Family Economic Security

No Action is Too Small WA Leg Session 2022

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

March 16, 2022

In December 2021, we announced a bold legislative agenda that built upon our wins for families, mothers, and caregivers. We set out to ask our lawmakers to expand on historic wins and to continue to put equity at the forefront of new legislation. Many of us tracked what was happening at momsrising...

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Mandy Kwan

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

March 15, 2022

"If families really mattered to Republican leaders, then they wouldn't be focused on banning important books, restricting access to reproductive healthcare and attacking LGBTQ+ kids." - Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner In this powerful CNN Opinion , MomsRising Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner...

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Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

March 14, 2022

Our special guest judges, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su, selected one winning entry from each Equal Pay Day Art Contest age group. We're thrilled to announce that the 2022 Pay Equity Champions are...

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Maternal Justice

March 14, 2022

Today, March 16th, we are observing the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta Spa Shooting , where eight people died, six of them Asian women who could very well have been us. It was terrifying, tragic, and it broke our hearts The shooting was horrific, but in many ways it was inevitable. Due to the...

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Lauren Hipp

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Maternal Justice

February 28, 2022

Te invitanmos a disfrutar de palomitas y LOTERÍA con el Presidente... ¡todo desde la comodidad de tu sala! Este martes por la noche (1 de marzo) a las 9 p. m. ET / 6 p. m. PT, el presidente Joe Biden dará el Estado de la Unión 2022 (SOTU). Para que la observación sea divertida y poderosa, hemos...

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Linda Stone

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

February 25, 2022

Popcorn and BINGO with the President... all from the comfort of your living room! Want in? This Tuesday night (March 1st) at 9pm ET / 6pm PT President Joe Biden will be giving the 2022 State of the Union (SOTU). In order to make watching fun and powerful, we've created a BINGO card to help you...

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Hanna Addis

Family Economic Security Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

February 20, 2022

This year, we are marking Equal Pay Day (March 15th, 2022) with an ART CONTEST for kids and teens, ages 0-18!

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security Maternal Justice

February 8, 2022

Members of Congress and their staff regularly read the local newspapers from their home districts and states to stay in touch with what their constituents care about and want them to prioritize. Using our easy online tool, can you submit a letter to your local paper about the importance of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act? We will walk you through each step and provide sample content and talking points!

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration

January 21, 2022

La política Cero Tolerancia promulgada por la administración Trump que creó la separación familiar es una mancha en la historia de nuestra nación. Usar a los niños como tácticas en nombre de la aplicación de las leyes migratorias no es solo ilegal, sino increíblemente inmoral, inhumano y perjudicial para todas las familias afectadas por esta dañina política.

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Xochitl Oseguera

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

January 18, 2022

On Jan. 6, 2022, Ms. Magazine published an opinion piece that I co-wrote with MomsRising partner, Women’s Economic Justice Director and The Century Foundation Senior Fellow Julie Kashen: The U.S. Is in Urgent Need of Childcare Solutions. Build Back Better Would Be a Game-Changer In the opinion, we...

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