Childcare & Early Education

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April 5, 2019

Happy Friday! Hot off the presses: Our latest list of top actions from the past week on everything from diapers to gun safety. We urgently need your support. Please scroll through and make sure you've added your voice to all. Then be sure to share with friends and family, too. Thank you! => 1...

Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education

April 3, 2019

Queremos invitar a Raleigh a bebés, niños, padres, educadores de la primera infancia y a otros defensores de la educación temprana para crear consciencia sobre lo que necesitan los bebés, niños y familias de Carolina del Norte para prosperar. ¡Nos vamos a divertir mucho! Tendremos una hora del...

Linda Stone

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

April 3, 2019

Since the Internet has become the go-to source for entertainment, socializing, news, information, and more, we rarely think about how it actually works. But the essential sites you visit every day or find through search engines such as Google and Yahoo are actually only a fraction of the total Web...

Caroline Knorr

Superhero kids advocating for family-friendly policies and programs

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave

April 2, 2019

Eastern Washington MomsRising members gathered last week for two incredibly powerful Play-Ins in Pasco and Spokane in partnership with Child Care Aware of WA and Community Minded Enterprises . The events were focused on the early supports families need to thrive. MomsRising shared information about...

Casey Osborn-Hinman

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

April 1, 2019

I’ve taken my daughter's diapers for granted. From what kind of diapers to use, to whose turn it is to change the epic blowout (again) -- diapers are a sore spot in our house. But luckily, we’ve never had to worry about our daughter having access to a diaper to keep her clean and healthy...

Nina Perez

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave

March 29, 2019

VIDEO: This amazing video from Voice of America features MomsRising supporters' stories and the work we do together everyday. Check it out, it's wonderful!: VICTORY! The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the Paycheck Fairness Act! MomsRising supporters have been advocating for this for...

Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education

March 29, 2019

Did you hear the great news? Last week, the Durham Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to begin planning for dual language immersion programs at Bethesda Elementary School and Lakewood Elementary School, and expanding support for the existing program at Southwest Elementary School...

Linda Stone

Childcare & Early Education

March 29, 2019

¿Escuchaste las buenas noticias? La semana pasada, la Junta Escolar de las Escuelas Públicas de Durham aprobó por unanimidad comenzar a planificar programas de inmersión bilingües en la Escuela Primaria Bethesda y en la Escuela Primaria Lakewood y aumentar el apoyo que recibe el programa existente...

Linda Stone

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

March 28, 2019

Books have played an outsized role in my life. As an introverted only child and the daughter of a bookworm, growing up, children’s books were my refuge and my joy. My favorite teacher to this day was my high school English teacher, Mrs. Betty Lou Blumberg, who introduced me to great fiction with...

Tara Sarathy

Trump Budget Update!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 21, 2019

President Trump released his FY2020 budget last week and no surprises here— he slashed funding for programs that boost our families and kids in order to pay for his wasteful wall and tax cuts to the 1% and Wall Street. I’ll be blunt: President Trump seems to have forgotten that people like you and...