not naming loudly enough. Corporate formula companies are increasingly positioning themselves as champions of moms, wrapping...
Join the Moms Next Door June Dispatch — 5 Ways to Organize, Learn, and Celebrate Pride Month Key Takeaways: Get Involved: Join the June Organizing Zoom Meetup on June 16, 2026, to learn how to build community bridges with "Living Room Conversations." Celebrate Pride & Combat Book Bans: Access expert-backed resources for talking to kids about gender identity and discover 10 powerful, age-appropriate LGBTQ+ children's books to read this month. Take Action: Apply for the RISERS Parent...
By Xochitl Oseguera Shifting the Narrative, Saving Lives: Inside the 2nd Annual Latine Gun Violence Prevention Convening Earlier this month, May 4–6, 2026, a powerful energy took center stage in Berkeley, California. MomsRising—alongside our bilingual arm, MamásConPoder—proudly joined forces with Community Justice and the Hope and Heal Fund at The Latinx Research Center to convene the 2nd Annual Latine Convening on Gun Violence Prevention. Building on the momentum of our first convening and our...
You’ve experienced the life-changing impact of public programs built to nurture all families, like Washington State paid family and medical leave. You've navigated the gauntlet of the “affordable” housing and child care search. Now, you're feeling the weight of rising costs at the grocery store and the gas pump. Picture yourself turning these experiences – and your lived expertise navigating them – into real policy change, at the state capitol and in your community.
The constant threat of gun violence in America is rewriting the rules of our daily lives, stripping away our fundamental freedoms to learn, worship, vote, and gather safely. This National Gun Violence Awareness Month, MomsRising is launching a critical narrative shift to demand true freedom — the freedom to live without constant fear.
Action Alert: Tell Congress Early Intervention Needs to be Fully Funded and Protected! Summary: The Trump administration is moving to reduce and eliminate critical Early Intervention services as part of their ongoing efforts to undermine the needs of our nation's families in favor of billionaires, corporations and a wasteful ballroom. The Risk: Trump’s FY27 budget would effectively eliminate dedicated funding for personnel training and development of the therapists and staff who deliver these...
Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer, which can mean a break from schoolwork for children and more time together and outdoor activity for families. But finding safe, enriching summer activities for children is one of the greatest challenges many working moms face. A new study from the Afterschool Alliance , supported by the Wallace Foundation , finds that many parents aren’t able to meet that challenge. In fact, The Summer Struggle finds that more than half of children whose parents...
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