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What Can You Expect Giving Birth in NC During COVID-19

July 1, 2020
Being pregnant and giving birth can be scary and raise lots of questions even in the best of times. At MomsRising, we’ve heard your concerns as you navigate this uncertain moment and your desire to make sure expecting families and providers are on the same page when it comes to ensuring positive...
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Tina Sherman
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Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

TAKE ACTION: Justice for Elijah McClain

July 1, 2020
Elijah McClain -- a young Black man who loved animals, a violinist, a highly regarded massage therapist, and a person beloved by his community -- was simply walking home from the store after buying iced tea when police officers in Aurora, Colorado detained and murdered him nearly a year ago. The...
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Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

Breonna's killers are still at large: Take Action!

June 24, 2020
It has been over 100 days since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her Louisville, Kentucky home by officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). LMPD performed an illegal, no knock drug raid on her home. Not a single officer announced themselves before ramming down her door and...
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Health Care

Quick signature: Tell Trump & Pence we need testing, masks, and the ACA!

June 30, 2020
Infuriating. Baffling. Outrageous. I’m running out of words to describe the gross disregard the Trump Administration has had for human lives and the mind-boggling mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis. Just in the past week alone, in the middle of a pandemic—when millions are losing their health...
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Felicia Burnett
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Families & The Federal Budget

Tell your Senators to Extend Unemployment Insurance!

July 1, 2020
We’re hearing from moms every single day who are struggling with unemployment and questioning how they are going to pay their bills and continue to put food on the table for their families. Moms like Beverly, who writes: “When I was laid off from my job due to COVID-19, as a single mother I was...
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Elyssa Schmier
Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

No sleep until at least $1 billion is defunded.

June 30, 2020
We did it. In the past two weeks, we have collectively won on a package of bills, all a part of the #SaferNYAct, that will change the way New Yorkers are treated by police in their communities. 50-a, a state statute that carved out special and unnecessary exemptions for police, firefighters, and...
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Diarra Aida Diouf
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Maternal Justice Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

Tell Governors and Mayors to Invest in Student Supports --NOT Police in Schools

July 1, 2020
We are living in extraordinary times. Nationwide mobilizations in the aftermath of too many police killings have renewed an important conversation about police accountability and the role police play in our lives. Even further this conversation has called into question the role police play in the...
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Beatriz Beckford
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Maternal Justice

Rising for Black Lives and LGBTQ+ Rights: Your June MOMentum

June 30, 2020
From Juneteenth to Pride, this June has been marked by nonstop actions for justice by the MomsRising movement. From marching to calling to texting to letter signing, we have been raising our voices in our communities to call for justice and the end to police violence, to advance voter engagement,...
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Anita Sarah Jackson