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Hurricane Helene: Resources for NC Families

September 30, 2024
This resource is being update regularly, so please continue to share widely. A Spanish version is available here. The devastation facing western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene is impossible to comprehend. Since this catastrophe began, the people, families, and communities of western...
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Beth Messersmith
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What the Debate Told Us. Biden-Harris Policy Wins. Solving Childhood Poverty & Boosting Our Economy.

September 16, 2024
On the radio show this week we dive into what was said (and not said) in the first Presidential debate between Harris and Trump; then we cover some dramatic wins that the Biden - Harris Administration have been moving forward for parents - and how your voice is making a positive difference; after...
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Our Families Deserve to be Fed: Reflections on New 2023 USDA Data on Food Security!

September 10, 2024
Every family deserves access to high-quality, nutritious food to keep our children healthy and happy. The USDA recently released data on U.S. household food security from 2023 , finding one in SEVEN households (13.5 percent) in America struggled with hunger. The rates of food insecurity were higher...
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Hanna Addis
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We Need to Talk to Our Sons About Care Responsibilities

September 11, 2024
Time flies–my 11-year-old started his first year in middle school last month. Between schoolwork, swim team practice, Math Olympiad, and violin lessons, he’s so busy that he can hardly breathe. But these are all his own choices–I tried to help him cut down on some activities, but he wouldn’t hear...
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RECAP: YWomen Vote USA 2024 National Town Hall

September 18, 2024
The current narrative around Gen Z is that we are uneducated, unmotivated, and uncaring about elections. This is simply untrue! Research has shown that Gen Z's voter turnout in 2022 was higher than that of Gen Xers and Millennials when they made up the age 18-24 voting block¹. It is well past time...
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Announcing the 2024-2025 Washington State MomsForce Fellows

September 16, 2024
MomsRising and MamásConPoder are thrilled to announce our fifth cohort of Washington State MomsForce fellows.
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Keeping Families Together

August 19, 2024
On August 19 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published the application for Parole in Place for undocumented immigrant spouses, and stepchildren, of U.S. citizens. This is part of a June announcement by the Biden Administration to keep families together . Under this policy announcement...
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Child Care 101: Child Care Deserts

August 12, 2024
Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care desert is “any census tract with more...
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