Childcare & Early Education

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages Reproductive Justice

May 28, 2024

Leading Moms Group Will Use Funding Support from Melinda French Gates to Mobilize Moms to Advance Paid Leave, Affordable Child Care, Reproductive Justice The MomsRising Education Fund announced today that it is receiving generous multi-year funding from Pivotal as a part of Melinda French Gates’...

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Rep. Porter, Rep. Pressley, and Rep. Bush Introduce the Community Safety Agenda

Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

May 10, 2024

On April 16, 2024, in partnership with the Community Safety Working Group, MomsRising stood with Representative Cori Bush (D-MO), Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) to present the introduction of the 2024 Community Safety Agenda. This press conference...

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Kelsey Reyes

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Childcare & Early Education Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Reproductive Justice

May 7, 2024

This Mother’s Day, as we celebrate the many, many ways that moms power the U.S. (and all of us!), we’re calling on Congress to power moms by passing care policies! Tell Congress: Power moms - Pass care policies in honor of Mother’s Day! What happened? Together, we’ve championed AND PASSED many...

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Felicia Burnett

Policy Heroes: Building the Care Infrastructure and Economy

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Reproductive Justice

May 7, 2024

This Mother’s Day, as we’re celebrating the many ways that moms power the U.S. (and all of us!), we’re sharing powerful care stories with every member of Congress so they know why these policies are important. We're delivering our storybook, "Policy Heroes: Building the Care Infrastructure and Economy" to the White House and every member of Congress

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Felicia Burnett

41 moms posing in front of the U.S. Capitol smiling as part of the Mom Power Bootcamp 2024

Childcare & Early Education

May 3, 2024

MomsRising invited 41 of our powerful mom leaders from 25 states across the country to join us for our Mom Power Bootcamp 2024! We brought together moms, advocates, Fellows, Fellow Alumni, and other engaged volunteers from across the country to share their stories and develop critical leadership and momentum-building advocacy skills in early education and other key care issues that affect families with young children.

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Hanna Addis

Childcare & Early Education

April 30, 2024

A few weeks ago, my nail artist came back to work from maternity leave. I was so excited to have my nails done for the first time in months but that excitement was drained away when she told me her child care problem. Shanna, my nail artist who prefers not to use her last name, asked me if I had...

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To-wen Tseng

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Politics & Policy

April 6, 2024

Tell Congress to fund programs that boost families! We’re excited that President Biden has listened to the voices of moms and families and is planning to make major positive investments in his FY2025 budget including: child care, paid family and medical leave, the Child Tax Credit, maternal health...

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Sue Anne Reed

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

March 20, 2024

Moms and parents across the country are rising up to share their stories, once again demonstrating that a care economy and a country that prioritizes and invests in care is the path to prosperity. Policies like affordable childcare, nutrition supplements like affordable child care, Paid Family and...

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Lauren Hipp

Childcare & Early Education

March 19, 2024

I was so blown away by the thorough report by the great researchers of Cornell and Buffalo universities (Cornell University’s ILR Buffalo Co-Lab to be exact) titled The Status of Child Care in New York Report, 2024 which takes a deep dive into the state of child care for parents across New York...

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Gun Safety Paid Family Leave Podcast Reproductive Justice

March 18, 2024

On the radio show this week we cover what really happened in the State of the Union (Hint: Victories!); how to get help through the ACF; the ability of culture change to push legislative change – and what you can do too; and we also hear from an award-winning author about the power of YOUR story. *...

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