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#MomsVote!

October 4, 2018

Forget Wonder Woman’s lasso, ignore Black Widow’s fighting skills, and never mind Storm’s ability to control lightning… it’s time to talk about YOUR super powers. You might be thinking, "Who, me?!" Yes: YOU! You have secret super powers to turn out the vote! Click here to activate them! ***It turns...

Sara Alcid

Fight Climate Change!

Environmental Health MomsRising MomsVote

August 22, 2018

“The air is literally unsafe to breathe . I've had a pounding headache for two weeks straight. My four year old has had a sore throat, constant cough, and and is wondering why he hasn't been able to play outside in a week. My one year old keeps sneezing and trying to play with the *three* new air...

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsRising MomsVote

August 6, 2020

Can you believe it’s already August? What a year it has been. We have been in touch with some of our digital influencers via our Risers & Shakers group on Facebook but, we are really hoping that everyone is doing as well as can be expected, given the fact that we are in the middle of a once-in-...

Sili Recio

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

July 2, 2020

All policies addressing this pandemic should center the growing racial disparity in COVID-19 morbidity throughout each issue area. Shocking new data has emerged that show African Americans, Latinx, and Native American people are dying at rates markedly higher than white Americans. Our elected leaders must develop and implement health equity interventions across all components of coronavirus response legislation, collect national health outcomes data by race, and ensure that all new policies urgently address these racial and ethnic disparities.

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Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

June 30, 2020

We did it. In the past two weeks, we have collectively won on a package of bills, all a part of the #SaferNYAct, that will change the way New Yorkers are treated by police in their communities. 50-a, a state statute that carved out special and unnecessary exemptions for police, firefighters, and...

Diarra Aida Diouf

Take Action!

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Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

June 24, 2020

It has been over 100 days since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her Louisville, Kentucky home by officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). LMPD performed an illegal, no knock drug raid on her home. Not a single officer announced themselves before ramming down her door and...

Beatriz Beckford

Maternal Justice MomsRising

June 18, 2020

At Tuesday night's #KeepMarching meeting, we dove deep into the history of police, the impact on our communities, and explored models and ideas for stronger communities and a defunded police. We learned, among other things, that divesting budget resources away from policing and reallocating those...

Gloria Pan

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

June 18, 2020

ICYMI: The MomsRising community stepped up for equality in a big way this week. Check out some of the posts you loved, shared and might have missed for the week ending June 19, 2020. 1. INSTAGRAM: #IAmMamma We have been sharing and uplifting many of the voices in our #RisersandShakers community. "...

Kerri Karvetski

Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy

June 17, 2020

The very first Pride was a riot against police violence, led by Black & Brown trans women. What does this mean for today's uprisings against police brutality and the overall fight for LGBTQ+ liberation? Tune into this Pride Month conversation happening TODAY at 10am PT/1pm ET, co-hosted by MomsRising.org, Time's Up, and Equal Rights Advocates.

Sara Alcid

MomsRising MomsRising Near You

June 12, 2020

MomsRising stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and today's statewide general strike and day of action for Black lives.[1] We are calling on you, our members, to join in solidarity as well by: Joining a local march or demonstration. We encourage you to seek out and support Black-led...

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