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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

June 22, 2018

I know the world feels chaotic right now with everything happening on the news (not to mention getting your kids ready for summer!) —and there’s a lot to keep track of. It’s easy to feel down and helpless. But that’s why MomsRising is here—to remind you of how powerful your voice is and what a...

Elyssa Koidin Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget

June 20, 2018

Today we are marking the six month anniversary of the passage of the disastrous Trump-GOP Tax Plan. Who have the winners been? Millionaires, billionaires, and mega-corporations. Who have the losers been? Me, you, America’s working families, and our economy. But it doesn’t have to be this way! The...

Elyssa Koidin Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

June 19, 2018

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on immigration bills in the House, advocates fighting to stop family separations at the border, a better bill for SNAP, a spending cuts package, and FY19 spending work.

Lecia Imbery

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Families & The Federal Budget Healthcare

June 7, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: The Michigan Legislature has passed their terrible, horrible, harmful, and unnecessary Medicaid work requirements bill , and it will be heading to Governor Snyder’s desk in the coming days. This is our last chance to speak out and stop this bill, which would take away the health care...

Elyssa Koidin Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Healthcare Immigration Politics & Policy

May 29, 2018

In celebration of Mother’s Day 2018, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi hosted a Moms Summit: Addressing the Needs of America’s Families. Leader Pelosi reached out to invite MomsRising's executive director, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, to be among the leaders speaking at the event, and to invite...

Anita Sarah Jackson

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food!

May 23, 2018

Good afternoon and thank you for having me here to share my story. My name is Sandy Waters and I live here in Washington, DC. I know that imposing work requirements for SNAP beneficiaries would crush hardworking individuals and families – because that’s what would have happened to me. Watch Sandy...

Sandy Waters

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Politics & Policy

May 21, 2018

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for pieces on defeating harmful cuts to SNAP, a spending cuts package in the House, one win and one loss for consumer protections, and more.

Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Food!

May 18, 2018

The moms of America can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Republican Farm Bill failed on the floor of the House of Representatives. The rejection of this bill is a victory for America’s families, because it includes callous, new requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

May 14, 2018

This is a guest post by Sharvonne Williams. As a child growing up in Harlem, I never realized that I was living in poverty. I didn’t know that the groceries my mom brought home were purchased with food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). My mom did a lot of...

Deborah Lash

Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

May 11, 2018

When it comes to our kids, it’s personal. Every day the majority of North Carolina’s children spend most of their waking hours in our state’s public schools. Sadly, for the last decade NC’s schools have been consistently underfunded, leaving North Carolina ranked in the bottom half of the nation in...