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Pride Month

A group selfie of white and Black teenagers

06/01/23

To say this is a fraught Pride Month for LGBTQ+ folks and their allies is truly an understatement. This year’s celebration comes as big swaths of the country are debating and legislating, and getting hysterical about, the very existence of trans kids. How can we, as people who are raising, teaching, and caring for LGBTQ+ kids and teens, support them as we strive to keep them safe?

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Alexis Bleich, LCSW, MA

MomsRising

06/01/23

This May you sparked significant, powerful, and beautiful Mother’s Day MOMentum.

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Kerri Karvetski

Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

05/25/23

SIGN NOW to protect WIC! WIC is getting attacked from all angles. The House Republican budget not only holds our families hostage by calling for across-the-board cuts to programs like WIC in order to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default in the next two weeks, they also want to gut fruit and...

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Sue Anne Reed

Food! MomsRising

05/24/23

During May's #KeepMarching meeting, we dove deep into what the hunger cliff is and why so many people are struggling to put food on the table. We also learned what Congress is doing to address the hunger cliff and how we can support families who are experiencing hunger crises. We are very grateful...

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Joy Ikekhua

Honor Moms Every Day 2023 picnic group photo

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05/19/23

We want to thank all our wonderful members -- and over members of Congress -- for joining our inspiring day to honor our moms and stand for policies that lift families!

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Hanna Addis

The root of the word discipline comes from discipulus which means learner or pupil.

MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

05/15/23

The root of the word discipline comes from discipulus which means learner or pupil. At one point humans understood that discipline was actually about learning and not so much about punishment. In the horse (and human) herd, discipline is a loving and protective act. Teaching our youngsters how to...

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Beth Anstandig

Childcare & Early Education

05/15/23

Did you hear the great news……?! I taught at a Montessori preschool for 15 years. I loved my job, and it was an honor to guide some of Washington’s youngest learners and help them develop essential cognitive and social skills. But I was never paid a living wage, and I struggled to make ends meet. I...

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Reshonna Booker-Reynolds

Maternal Justice MomsRising

05/12/23

This is a special Mother’s Day edition of #5Actions! We are looking forward to celebrating with all the moms and like-moms in our lives on Sunday and we hope you are too! But we all know that Mother’s Day is about more than brunches, flowers, and chocolates – it's a time we take to honor the moms...

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Taylor Austin

Family Economic Security Food!

05/11/23

Have you recently left the grocery store wondering how anyone can afford food? Me too. The truth is not many people can. The rising cost of food is making it difficult for moms, grandparents, and families to put food on the table. And worse still, many families who rely on the Supplemental...

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Joy Ikekhua

Families & The Federal Budget

05/11/23

Breaking news! We are an estimated 22 days away from the GOP-created debt ceiling crisis becoming a world-wide problem. [1] If Congress doesn’t take immediate action to raise the debt ceiling, like Trump did three times on his watch [2], we will– for the first time in history – default, leading to...

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