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Raise Your Voice to Shut Down Berks!

March 19, 2018
Babies are being held in detention. Families seeking asylum - many of which are led by moms - are being held in prison-like facilities. Human rights abuses in the name of immigration enforcement are not okay. This is not the America we seek to build. We can do, and be, better. Our voices are needed...
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#5Actions of the Week: March 16, 2018

March 16, 2018
Happy Friday! What a week, as over a million youth across the country spoke out about the urgent need for gun safety. We're so inspired by their leadership, and we vow to stand with them in the fight to make our schools and communities safe. This week's #5Actions lineup includes a pledge to stand...
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Tell the Trump Administration NO to discrimination in health care!

March 15, 2018
What the what?! When it comes to health care, the patient should always come first. But a harmful and discriminatory rule proposed by the Trump Administration is opening the door to widespread discrimination toward women and LGBTQ+ people. Not okay. This new proposed rule would allow providers (...
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#5Actions of the Week: March 9, 2018

March 10, 2018
Friends: Greetings. Well, another week has flown by like a toddler who's gotten her hands on a bag of cookies. We hope it's been a good one, and that you have plans for some rest and rejuvenation this weekend. Please see this week's list of top #5Actions below, including hot actions around...
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Tell the Trump Administration: Stop sabotaging our health care system!

March 6, 2018
President Trump is playing political football with gun safety policy, with health care, and with our lives. The Trump Administration is up to it again with their underhanded, secret, back-door tactics—and I'm not talking about Russia! Recently, President Trump bragged at the Conservative Political...
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#5Actions of the Week: March 4, 2018

March 4, 2018
Happy Sunday! We hope you've had a good week — and have weathered all the storms that may have come your way okay! This week's #5Actions roundup keeps the drumbeat going around gun safety, immigration, and SNAP (food stamps). Gun safety is top of our actions list this week because we all know...
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The Human Needs Report: President Trump's FY19 budget request

February 20, 2018
The Coalition on Human Needs just released a special edition of the Human Needs Report focusing on President Trump’s FY19 budget request, including sections on select departmental budgets.
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#5Actions of the Week! February 10, 2018

February 9, 2018
Happy weekend! We hope you have some time to recharge before the start of a new week. We're making it easy to catch up on all of the top actions from the last week, with our latest #5Actions round up! As always, please forward and share with family and friends, too! 1. Don't Let the Dinosaurs Win...
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These Programs Are Literal Lifesavers. Yet The Trump Administration and GOP Leaders Are Now Pivoting to Take Them Away

February 7, 2018
There are literal lifesavers around us that we can’t see! Wondering what I’m talking about? I’m talking about Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or food stamps). They are there when we need them, saving lives and boosting our economy. They are proven programs that lift up...
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Heart Disease Disproportionately Affects Black Women

February 7, 2018
By: Alexandria Hill, MD Increasingly, women with cardiac disease are getting pregnant. We typically associate cardiac disease with people who have had a heart attack or open-heart surgery. But, as a physician and a cardiac patient myself, I think about the people born with heart abnormalities or...
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