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Pledge to Vote YES on Measure FF!

Family Economic Security MomsVote Paid Sick Days

11/03/14

November 4th, Election Day, is your chance to make sure earned sick days AND raising the minimum wage win big in Oakland!

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

11/02/14

With the General Election coming up in two days (Tuesday, mark your calendars!), articles, blog posts, emails, and tweets have been focusing on the importance of the female vote -- as both key to particular candidates securing elections, and also as a way for women and parents to ensure that issues...

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Shay Chan Hodges

Podcast

11/01/14

Living Room conversations, how to have them and why they are important, launch this radio show. Our next segment takes a close look at the situation with housing discrimination against moms, a recent settlement with Wells Fargo bank, and what to do if you think you're being discriminated against...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Open Flexible Work

10/31/14

My Mom chose college over a car and loved working for Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington after college. Though she was a very active stay-at-home mom after she married my Dad, my Mom always told me to have a career and a family, and I followed her advice. Another piece of advice from both my Mom and...

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Dr. Benay Dara-Abrams

MomsVote

10/31/14

I have been canvassing 20 hours per week to help get people to the polls. During this canvassing, I can't tell you how many new mothers with babies have told me that they aren't going to vote because they don't have time to register, or to get the ID that they need, or to get a babysitter to take...

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Pamela John

Health Care

10/31/14

Are you a fan of our MomsRising #WellnessWed Twitter Chats? Wednesday, November 5. Premature Birth Awareness Month with Guest(s): March of Dimes Wednesday, November 12. Pregnancy and baby oral health with Guest(s): Children's Dental Health Project Wednesday, November 19. Open enrollment healthcare...

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Jeannina Perez

Politics & Policy

10/31/14

Each year at Halloween, our neighborhoods are bustling as children go door to door dressed as zombies, vampires, skeletons or something else fantastic and scary. For many children Halloween is the rare occasion to indulge in a fun time of ghost stories and goblins and trick or treats. But at the...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Food!

10/30/14

"Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!" As a child, this was my chant on Halloween. It was my battle cry, as I rallied for candy. And, I was not alone. Fast forward a few decades (I'll keep you guessing as to how many!), and my idea of "good" has changed. I now understand...

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Migdalia Rivera

MomsVote Politics & Policy

10/30/14

Over the past decade, we’ve seen a rise in strong female political leaders on television. President Laura Roslin in the 2004 remake of Battlestar Galactica comes to mind. Not to mention Leslie Knope of Parks and Rec, as well as a slew of others who are bringing the political savvy and talent of...

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Erin Vilardi

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsVote Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

10/30/14

The other day I read a statistic that made me laugh a little. It said women’s issues are shaping up as the second-biggest issue among voters this year, behind only the economy. Really? I don’t think so. We are the economy. Women’s issues, family issues, are economic issues. And, as we know every...

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