childcare & early education

June 12, 2017

Since May, mamás poderosas have been participating in MomsRising's campaign, #BilingualRisers. Through their personal blogs, Instagram and MomsRising's blog, they have been sharing snippets of their lives: daily routines, books and other resources they use, challenges, triumphs and more on their...

Diana Limongi

June 7, 2017

President Trump has proposed eliminating all afterschool program funding. Nearly 2 million kids and families could lose the afterschool programs they count on to keeps kids safe and engaged in learning, and help working parents keep their jobs. The Afterschool Alliance is hosting a nationwide Day...

Jodi Grant

childcare & early education families & the federal budget Food! healthcare

June 2, 2017

At 1,000 Days, we believe that children are the foundation of a country’s greatness . When young children thrive, so do nations. It is why we are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration’s proposal to slash funding for basic nutrition, health and anti-poverty programs that give children here in...

Lucy Sullivan

childcare & early education environmental health Food! healthcare

June 2, 2017

“ I have always known how dangerous pesticides can be...But I never thought I would one day have to go to the emergency room because of them.” - Aylin, cabbage worker This is what happened to 19-year old Aylin and 50+ other cabbage workers as they labored at a Bakersfield, CA farm on Cinco de Mayo...

Jocelyn Sherman

childcare & early education immigration politics & policy

June 2, 2017

Donald Trump’s openly anti-Hispanic rhetoric – for which he has never apologized -- has only fueled anti-Latino sentiment and racist acts in the country. Take for instance, the verbal abuse of Hispanics who speak Spanish in public. In one recent incident, a white woman verbally assaulted a Hispanic...

Elisa Batista

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childcare & early education environmental health families & the federal budget family economic security Food! politics & policy

May 30, 2017

"Don't play with our kids." Michelle Obama's statement - in response to US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue's declaration he will roll back or delay key elements of the healthy school meal standards - pretty much sums it up. Healthy food for kids isn't a game. It isn’t a partisan or a...

Karen Showalter

childcare & early education politics & policy

May 30, 2017

The creation of a commission to study the school-to-prison pipeline and restorative practices are a huge step forward in ensuring all kids are set up for success.

MomsRising

childcare & early education social & emotional development

May 30, 2017

Before my oldest daughter was born, when I still had not decided on a name or the type of diapers I was going to use, there was something I was clear about: she was going to be bilingual. Since Spanish is my native language, I thought it would be very easy. However, I soon discovered that that was...

Linda López-Stone

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childcare & early education healthcare radio

May 29, 2017

On the radio show this week we cover the latest on healthcare and what you can do to make sure it isn’t cut for 23 million people; the terrible, awful, no good, very bad budget that Trump proposed and how to stop it; paid family and medical leave in the United States of America; and why David...

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

childcare & early education MomsRising social & emotional development

May 26, 2017

The moment they brought my baby girl to my arms, the only words that came out of my mouth where in Spanish. Since I married an English speaker, and realized we would be raising our family in a small town in North GA, I felt fear that my children would not be able to communicate with my family in...