Paid Sick Days

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

July 10, 2025

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Join in on the action by calling on Congress and the Trump Administration to pass policies that close the wage gap! Right now, Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and are among the most educated groups! ( Yet we are largely...

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Diarra Diouf

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 15, 2025

On the radio show this week, we dive into the economic benefits of investing in the care economy —including child care, paid family & medical leave, and aging & disability care — and how these policies boost productivity, reduce stress, and make life more affordable. We hear about the need...

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

November 19, 2025

The shutdown may have ended, but the impact it made on families is still very real. While leaders may claim business-as-casual, we know better. We know who felt the ripple effects the most: Caregivers, essential workers, moms, and women. Specifically, Native American women, who have carried the...

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Diarra Diouf

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days Parenting & Families

September 30, 2025

The thread between parent and child should be one of love and stability. But too often, substance use tears at that thread until it frays. Sometimes the fraying goes beyond repair, leaving behind wounds and loss that no one can fix. This crisis hits home for me. The generational cycle of addiction...

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Teon Hayes

Our Stories

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

April 1, 2025

Last week, our member Eshawney Gaston from Durham, NC joined our partners at the North Carolina Families Care Coalition, the Raising Wages Coalition, and over a hundred moms, kids, and allies speaking out for paid leave, paid sick days, and raising the minimum and tipped wages! Here is her story:...

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Felicia Burnett

Pride Month

MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

June 25, 2024

Happy Pride from the other Washington - or as we like to say, the better Washington. Washington State may be a small corner of the country, but the MomsRising community here is a mighty force for change. This Pride month, we’re celebrating two big wins that the Risers championed in the 2024 state...

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Maggie Humphreys

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

March 26, 2024

Almost 27 million Americans in the private sector do not have access to annual paid vacation leave, and members of Congress have the solution. U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Greg Casar (TX-35), and Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) introduced the Protected Time Off (...

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Namatie Mansaray

MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

March 7, 2024

The 2024 Washington State legislative session just wrapped, and we are celebrating some mom-umental wins. None of these would have been possible without MomsRising members meeting with their lawmakers , speaking out , testifying , testifying some more , and even mobilizing in Olympia (kiddos and...

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Maggie Humphreys

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Military Families MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice Social & Emotional Development

March 6, 2024

¡Únete a nosotros para jugar Lotería durante el Estado de la Unión a las 9pmET/6pmPT el jueves 7 de marzo! Consigue tu cartón, marca las importantes victorias para el movimiento de cuidado mientras el presidente Joe Biden habla, ¡y celebra cuando las políticas que son importantes para nosotros...

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Linda Stone

MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

January 12, 2024

Now, with the start of the 2024 legislative session, we have the chance to make paid leave more accessible to families. This is our chance to let our lawmakers know that HB 1991 / SB 5793 is necessary to modernize our paid leave laws. What are we asking for? We are asking our lawmakers to update...

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