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Safe and Private Isn't an Option

06/16/15
I don't have to tell any parent that, once you have a child in your life, privacy goes out the window. From the minute baby can walk, nowhere is sacred. You can't pee, shower, or dress without at least the threat of imminent interruption. Life gets all the more interesting when the child learns to...
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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy
Food!

Good Food Force Update: New work in NC, Immigrant Heritage Month, organizing tips and more!

06/15/15
Greetings! This week we're highlighting some exciting local events in North Carolina, and tips for organizing your own get-together to talk about healthy kids and communities. Please read and share, and have a great week! 1. HOT LINE #GoodFoodForce launches in North Carolina! North Carolina is...
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Karen Showalter
Watch!
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

#LeadOnLeave with US Secretary of Labor, Senior White House Advisor, Small Business Owner, MomsRising, and YOU!

06/14/15
Because of people like you, the push for paid family/maternity/paternity leave has become a national conversation. And people are noticing. States, cities, and businesses across the country are taking action to expand paid leave to help more working families succeed. Because of you, paid family/...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Podcast

RADIO This Week: #BlackLivesMatter #SwimSafe #FindYourStory #BeHeard

06/14/15
#BlackLivesMatter #SwimSafe #FindYourStory #BeHeard *Thank you to special guests on the radio show this week including: Patrice Cullors, founder of Dignity and Power Now and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter; Mario Vittone, leading expert on immersion hypothermia, drowning, sea survival, and safety...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Food!

Tips for organizing a great local event

06/10/15
Check out tips on organizing a fab on-the-ground event, from MomsRising.org's Field Director Ashley Boyd! Ashley spearheaded a local Good Food Force MeetUp in Berkeley, CA in early June, as part of a series of Good Food Force MeetUps happening across the country this spring. Organized in...
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Karen Showalter
Food!

Good Food Force Update: Big Food & Big Tobacco: Separated at birth? Strawberries! And digital marketing to kids.

06/10/15
Greetings! This week we're sharing a compelling new infographic that highlights how similar Big Tobacco and Big Food sound to each other. Scary! We've also got tips for extending the fresh berry bounty season, and more. Please read and share, and have a great week! 1. HOT LINE Big Food = Big...
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Karen Showalter
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food! Health Care

My challenge to you this summer: DO IT DIFFERENT!

06/10/15
This morning I made migas with mushrooms for breakfast. Then I dropped off my son to volunteer at our friends wonderful farm camp (where I was greeted by roosters and got to pet a gentle horse and a goat) and I attended a morning yoga class. Driving to my office to begin my workday, I was almost...
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Renee Trudeau
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Yes! I can deliver a #Mission Possible packet to my local member of Congress!

06/10/15
In response to our #MissionPossible campaign to show lawmakers that building a stronger economy for working families and our nation IS mission possible, over one thousand people signed up to drop off booklets directly to their local member of Congress before June 21st. The booklet is an educational...
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Jeannina Perez
Radio!
Podcast

#RADIO: Summer of Justice, Working with Kids In The House, Tips for Sunscreens, and Beach Reading

06/09/15
The radio show this week covers a summer of justice, working with kids in the house, tips for sunscreens, and beach reading. *Special guests include: Dante Berry , Million Hoodies Movement for Justice Sonya Lunder, Environmental Working Group Ruth Martin , MomsRising Catherine Linka, author. LISTEN...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

Well-funded Early Education Programs Provide Opportunity

06/08/15
In a few hours, my children will exit the front doors of Conn Elementary School as rising 1st and 3rd graders. I'm incredibly grateful for the flexibility that has allowed me the time to volunteer in each of their classrooms, and, unsurprisingly, I learned a few things while I was there...
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Stephanie Lormand

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