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Quick Action! Tell NC Senators to fully fund the Healthy Corner Store Initiative!

04/26/17
It’s simple—our families need access to healthy foods in order to be healthy. Right now, more than 2 million people in North Carolina don't have access to healthy foods and our state ranks amongst the highest in the nation for household food-insecurity. Last year, the North Carolina General...
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Food!

Spread the Word: Join the #FoodFri Menu Labeling Tweetchat!

04/26/17
BREAKING: The FDA has delayed menu labeling. Join the chat to learn more! Americans consume, on average, one-third of their calories from eating out. Studies show that providing nutrition information at restaurants can help customers make lower-calorie choices, and a national poll found that 80...
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Migdalia Rivera
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#MilitaryMonday: Mom, Wife, Immigrant, Soldier

04/24/17
My name is Brishithe Tovar and I was born in Guatemala. My family and I migrated to California when I was 9 years old after my mother got robbed at gunpoint when she was 6 months pregnant. The shock and stress was so severe, my mom developed dangerously high blood pressure and temporary blindness,...
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Brishithe Tovar
Health Care Maternal Justice

Safe for whom? Understanding how risk factors impact birth safety at home and birth centers

04/24/17
Research tells us that community birth (planned home and birth center births) is a safe option for low-risk women. But what does it mean to be low-risk? New research gives families and care providers data to help inform individual decisions about place of birth. I interviewed one of the researchers...
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Jeanette McCulloch
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Take #5Actions This Week! Week of 4/24/2017

04/24/17
On your mark... get set…. go!!! It’s #5Actions time! You can do all five of the actions on one day, or spread them out across the week, your choice. The important thing is not WHEN you do them, but IF you do them. One thing we know for sure is that if you do them, your actions will add up with...
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Health Care Politics & Policy

Your signature needed: Stop playing political games with our health care coverage!

04/24/17
It’s appalling. We’re still celebrating the March 2017 failure of the American Health Care Act (AHCA)—that would have stripped healthcare coverage from about twenty-four million people—to build enough support to pass in the U.S. House. But the fight for healthcare is far from over! President Trump...
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#RADIO: Tips From Elected Leaders & Experts on Having A Powerful Impact

04/21/17
On the radio show this week we cover the best tactics for fighting for justice in the time of Trump; tips for mindfulness in parenting and the benefits of bilingualism; why access to healthcare including Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is important and impacts us all; and how Washington...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Health Care

From Bad to Worse: New Health Care Proposal Is Terrible for Nation’s Moms, Families, Economy

04/20/17
Leaders in Congress have managed to take a bad health care proposal and make it even worse in the U.S. House of Representatives measure that was leaked today. This is yet another heartless attempt to appease extreme members of the conservative right, without regard for what is best for mothers,...
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Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

Making the Tax Code Work for Low-Income Families

04/18/17
Today is Tax Day, marking the deadline for Americans to file their taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). For many families living below the poverty line, the arrival of Tax Day means they can usually count on receiving money back from the government to use for everyday expenses such as...
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Cara Baldari
Childcare & Early Education

What does the president's "skinny budget" mean for afterschool and summer learning?

04/18/17
In March, President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney released the administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget blueprint. This “skinny budget” outlines the president’s vision for how Congress should spend federal discretionary funds for the upcoming fiscal year...
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