“Part of the biggest solution is to have moms at the center of policy solutions because we know what we need, right? We absolutely need childcare centers similar to what we have here in New York for children two years old and on. But even that two year gap before they turn two—we need to figure out a way to have better support at the workplace. We need to figure out a way to pay moms if they want to stay at home.”

— Chio Valerio-Gonzalez, Community Organizer, Mother Forward

“One mom talked about trying to figure out if she could both meet all her expenses and pay for her child's visit to the doctor, whether she'd be able to buy the medicine that he needed, and he has special needs. Those are the kinds of terrible decisions that moms are facing now. You can read about it. You can get the statistics. Yet to hear somebody talk about the trauma... every member of Congress was paying full attention. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. I'm sure every one of those members of Congress will take that story and repeat it. That's something that they're going to remember when they're voting on bills, when they're talking to other members of Congress. That's the stuff that sticks.”

— Donna Norton, Executive VP and Chief Advancement & Strategy Officer, MomsRising

“We need leaders who have been in the position of being a caregiver; leaders who are holding it together by a thread because you have aging parents, you have young children, you have jobs, you have PTA responsibilities, you want to be a good person in your community. We need leaders in Washington who are living that and have family members who are also living through that. That's what's really exciting about a new crop of candidates, that we could send into Washington and actually get things done! Moms get it done.”

— Rebeca Martinez, Program Director, CareWins

“We know the first Mother's Days were not actually about Hallmark cards and mimosa brunches, but instead were about women and communities, and mothers and daughters making change, trying to push for a future that was better than what they were living in.”

— Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward

“This is an administration that has been stopped in its tracks on a range of things because of the pushback of people. The courage of people to go into court and be represented by groups like us at Democracy Forward, and also people getting in the street. In advance of the No Kings marches, the administration threatened to put people on lists if you protested. They were so overwhelmed by the fact that millions of people mobilized in the streets, they then started trying to minimize the mobilizations by saying, ‘Oh, it was just a bunch of grandmothers.’ And in this latest mobilization, they were completely silent. We have been able to stop this administration's retribution agenda against people in communities, and also against many other officials as a result of people taking action.”

— Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward