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01/23/12

Last week, I was in Asia for work and over Skype, in a complete role reversal, found myself nagging my wife to make sure our 11-month-old got a haircut in preparation for Chinese New Year. Getting a haircut is the sole New Year's ritual I have been diligent observing in my adult life, meaning the...

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Alex Tse

01/23/12

For the first two years of my daughter's life, my partner and I worked part-time while we employed a nanny who cared for her as part of a nanny-share. The important work we do in our jobs has been made possible by someone whose work is equally important. In my experience, becoming an employer of a...

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Megan Yardley

Childcare & Early Education

01/23/12

My grandmother was a domestic worker, my mom hired nannies to help raise my brother, sister, and I, and as a working mom I employ childcare providers to take care of my own young daughters. I support AB 889, the California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights Campaign, because I value this vital, but...

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Andrea Mercado

Open Flexible Work

01/21/12

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Mothers have a genius for on-the-spot problem solving. Sizing up a looming crisis in a nanosecond, we flip through our mental list of optional responses, then implement, discard, and...

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Valerie Young

01/21/12

Creative Commons license. From cloth.paper.string Can we count on your support for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights?” asked Carmen, my 11 year old sister. My mother was standing next to her, and both of them were standing in front of Senator Vargas, their local representative. At that moment I...

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Grecia Lima

Environmental Health

01/20/12

During the summer of 2010, the nation watched in horror as gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. While many outside the Gulf region are hearing that we are back to normal, we continue to find tarballs on our beaches, mats of tar beneath the surface of local waters and fish with lesions,...

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Tammy Herrington

Childcare & Early Education

01/20/12

As this election year continues to unfold, we’ll hear more and more about jobs, creating opportunity and the future of the nation. Children, too, must be part of that dialogue. Thursday afternoon, I participated in the MomsRising live Tweet Chat with the White House on Unemployment Insurance and...

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Hannah Matthews

01/20/12

Excitement continues to build about the new Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN), the international membership organization of interdisciplinary work and family researchers. We’ve had a terrific response to our inaugural conference , Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Work and Family, June 14-...

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Judith Casey

01/20/12

The Year of the Dragon celebrations offer a great opportunity to grow our understanding of the world – while having fun with our kids. Before you good-intentionally blurt out “Happy Chinese New Year,” to colleagues and neighbors – stop! “Chinese New Year” represents a subset of the cultures that...

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Homa Tavangar

Environmental Health

01/20/12

Every day, moms across the country get together – as teams, task forces, coffee klatches, etc. – to discuss, plan and organize projects and activities for the benefit of their families, schools and communities. That’s exactly what MomsRising’s Sarah Francis and I did yesterday. The meeting place,...

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