Health Care

April 18, 2019

As midwife Jennie Joseph writes, “mothers can suffer and experience the effects of being in a living, breathing, materno-toxic zone all of their own, based on other people’s response or reaction to their race, socio-economic status, citizenship or by being “othered” while pregnant, delivering their baby or in the postpartum year, regardless of location.”

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Health Care

April 16, 2019

Medicaid ayuda a las familias a vencer las tormentas durante los tiempos de necesidad, ya sea debido a un accidente o una crisis financiera. Las familias en nuestro estado entienden cuan crítico es tener cobertura de salud para poder tener acceso a cuidado preventivo y poder ver a un doctor cuando...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

April 15, 2019

Medicaid helps families weather the storm during times of need—whether it be during a health care crisis or a time of financial hardship. But in North Carolina, lawmakers have yet to make this critical and often life-saving program available to about half a million low-income uninsured adults. That...

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Felicia Burnett

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Health Care

April 15, 2019

It’s common sense: When families have parents who are insured, the entire family’s health and economic security improves. As moms and dads, we get it. But some of our state lawmakers seem to be having a hard time understanding what a difference health coverage through Medicaid expansion could make...

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Felicia Burnett

Medicaid Helps Families Weather The Storm

Health Care

April 15, 2019

Today is the day! We are joining with thousands of people across North Carolina for a day of action to close the health care coverage gap! Here is what you can do right now to remind lawmakers that “Medicaid helps families weather the storm” and to expand health insurance to low-income uninsured...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

April 11, 2019

Medicaid helps families weather the storm during times of need—whether it be during a health care crisis or a time of financial hardship. But in North Carolina, our lawmakers have yet to make this critical and often life-saving program available to about half a million low-income uninsured adults...

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Felicia Burnett

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April 9, 2019

GOOD NEWS ON OUR RADIO SHOW : Big wins relating to the #FREEnewyork criminal justice reform campaign in New York! Listen for the details on how we're moving criminal justice reform forward in partnership with other groups on the ground in New York. The show also gets into why the End Diaper Need...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

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April 9, 2019

I come from a long line of nurses: my grandma is a nurse, my mom is a nurse, my aunts are nurses, and so are my cousins. These women work hard every day to provide outstanding care for premature babies, new parents recovering from childbirth, and patients fighting for their lives in the emergency...

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Maggie Humphreys

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Health Care

April 8, 2019

Crafts are a fun way for kids to be able to participate in advocacy in a meaningful way. Here are directions for a fun springtime craft you can do with your children to deliver to your state lawmakers' and members of Congress' offices.

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

April 8, 2019

Feeling helpless and confused about the rise of teen JUULing and the vaping epidemic? So was I after finding what looked like an elongated USB drive and tiny empty plastic cartridges in my son’s backpack last summer. He’s a top student at a top-tier school, a sports team captain, club leader, and...

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