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Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

02/02/22

Is it just me or does every day feel like it’s repeating itself over and over (and over) again? It’s like the movie Groundhog’s Day, where Bill Murray’s character is forced to wake up and repeat the exact same day, day after day, except instead of a gopher, I have a toddler.

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S. Nadia Hussain

Paid Family Leave

02/02/22

On the radio show this week we cover disability rights; as well as what’s happening with the assault on abortion access and how you can help protect women’s rights and bodily autonomy; the ways in which big pharma is taking advantage of taxpayers and how to fight back; and we also hear the latest...

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MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

01/31/22

It’s time to reimagine public safety and create crisis responses that are appropriate and equipped to meet the needs of communities. The reality is that our current approach to public safety is not working for children, for families, and particularly for Black and brown communities that have been...

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Beatriz Beckford

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01/31/22

Welcome to the first MOMentum donor update of 2022. We have good news!

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Kerri Karvetski

Gun Safety MomsRising

01/31/22

*Trigger Warning: This post contains content around suicide and gun violence that may be triggering for someone with this trauma.

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Keely Morgan

Childcare & Early Education

01/28/22

Two infant suffocation deaths are connected to Leachco lounger pillows - but the company refuses to act. Here's what you can do.

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Meg Bohne

Health Care

01/27/22

This week, MomsRising hosted a bilingual webcast with expert guests from the CDC about the kids' COVID vaccine, with the first half in English and the second half in Spanish. We are now over 2 years into this pandemic and it’s touched practically every piece of our lives from child care and grocery...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising

01/27/22

Do you occasionally fantasize about RAGE YELLING at the top of your lungs every new day that you need to parent in this pandemic amid child care closures, no paid family and medical leave, and stacking bills? Same friend. SAME.

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Jeannina Perez

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01/26/22

On the radio show this week we cover the many ways in which we can rattle the windows, make herstory, and find hope in hard times as we talk voting rights, childcare and Pre-K, the Child Tax Credit, Build Back Better, and more. Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising;...

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MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

01/26/22

It’s hard to believe we’re almost at the end of January. But maybe that’s a good thing. The pressure we put on ourselves and each other at this time of the year! What a way to -- maybe not -- start things off! It's an arbitrary transition but it is one whether we like it or not. Calendars, holidays, social expectations, parenting all lean on us and ask us to do things like: reflect, change, amend, clean, better ourselves, connect with others, make commitments, break commitments, put the past to rest, fix the past, be more present, do it now, build a future.

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