MomsRising Near You

January 20, 2014

NC MomsRising , Northgate Mall and a number of area mothers’ associations and nonprofit organizations hosted the 4th annual “Children’s Birthday Party for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Monday, January 20, 2014 from 10:30am-12:30pm to celebrate Dr. King’s life and legacy in a way children can...

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Beth Messersmith

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work MomsVote Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy Families & The Federal Budget

December 20, 2013

Two nights ago, I hosted a gathering for my new ebook, Lean On and Lead, Mothering and Work in the 21st Century Economy . The event was an opportunity to experience the interactive nature of my project as well as to meet Hawaii's Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, a candidate for US Senate , who is...

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Shay Chan Hodges

MomsRising Near You

November 27, 2013

Last week, MomsRising launched our newest big idea, MomsRising Near You (MRNY) , and the response from MomsRising members has been fantastic! In fact, we received some amazingly perfect questions about the MRNY program – so good, that we wanted to share them with everyone who is interested in...

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Stefanie Brown

Immigration MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

October 23, 2013

Photo below from left to right: me; Sylvia Aguilera, director of government relations for McDonald's Corporation; Jes Sofia Valle, CEO of the Bloggers of Health network; Ana Roca Castro, founder of LATISM, education tech developer and CEO of Plaza Familia ; and Laurita Tellado, the force behind the...

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Elisa Batista

MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

October 17, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Let's call September 2013 the month of the conference, shall we? I traveled three of four weekends for blogging, social media and networking conferences. Two of those conferences, including the Hispana Leadership Summit , took place in my childhood home state of Florida. I felt...

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Elisa Batista

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

The kids were sitting “crisscross apple sauce” and waiting for story time to begin. Almost a thousand people gathered in Durham, North Carolina to celebrate Dr. King’s birthday -- a sea of black, brown, and white faces looking expectantly at the stage. And when Ms. Virginia Williams stepped up to...

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Beth Messersmith

Family Economic Security Gun Safety MomsRising Near You

July 18, 2013

I love my son. Like any mother, I would do anything for him -- anything to make sure that he can live up to his potential and fulfill all of his dreams. That's why I was completely stunned when my son -- my straight son -- was refused promotions at work for being gay. I grew up in a small town in...

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Lyn Herron

Environmental Health Podcast Immigration Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You

June 28, 2013

The MomsRising.org staff members who attended Netroots Nation from left to right: Angélique Roché, dream hampton, Elisa Batista, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Karen Showalter, and Anita Sarah Jackson SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Six MomsRising.org staff members were in San Jose, California last week to partake...

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Elisa Batista

MomsRising Near You

June 24, 2013

Have you heard about our new BIG IDEA floating around called MomsRising Near You? Around the country brilliant, fierce moms like you are signing up to say they're interested in getting together once a month with other MomsRising members, and we want you to get in on the excitement! What's so...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsRising Near You

March 1, 2011

Between the craziness of taking care of the kids, working, and the million other things every mom does every day, we too often put ourselves last. If you’re like us, you always plan to try to squeeze some time in for yourself or for a night out with your friends, but too often it doesn’t happen. We...

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