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Join our VIRTUAL Teach-In: Supporting Immigrant Students and Families in Hostile School Environments!

May 21, 2025
In today’s polarized political climate, supporting immigrant students in public schools is more critical than ever. As national debates around immigration grow increasingly heated, schools, which should be safe places of learning and belonging, can unintentionally mirror the hostility, fear, and...
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Breaking Through: Freedom of Speech, Afterschool Care, Our Political Climate, Head Start Under Attack

November 10, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the freedom of speech, the constitutional crisis we find ourselves in, and the role of public schools in defending our democracy. We hear about the rising costs of afterschool care and how to advocate for these programs to your lawmakers. We cover the...
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Breaking Through: SNAP Under Attack, Voting Rights Crisis, Paid Leave Wins, & Reproductive Justice

November 3, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into the attack on SNAP by Republican leaders and hear from a visionary state leader about the lawsuit fighting the unlawful withholding of these critical funds. Next, we examine the ongoing crisis in voting rights in America and how people can ensure their vote...
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Community Care Starts With Us

October 31, 2025
We moms shouldn’t have to hold the nation together on empty. Yet here we are in the middle of a government shutdown that has thrown families into chaos. SNAP benefits are being cut; air traffic controllers, military school teachers, families in several states are losing child care as Head Start...
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Tina Sherman
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Child Care in NC: How to find it and how to help save it

October 28, 2025
We know from parents that child care is the glue that helps families hold it together. Knowing that their children are safe, cared for, and learning makes it possible for parents to work, go to school, and ensure their family’s needs are being met. Without it, parents can’t keep food on the table,...
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Beth Messersmith
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Breaking Through: Release the Epstein Files, Rx Kids, Destruction at the White House, Early Childhood Special Education

October 27, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the chaos in Washington, D.C., from the Big Bad Betrayal Law, the government shutdown, and the secrecy of the Epstein Files. We hear about the highly successful Rx Kids program in Michigan, which provides a financial foundation to mothers and babies,...
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Breaking Through: Cuts to Special Education, Latina Equal Pay Day, Virginia Elections, ICE Terrifying Chicago

October 20, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into cuts to special education, hearing directly from an educator about how these cuts impact students. We hear about Latina Equal Pay Day and the policies that would help close the wage gap, including paid family & medical leave, funding for child care, and...
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Families Affected by Substance Use Need Holistic Healing and Recovery Support

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
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Breaking Through: Downright Dangerous Misinformation about Tylenol and Autism, Parents and Teacher Unite, Workplace Protections, Victory for Pregnant Workers

September 29, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the downright dangerous misinformation the President is spreading about Tylenol and autism, and the many ways his administration is undermining public health. We hear about how cuts to the Department of Education are impacting our classrooms, and how parents...
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RFK Jr’s Vaccine Policy Changes–Unsound Science and Uncalled for Costs

September 23, 2025
Over the course of the last six months, I have watched and listened with bewilderment as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a vaccine skeptic, has made increasingly scientifically unsound statements and policy proposals. As a parent who looks to science for sound...
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