Skip to main content
06/22/15
How can parents motivate kids to get outside and read this summer? We know that students can lose about a half to a full year of reading skills and comprehension over the summer, and that too many kids are staying inside on devices or screens. Summer is the perfect time for books that inspire kids...
Katy Farber's picture
Tweetchat
06/19/15
Author's Note: Although this chat ended you can click to read the June 19, 2015 #FoodFri STORIFY - a curated list of said chat's tweets compiled into a story format, to learn more about the topic, review chat resources and engage with chat panelist(s) and participants . An estimated 16 million...
Migdalia Rivera's picture
06/19/15
In the coming weeks MomsRising is going to be meeting with many of your elected officials to discuss working family tax breaks like the EITC and Child Tax Credit. Can you help us out before our meetings!?
Elyssa Schmier's picture
06/19/15
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum says bill protects nail salon workers from exploitation and “improves safety” in industry where lack of access to licensing has “driven down labor standards”
Miriam Yeung's picture
06/19/15
Happy National Pollinator Week! WAIT - don’t go anywhere. I promise this has some relevance for folks who are 1) not obsessed with gardening, and/or 2) not obsessed with bees. Hear me out. Pollinators like bees and butterflies have a HUGE and essential role to play in our food system. In short: if...
Karen Showalter's picture
06/19/15
As researchers learn more about how hardship early in life can shape kids’ future, it’s important to understand which interventions can help all kids have the same opportunities — no matter where or to whom they’re born. WIC does just that. As we explained in a report , WIC i s a proven program...
Zoe Neuberger's picture
06/19/15
For Father's Day, let's honor dads by protecting key low-income tax credits that help 13 million working fathers and their families.
Lecia Imbery's picture
06/19/15
Deirdra Reed is a Senior Organizer at the Center for Community Change. Deirdra reflects here on the tragic shooting at the historic Charleston Church and the birthing of a black movement. When my sister-in-law was pregnant with her first child, she drove me crazy, calling me at all hours to tell me...
Donna De La Cruz's picture
06/19/15
Read these stories from dads that are boosted by the EITC and Child Tax Credit and then honor them this Father's Day by reaching out to your members of Congress!
Elyssa Schmier's picture
06/19/15
On the evening of Wednesday, June 17th, nine men and women - mothers, fathers and grandparents - were shot and killed inside the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, an iconic African American house of worship known for centuries of human and civil rights activism. As executive...
Kristin's picture

Pages