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Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Food! Health Care

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...

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Jocelyn Sherman

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

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...

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Lucy Sullivan

Environmental Health Food! Health Care

June 2, 2017

“Siempre he estado consiente de lo peligroso que los pesticidas pueden ser…pero nunca pensé que algún día tendría que ir a la sala de emergencia a causa de eso”. - Aylin, trabajadora de la col (repollo). Esto fue lo que le sucedió a Aylin de 19 años de edad, y a más de 50 trabajadores de la col,...

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Jocelyn Sherman

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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...

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Karen Showalter

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 26, 2017

It’s an emergency! Your voice is needed — and is powerful! Sign up to drop by your members of Congress' office(s) to drop off, or share, important materials on health care and SNAP (food stamps). We'll send you everything you need for a successful visit! Sign up here: http://action.momsrising.org/...

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Casey Osborn-Hinman

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising

May 9, 2017

By Ahna Bizjak, Parent and Former PTO President, Oregon School District, WI When it comes to learning healthy habits, parents are children’s first teachers. From cooking nutritious meals at home to being a role model for staying physically active, we lay the foundation for our children’s future...

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Ahna Bizjak

Food!

May 8, 2017

Now more than ever, parents need to back schools up when it comes to achieving a healthy school day. School wellness policies govern junk food marketing, physical education and more in schools. And this year all school districts must update their policies by the end of June. This is a great...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

May 4, 2017

“The Trump Administration is effectively selling out our kids to big-monied interests that want to pump our kids full of cheap, processed foods.” WASHINGTON DC -- Earlier this week, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed a proclamation that weakens Obama-era healthy school lunch standards...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

May 1, 2017

Parents play a big role in their children's food habits. This is a given. Yet, children also learn about what they like, and don't like, from television, the radio, new media, and advertisements. Over the course of several years, the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

April 28, 2017

Are we really surprised? The federal rule that would make it mandatory for restaurant, supermarket and convenience store chains to post calorie counts on their menus may be delayed yet again just days before taking effect on May 5, 2017. This process has pushed on for seven years now... As a mother...

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