Gun Safety

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

May 5, 2018

It's May - a month of great things! First up: Kristin's new book Keep Marching has launched! The book is part guide, part inspiration to building the world we seek, and part call to action. See more on a special opportunity to share Keep Marching with a woman you love for Mother's Day, below. And...

Karen Showalter

Gun Safety

May 2, 2018

Editor's note: On April 14, 2018, Bronwyn Lucas, a passionate MomsRising North Carolina volunteer, spoke at the Raleigh March for Science. We want to thank her for speaking so boldly and passionately about her experience. Hello everybody! Thank you all for gathering here today to celebrate the...

Alton Lucas

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Immigration

April 27, 2018

We're back with our top #5Actions of the week, making it easy for you to quickly catch up on our most urgent campaigns. This week we're talking about gun safety, food stamps, and family separation. We're also eager to capture your stories around the school-to-prison pipeline, and meet you at events...

Karen Showalter

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Gun Safety

April 24, 2018

In the wake of the Waffle House shooting, take action to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines for good.

Gloria Pan

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Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Radio

April 24, 2018

This week we're taking it back, (not so) way back, on the #RisersRadio show! We're revisiting a popular, and timely, radio show, Reaching for Equity, Equality and Justice. On this show we cover the latest in the fight for fair treatment of all immigrant families; we hear how some countries have...

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Social & Emotional Development

April 20, 2018

Happy Friday! We're back with our top #5Actions of the week, making it easy for you to quickly catch up on our most urgent campaigns. Today is the #NationalSchoolWalkOut, and students across the country are speaking out about the need for gun safety. Please join us in sending them a note of...

Karen Showalter

Gun Safety Maternal Justice MomsRising

April 3, 2018

It’s been two weeks since Stephon Clark, a father of two, was killed by Sacramento police officers. Unarmed, in his grandmother’s backyard, Stephon was shot twenty times most of which were from the back. Yet again, another senseless killing of a man at the hands of those sworn to protect them. His...

Diarra Diouf

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Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Maternal Justice Radio

April 2, 2018

On the radio show this week we cover the latest in the fight for fair treatment of all immigrant families; we hear how some countries have ended mass incarceration by legalizing drugs — and what we could do here; we get the inside scoop on corporations like Starbucks reaching for pay parity; and we...

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Gun Safety Politics & Policy

March 30, 2018

In the spring of 1960, I was a senior at Spelman College in Atlanta and decided to help organize the civil rights student sit-in movement to desegregate lunch counters. I went to Atlanta’s City Hall to engage in our cause to end racial apartheid. I felt overwhelming gratitude for the chance to be...

Marian Wright Edelman

Gun Safety Immigration Maternal Justice MomsVote Paid Family Leave

March 30, 2018

With the student leaders’ call to VOTE, VOTE, VOTE still ringing in our ears, MomsRising is gearing up to make sure as many people as possible heed that call. Through our #MomsVote program, we're getting ready to get out the vote — including making sure as many people as possible are registered and...

Karen Showalter