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Your April Moms Next Door Dispatch is Here!

04/14/25
Welcome to the April Dispatch! Thank you for being a part of our growing, powerful Moms Next Door program! What’s the Moms Next Door Dispatch? Each month, you’ll receive the Moms Next Door Dispatch (Scroll down!)—a monthly toolkit that will arrive in your inbox to provide you and your community...
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Jeannina Perez
Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast

Electing Women is Protecting Women, Medicaid Matters to Moms, Busting Myths About Immigrant Families, Black Maternal Health Week.

04/14/25
On the radio show this week, we dive into the importance of electing women, and how political parity protects us from dangerous policies, like the current move by Republicans to strip millions of women of our right to vote. We hear about how MomsRising is bringing the over 1.2 million voices of our...
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Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

The Trump administration needs to keep its greedy #HANDSOFF Head Start!

04/10/25
The Trump administration is endangering tens of thousands of our nation's kids & families access to child care and Head Start. We must demand Congress roll back these reckless closings that hurt families' access to child care!
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S. Nadia Hussain
Maternal Justice

Advocating for Moms on the National Day of Action for Maternal Mental Health!

04/09/25
One little technical hiccup at the start of the day was not going to stop, or dampen, these passionate folks from advocating for moms! On April 2nd, led by the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance , over 150 of us, nationwide, met with legislators to push them to invest in resources for moms...
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Gina Arias
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy

Breaking Through: Busting Negative Republican Myths About Immigrant Families. How Care Policies Boost Our Economy. Saving K-12 Education. Glimmers of Hope on the Horizon.

04/07/25
On the radio show this week, we bust the negative myths that Republicans are pushing out about immigrant families; we discuss how care policies (like childcare, healthcare/Medicaid, and paid family/medical leave) boost our economy; we cover how K-12 education is under attack and the ways to fight...
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Our Stories
Family Economic Security Food!

Our Stories: Cindy Camp testifies on the Hill

04/02/25
Last week, our member Cindy Camp from Baltimore, MD testified at the U.S. House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee to share her family's story about the importance of SNAP. Here is his story: Good afternoon. My name is Cindy Camp, and I live in Baltimore. I’m a mother, a grandmother, a...
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Felicia Burnett
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From the Frontlines: Moms Taking Action

04/01/25
Take a quick look at why we're so grateful for you.
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Kerri Karvetski
Our Stories
Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

Our Stories: Eshawney Gaston speaks at the NC Day of Action on raising the minimum wage

04/01/25
Last week, our member Eshawney Gaston from Durham, NC joined our partners at the North Carolina Families Care Coalition, the Raising Wages Coalition, and over a hundred moms, kids, and allies speaking out for paid leave, paid sick days, and raising the minimum and tipped wages! Here is her story:...
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Felicia Burnett
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy

Breaking Through: Medicaid and Childcare Under Attack. Addressing The Maternal Health Emergency. Direct File Tool for Your Taxes

03/31/25
On the radio show this week we cover the problems with the damaging effects of the proposed cuts to Medicaid; the latest with the maternal health emergency in America; how access to childcare is under attack; and how to use a no cost direct file tool for your taxes. Special Guests include: Joan...
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Large cuts to Medicaid funding put rural communities and their health care systems at serious risk
Health Care

Medicaid is Under Threat—And Rural Communities Have the Most at Stake

03/28/25
Health care access for more than 72 million people in the United States is under threat. As Congress moves to cut spending across the board, critical Medicaid funding is on the chopping block—we’re looking at up to $880 billion in cuts—which would impact those in small town and rural communities...
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Felicia Burnett

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