Childcare & Early Education

September 29, 2018

It's been a powerful week. Yesterday we delivered over 1.5 million signatures from people like you opposing the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Tens of thousands of us have called, written and emailed our Senators asking for the same. And many more gathered outside Senate offices yesterday to...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education

September 28, 2018

“I can make a difference!” Every July thousands of students from Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® sites across the country participate in the CDF Freedom Schools National Day of Social Action. This year’s action focused on the need to vote for children and the fact that every vote...

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Marian Wright Edelman

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

September 22, 2018

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Melissa in Pennsylvania about what it is like to find childcare. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . As a single mom of a toddler who was starting over in a small town with...

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Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Maternal Justice

September 21, 2018

Happy Friday! We're back with this week's list of top actions, and it is robust. As fall and school kick into high gear, so does our work! From telling Congress *no* to more tax breaks for big corporations, to demanding banks stop funding for-profit prison and detention corporations, we've got work...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Social & Emotional Development

September 20, 2018

Many parents worry that cyberbullying, trolls, and rude behavior have taken over the internet. While it may seem that the online world has worn away our empathy, many studies show that kids and teens develop strong, supportive online bonds both with known friends and those they've met online. And...

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Caroline Knorr

Quick Signature!

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Social & Emotional Development

September 20, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: A new study from the Center for American Progress found 83% of parents with children under the age of five struggle to access affordable, high-quality early learning programs for their children. (NOT news to those of us experiencing the childcare crisis, amiright?). And according to...

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Lauren Hipp

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Podcast

September 18, 2018

On the radio show this week we cover a long fought childcare victory, the latest in the fight to #StopKavanaugh, what climate change and storms have in common and how we can protect our planet, and tips for safety in hurricanes and weather disasters. *Special guests include: Helen Blank, National...

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MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You Social & Emotional Development

September 15, 2018

The "school-to-prison pipeline" is a troubling national trend where children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. It starts when kids are pushed out of the classroom, typically for nonviolent offenses, effectively reducing valuable learning time,...

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Beatriz Beckford

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

September 14, 2018

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” These words are from President Franklin Roosevelt’s second inaugural address given January 20, 1937. The President was speaking to a nation...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Sign on!

Childcare & Early Education Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

September 12, 2018

So here’s a head scratcher for you: Just days before DC Mayor Muriel Bowser holds a Maternal and Infant Health Summit, she released a statement encouraging the DC Council to shift funding from the District’s Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to the comprehensive Birth-to-Three for All DC...

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