Immigration

Immigration MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

September 29, 2020

Walking in a sea of people towards the ballroom, I felt the weight of a long-sought goal coming to fruition. My brain spun on the fact that nine months later, I would be able to vote. It was February of 2012. I had lived in this country since 1979 when I came from Colombia as a seven-year-old girl...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

Health Care Immigration MomsVote

September 24, 2020

ICYMI: This week we mourn the tremendous loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, stand with the family and loved ones of Breonna Taylor in calling for justice, and rise to make this country a more just place for women and families. Check out this the content you loved, liked, shared or might have...

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Kerri Karvetski

Illustration of Dawn Wooten, the whistleblower in the complaint against ICE alleging it allowed mass hysterectomies to be performed on immigrants

Immigration Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

September 21, 2020

Significant federal policy and legal updates you might have missed from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), including President Trump's list of names for Supreme Court nomination, the whistleblower complaint that reveals atrocities in immigrant detention, and the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in the House.

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Phoebe Suva

A protest poster that says 'I am not free while any woman is unfree'

Immigration Maternal Justice

September 17, 2020

I’m sitting here in tears of outrage reading the whistleblower report from an ICE detention facility: This brave nurse is exposing not just the appalling medical neglect by ICE at this facility, but that an “ inordinate amount of hysterectomies are taking place .” In a report by The Intercept, “...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Maternal Justice MomsVote

September 17, 2020

ICYMI: It's six weeks until Election Day, and the MomsRising movement is more engaged than ever in defending families, rising for women and getting out the vote, and the posts you liked, loved and shared shows it! Check out this hot MomsRising content for the week ending Sept. 18., 2020. 1...

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Kerri Karvetski

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

September 15, 2020

To mother is to transform. Each and every day moms are shaping a more just future for us all through small and big acts alike -- whether it’s helping a tantruming toddler understand their feelings or advocating for their community with elected leaders, moms have superpowers that move us all forward...

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Casey Osborn-Hinman

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

September 15, 2020

Ser madre significa transformar. Todos los días las mamás crean un futuro más justo para todos nosotros a través de pequeñas y grandes acciones por igual –ya sea ayudando a un infante que está en medio de una pataleta a comprender sus sentimientos o abogando por su comunidad ante sus líderes...

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Casey Osborn-Hinman

Health Care Immigration MomsVote Politics & Policy

September 4, 2020

Before we get to the #5Actions this week, all of us at MomsRising want to first thank you for everything you’ve been doing to help protect our democracy, to advance justice, to get families and our economy much needed COVID-19 relief measures, and to help get out the MomsVote in 2020. We know you’...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A screenshot of a Facebook post about kids supporting other kids held in immigration detention.]

Childcare & Early Education Immigration MomsVote

August 27, 2020

ICYMI: The MomsRising community was focused on being voters, raising voters and raising our voices for justice this week. Take a look at these three posts you loved, shared or might have missed for the week ending Aug. 28, 2020. 1) BLOG: Arizona! Your Voting Info and Deadlines Exercise your right...

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Kerri Karvetski

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration

August 7, 2020

ICYMI: The MomsRising community continued to raise our voices for justice and economic security for families hurt by the COVID-19 crisis this week. Check out these three important items that you loved, shared or might have missed for the week ending Aug. 7, 2020. BLOG: Mitch better have my money...

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Kerri Karvetski