All Blog Posts

06/08/23

Help us protect access to health, nutrition & housing for immigrant families and children! The Public Charge Rule the Biden administration published was a much clearer and moderate framework for immigrant families to access non-cash assistance programs like Medicaid and SNAP that help keep...

MomsRising Together

Sue Anne Reed

Child care teacher and children learning and playing together.

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising MomsRising Near You

06/08/23

Choosing a child care option that works for your family can be HARD! People say that when you have a child it’s like your heart is walking around outside your chest. Rarely does that feel more true than when trying to figure out child care. When your child is going to be away from you for part of...

MomsRising Education Fund

Beth Messersmith

Podcast

06/07/23

On the radio show this week we cover why fighting for paid family/medical leave is making the pages of Glamour Magazine; the top issues moving next in Congress and how you can help; the big recent win with Medicaid; and we dive into celebrating 50 years of the Ms. Foundation for Women and talk...

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Pride Month

A group selfie of white and Black teenagers

Parenting & Families

06/01/23

To say this is a fraught Pride Month for LGBTQ+ folks and their allies is truly an understatement. This year’s celebration comes as big swaths of the country are debating and legislating, and getting hysterical about, the very existence of trans kids. How can we, as people who are raising, teaching, and caring for LGBTQ+ kids and teens, support them as we strive to keep them safe?

MomsRising Education Fund

Alexis Bleich, LCSW, MA

MomsRising

06/01/23

This May you sparked significant, powerful, and beautiful Mother’s Day MOMentum.

MomsRising Together

Kerri Karvetski

Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

05/25/23

SIGN NOW to protect WIC! WIC is getting attacked from all angles. The House Republican budget not only holds our families hostage by calling for across-the-board cuts to programs like WIC in order to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default in the next two weeks, they also want to gut fruit and...

MomsRising Together

Sue Anne Reed

Food! MomsRising

05/24/23

During May's #KeepMarching meeting, we dove deep into what the hunger cliff is and why so many people are struggling to put food on the table. We also learned what Congress is doing to address the hunger cliff and how we can support families who are experiencing hunger crises. We are very grateful...

MomsRising Education Fund

Joy Ikekhua

Podcast

05/22/23

On the radio show this week we cover hope in motion in states like Michigan; why the recent introduction of the FAMILY Act (paid family/medical leave) and Healthy Families Act (earned sick days) is a big, BIG deal for everyone; we also celebrate the re-introduction of the MOMNIBUS, to help improve...

MomsRising Together

MomsRising

Honor Moms Every Day 2023 picnic group photo

MomsRising

05/19/23

We want to thank all our wonderful members -- and over members of Congress -- for joining our inspiring day to honor our moms and stand for policies that lift families!

MomsRising Together

Hanna Addis

The root of the word discipline comes from discipulus which means learner or pupil.

MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

05/15/23

The root of the word discipline comes from discipulus which means learner or pupil. At one point humans understood that discipline was actually about learning and not so much about punishment. In the horse (and human) herd, discipline is a loving and protective act. Teaching our youngsters how to...

MomsRising Education Fund