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Health Care

Add your name! Medicaid saves lives!

March 22, 2023
“My son has cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes. Medicaid has literally saved his life. As a single low income parent I can barely afford to provide housing and food… My child deserves to have the life-saving medications he needs and he also deserves to have a home and food. Without Medicaid, I don't think he can have all those things.”
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Felicia Burnett
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy

Empowering Our Volunteers & Growing Long-Term Local Leaders Through the Power of Storytelling

March 24, 2023
As humans, we live in and through stories. Neuroscience shows that our brains like stories —we actually crave stories—and when we hear a well-told story, it helps us to cut out distractions, helps people remember concepts with greater accuracy, and as hearts are changed as stories are told and...
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Felicia Burnett
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Health Care

Medicaid and CHIP Drug Rebate Proposals in the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

March 17, 2023
This article originally appeared on the Center for Child and Families website and is shared here with the express consent of the organization. Written by: Edwin Park Under the highly effective Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), drug manufacturers must provide substantial rebates to the federal...
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Tasmiha Khan
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages Reproductive Justice

The Top 10 Policies Every Leader Should Support Right Now

March 23, 2023
Moms For Freedom Agenda: A Vision to Lift Our Nation We value our freedoms. The freedom to be there for our children and families when we’re needed most, to choose what’s best for our families, to send our kids to schools where every child belongs and can thrive , and to be able to earn equal pay...
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Jenny Byer
Environmental Health

A Mother In Music: Turning up the Volume on Environmental & Climate Activism

March 16, 2023
The environmental and climate movement has been gaining momentum in recent years, and mothers, women of color, and their children have been at the forefront. We are leading the charge in raising awareness about the effects of pollution, extreme weather events, and ecological destruction on our...
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Rev. Dr. Dorthea Enrique Fondren
Maternal Justice

Pregnant or Pumping at Work? YOU have new legal rights!

March 8, 2023
If you are pregnant or pumping at work new legislation signed into law at the end of last year offers you new legal protections! Gone are the days of choosing between a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck. No more pumping in storage closets or the bathroom. Pregnant, breastfeeding, and lactating workers are no longer forced to make these impossible decisions thanks to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”).
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Tina Sherman
Immigration

SIGN: Don’t rekindle Trump asylum policies! Show some love to migrant families!

February 14, 2023
We all want the same thing – a safe place for our families to live and thrive. That’s exactly what parents are looking for when they reach our border and request asylum. We all want our children to be alive and well. For some parents that means they have to trek international borders to keep themselves and their children safe from persecution and violence.
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Claudia Tristán
Health Care

Quick signature! Tell Congress to prevent drug shortages!

March 15, 2023
Earlier this winter, I had a frightening experience: my baby had both the flu and an ear infection. Normally, I would get the antibiotics he needed to remedy the situation. Instead, the medications his pediatrician prescribed were out of stock at our local pharmacy. I called multiple pharmacies...
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Tasmiha Khan