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"We handled all the stress of moving, only to find ourselves in a child care desert."

September 14, 2017
No one actually enjoys moving, but it’s especially tough if you’ve got little kids. When you’re young and single, moving can even be a social affair – it’s famously easy to trick friends into lugging a futon, desk, or a few cardboard boxes up some stairs as long as there is the promise of free...
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DACA Recipients’ Economic and Educational Gains Continue to Grow

September 6, 2017
By Tom K. Wong, Greisa Martinez Rosas, Adam Luna, Henry Manning, Adrian Reyna, Patrick O’Shea, Tom Jawetz , and Philip E. Wolgin Note: The survey results can be found here . For more information on the survey, please contact Tom K. Wong . Since it was first announced on June 15, 2012, the Deferred...
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Groups Urge Judge to Release Pregnant Black Mother With Medical Complications from Texas County Jail Immediately

August 21, 2017
Keeping Kandace Washington in jail for months without proper medical care is unacceptable.
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DACA, Explained By A DREAMer

August 7, 2017
With the bipartisan DREAMream Act, Congress has the power—and opportunity—to stand with thousands of DREAMreamers like Priscilla. Watch Priscilla explain Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA: And then please join us to ask Congress to stand up for the DREAM ACT !
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Tell Congress: Boost Families, Not Fear!

July 20, 2017
The wall. The wall. It’s all we heard about from candidate Trump… and now from President Trump. In fact, now that he’s president, he’s putting his ineffective and xenophobic rhetoric into action by proposing $1.6 billion ($1.6 billion!) for his ridiculous wall on the Southern border - all while...
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Repealing Affordable Care Act Would Jeopardize African Americans’ Health Coverage Gains

July 5, 2017
While running for President, Donald Trump asked African Americans, “What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump?” As it turns out, one answer is health insurance. The likelihood of having health coverage shouldn’t vary by a person’s race or ethnicity. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
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I’m Tired of the NRA’s Money Mattering More than Our Kids

June 29, 2017
I never thought that I’d serve in Congress; never thought that my name would be on the ballot. But life happens and things change. When I look around my community, I saw people dying every day from senseless gun violence. I watched mothers bury their children; watched young people take bullets...
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JOIN US 6/23, 7PM: Candlelight Vigil at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles #Justice

June 23, 2017
On Friday, June 23rd, TV Judge Glenda Hachett will join her son, Charles S. Johnson (Kyria’s husband) as well as local community members of MomsRising, Amnesty International, Black Women for Wellness, and Black Lives Matter for a candlelight vigil at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on...
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We're talking Presidential Accountability tonight during our #KeepMarching telephone town hall!

June 22, 2017
We are so excited to hop on the phone with you tonight, 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST , for MomsRising’s #KeepMarching telephone town hall meeting on Presidential accountability, when we'll cover the nuts and bolts of impeachment , how special counsels and independent commissions work, and the current...
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Raising Kids Who Embrace Race: Why we must, where we begin.

June 22, 2017
Why We Gather. EmbraceRace is about building a strong and nourishing community of practice for parents, guardians, teachers and other caregivers who want to help raise a generation of children who are thoughtful, informed, and brave about race. In this session we — Andrew (Grant-Thomas) and Melissa...
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