Amber Dorsey

Associate Campaign Director & Social Media Strategist

Amber is a native and resident of Southern California, wife and mother of two. She is a social media consultant and loves to put her talkative nature to good use in helping women achieve their goals. She has been a freelance writer for Mom 2.0, Mom.me and BuzzFeed to name a few. She is also the creative force behind From Carpool to Cocktails, a blog that has made women feel like they're catching up with their best girlfriend over drinks for almost 10 years.

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Health Care MomsVote Paid Family Leave Podcast Realistic & Fair Wages

April 29, 2019

We're back with an all new podcast this week where we cover winning fair pay in the states (and how you can make your state a winning state) with our own Washington State MomsForce Director, Maggie Humphreys. Dana Bye Campaign Director of Tax march joins us to examine #TrumpsTaxScam and how we can have better tax policy. We also discuss the most recent assault on healthcare with Associate Director of Policy at Health Initiative at Community, Eva Stahl and the ways you can fight back and we’ll close the show with Erin Vilardi of VoteRunLead getting us even more fired up about supporting women...

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Podcast

April 15, 2019

This week on our #RisersRadio show we have another amazing panel like, the ACLU's Manar Waheed, with whom we cover how to BAN the bans and ways to work for fair treatment of all immigrant families. We get the inside scoop on how taxes can be used for good (and bad) with Amy Matsui and hear from author Dani McClain of spectacular new book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood . We'll also get tips from Beth Messersmith, one of the best organizers on the planet. *Special guests include: Manar Waheed, ACLU, @ACLU Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center, @nwlc Dani McClain...

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Sick Days Podcast

April 8, 2019

On the #RADIO show this week, we cover why the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is critically important right now; as well as how YOU can keep marching and also help advance the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. We'll then learn about some big wins relating to the #FREEnewyork criminal justice reform campaign in New York and we close the show covering how the End Diaper Need Act is desperately needed and why your help is essential to moving it forward. *Special guests include: Ruth Glenn, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), Domestic Violence Hotline...

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy Podcast

March 18, 2019

We have a brand new radio show this week were we talk with newly elected Superstar U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley and get her advice on activism. We'll get more details on what’s happening inside the beltway with the FAMILY Act and Trump, and then we'll hear about some incredible wins relating to banks announcing they’ll stop banking the private prison industry and how YOU can be involved. Lastly, we'll get into particulars of the very bad, no good, awful news about the Trump proposed budget. *Special guests include: U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, @RepPressley Ruth Martin,...

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Politics & Policy Podcast

March 11, 2019

We are all new on the radio show this week as we cover the GIANT win of JPMorgan Chase's announcement that they will “no longer bank the private prison industry”! We discuss the “work beneath the work” as well as the childcare crisis in America and hear about more WINS. We also get the inside scoop on how Russian trolls are doing harm to our country and what you can do about it. *Special guests include: Daniel Altschuler, Make The Road NY, @altochulo @MaketheRoadNY Lauren Hogan, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), @NAEYC Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising @...

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Podcast

March 4, 2019

On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the power of the Oscars to move justice forward. We'll cover the power of YOUR story, and a new National Academy of Sciences MAJOR report on child poverty and how to end it. We also discuss the nutrition/NAP crisis hitting Puerto Rico if Congress doesn't take action in the coming weeks and how you can help. *Special guests include: Jessica Morales Rocketto, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers Justina Chen, bestselling author and story strategist to leaders, @JustinaYChen Cara Baldari, First Focus, @First_Focus Laura Esquivel,...

Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave Podcast Realistic & Fair Wages

February 25, 2019

We have an all new #Radioshow out this week where we cover the power of YOU! How YOU can help get the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passed through Congress; tips for doing big things; how access to early learning & childcare is finally catching fire (thank goodness!); and how you can help save lives! *Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers Cheryl Contee, Do Big Things, @ch3ryl Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising @LaurenHipp Nadia Hussain, MomsRising, @MomsRising @Vivalanadia How to Listen: In the DC-area and on many stations across the...

Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Podcast

February 5, 2019

On the #RisersRadioShow this week we cover the shutdown, the re-opening, and the power of older women; we also cover the introduction of the Paycheck Fairness Act and FAMILY Act in Congress (Yay!); and we close the show covering how to help prevent Muslim youth from being bullied in our communities. *Special guests include: Elyssa Koidin Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising @ElyssaK Deborah Vagins, AAUW, @AAUW Dr. Madiha Tahseen, The Family and Youth Institute, @TheFYI_org Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising @lawncherub How to Listen: In the DC-area and on many stations across the nation On...

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

February 4, 2019

We’re coming together to protect all families during the #SOTU on Tuesday & we need your voice! Join us (@MomsRising) for the #StateofOURUnion and pledge to UNITE against hate, misogyny, sexual violence, racism, and all forms of discrimination. We’re not going to let Trump be the only voice heard on the state of the union! When women organize, we are capable of changing even the most entrenched systems of inequality. When women unite, we are unstoppable. Copy and paste the facts below to share the tweets and we’ll see you on TTuesday at 9pm EST! It’s 2019 and we *still* don’t have #...

Childcare & Early Education Food! Immigration Politics & Policy Podcast

January 28, 2019

On the #RisersRadio show this week we cover the government shutdown, re-opening, and what’s happening next; we get the inside scoop from a structural engineer about the literal faults in Trump’s ridiculous wall; we hear the impact of using children’s access to healthy food as a political football; and get inspired by some moving legislation that will improve our democracy and help make sure every vote counts. *Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising @donna_norton Amy Patrick, structural engineering consultant, @TunedMassDamsel Jim Weill, FRAC President, @fractweets...

Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice MomsRising Podcast

January 18, 2019

On the #RADIOshow this past week, we covered the Women's March on January 19th and how you can march; why even businesses love the new Washington Paid Family/Medical Leave law; the powerful win relating to Cyntoia Brown regaining freedom; and get the inside scoop on how a bipartisan bill for universal background checks for gun purchases is moving through the US Congress. *Special guests include: Linda Sarsour, Women’s March, @Womensmarch, @lsarsour Julia Gorton, Washington Hospitality Association, @WAhospitality Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising @BeatrizBeckford Chelsea Parsons,...

Breastfeeding Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy Podcast

January 8, 2019

On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the many reasons to celebrate that historic numbers of women and people of color just took office in the U.S. House and what it could mean to our daily lives. Join us and get the inside scoop on when, where, and why to march this January 19th from the co-President of the Women’s March, Tamika Mallory; hear from dream hampton about her new docu-series that is breaking viewing records; Surviving R. Kelly and find out about a newly released report on the overly high levels of discrimination against #Breastfeeding workers. *Special guests include: Donna...

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy Podcast

December 17, 2018

On the #RADIO show this week we cover some spectacular recent wins in Congress, like the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act and SNAP in the Farm Bill, and how real people made them happen; we also cover a new report on uninsured kids and the importance of children having access to healthcare; then we close the show with the latest on the childcare emergency that our nation is facing and what YOU can do to make change. *Special guests include: Nadia Hussain, Maternal Justice Campaign Director MomsRising, @MomsRising Ellen Teller, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), @fractweets Edwin Park,...

Gun Safety Health Care MomsVote Paid Family Leave Podcast

December 10, 2018

On the #RadioShow this week we cover how YOU can get healthcare coverage through www.healthcare.gov before Dec. 15th; the ways in which gun safety legislation is moving forward and how you can help; why a best-in-the-nation paid family/medical leave bill is changing our nation for the better; and get the inside scoop on ending voter suppression. *Special guests include: Donna Norton - MomsRising, @MomsRising Josh Horwitz - Executive Director Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, @CSGV Clare Delong - Communications Manager for Washington’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave program @PaidLeaveWA...

Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy Podcast

December 3, 2018

On the radio show this week, we hear about power of YOUR word and YOUR story; how to stop voter suppression and voter intimidation, the fight to end gun violence, and what you can do to stop human rights abuses on our southern border. *Special guests include: Jamia Wilson, award-winning writer and executive director of The Feminist Press, @jamiaw Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, @LawyersComm Gloria Pan @GloPan National Campaign Director, Gun Safety MomsRising, @MomsRising Xochitl Oseguera @XochitlOseguera Senior Campaign Directior MomsRising, @MomsRising @...

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MomsVote Politics & Policy Podcast

November 10, 2018

On the radio show this week we cover what’s happening in the race for Governor of Georgia and how you can help address voter suppression; the record breaking numbers of women winning seats in Congress; how moms made wins happen; and how you can protect your ability to vote in the future. Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers , @aijenpoo Christine Pelosi, Chair CA Democratic Party Women’s Caucus, @sfpelosi Monifa Bandele, @MomsRising, @monifabandele Marcia Johnson-Blanco, co-director of our Voting Rights project Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...

MomsVote Podcast

November 2, 2018

On the radio show this week we’re talking about the POWER of your VOTE — and the importance of fighting anti semitism in our nation. *Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising @MomsRising Adam Hertzman, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh @JewishFedPGH Bob Bland, Women’s March @womensmarch Sarah Elbert, When We All Vote @WhenWeAllVote How to Listen: In the DC-area and on many stations across the nation; On TuneIn's Progressive Voices On WeActRadio iTunes Podcast Right here on the MomsRising site ! Remember to join the conversation by using the hashtag, #RisersRadio , on Twitter!...

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October 30, 2018

On the radio show this week we cover turning rage into action, powering up to go vote on (or before) November 6th, and why it’s critically important to stand up for transgender rights right now. *Special guests include: Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her @schemaly Ruth Martin,Vice President of Workplace Justice Campaigns at MomsRising @MomsRising Beth Messersmith, Voting in NC Monica Roberts,trailblazing trans community leader @TransGriot How to Listen: In the DC-area and on many stations across the nation; On TuneIn's Progressive Voices On WeActRadio iTunes Podcast Right here on the...

Podcast

October 15, 2018

This week on the MomsRising #RisersRadio show we talk about how we each can make an impact, be greater than fear, VOTE, move forward policy with our anger, and amp up our democracy. *Special guests include: Ify Ike, Think Rubrix, Mass Bailout, @IfyIkeEsq Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising Kimberly Seals Allers, author, advocate and maternal and child health expert @iamKSealsAllers Anat Shenker, ASO Communications and author How to Listen: In the DC-area and on many stations across the nation; On TuneIn's Progressive Voices On WeActRadio iTunes Podcast Right here on the MomsRising site !...

Immigration MomsVote Podcast

October 1, 2018

On the #RadioShow this week, we cover the campaign to stop Kavanaugh; the latest in stopping human rights abuses in the name of immigration enforcement; the new book 'Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World'; and why voting is more important now than ever. *Special guests include: Bob Bland, Women’s March, @womensmarch Khadija Gurnah, MomsRising, @MomsRising Michele Gelfand, @MicheleJGelfand Donna Norton, @MomsRising How to Listen: In the DC-area and on many stations across the nation; On TuneIn's Progressive Voices On WeActRadio iTunes Podcast Right here on...

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