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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July 17, 2019
We have an all new episode of our Risers Radio show: Breaking Through this week. Our diverse panel of guests join us for a robust conversation as we discuss deeper the concept of fair pay and how that relates to soccer. We’ll hear about why and how healthcare is under threat again and what humankind can do about it. We’re also adressing what’s happening in regard with access to abortion care and then we’ll be wrapping things up with some breaking news about the Mom Platform. *Special guests include: Maya Raghu, National Women’s Law Center, @nwlc Claire McAndrew, Families USA, @FamiliesUSA...
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July 9, 2019
This week on an all new episode of #BreakingThrough we alongside our guests, cover #CloseTheCamps and the fight to stop human rights abuses from continuing to happen in the name of immigration enforcement. We also discuss change, power and how YOU can make a difference. We’ll get the lowdown on the presidential debates and candidates and finally we’ll hear about winning, women and how women coming together create wins. *Special guests include: Sandra Cordero, Families Belong Together, @domesticworkers Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National...
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July 1, 2019
On the #RADIO show this week we cover the horrors happening to children and families in detention centers in the US and how you can help. We’ll hear top takeaways from the #DemDebate, discuss the #MomPlatform, and what’s next with Debate Bingo. We’ll get the latest on the fight for abortion care and what’s happening with the protection of Roe v. Wade and then we close the show by covering the inspiring launch of an exciting, new Universal Family Care proposal. *Special guests include: Meagan Bell, MomsRising member who successfully got Presidential candidates to visit children in the...
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June 18, 2019
We have a brand new episode of our Breaking Through podcast this week and we are excited to discuss it with you! We'll cover how healthcare is under attack and the many ways in which you can fight back. We'll also discuss the fight for gun safety and Virginia. Along with our special guests we'll chat about what history warns us about the current crisis in detention centers on our southern border, along with Erica Mackey of MyVillage about how they help moms find quality childcare and also help women who want to start a quality childcare. Special guests include: Katie Keith, Out2Enroll @...
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June 10, 2019
In recognition of #WearOrange National Gun Violence Awareness Day, we have an entire show dedicated to stopping gun violence. We cover the impact of the Trump administration’s proposal to transfer oversight of international arms sales to the Commerce Department and talk about the impact of gun violence on kids and how you can help keep your children safer in real time. We also cover why it’s a horrible idea to arm teachers and how you can effectively speak out for safety; and reveal the ways in which the NRA has been attacking not just our nation’s public health, but also our democracy...
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May 20, 2019
On the #BreakingThrough radio show this week we cover the attack on women’s bodily autonomy and what you can do to protect your rights. We talk about what’s happening in Washington DC that’s hopeful and not-so-hopeful, including conversations around impeachment. We’ll also discuss the good news about the BE HEARD Act and how we can win against all odds. *Special guests include: Erica Sackin, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, @PPFA Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn Vania Leveille, ACLU, @ACLU Erin Bennett Leighton, MomsRIsing, @MomsRising @ErinBL10 Remember to join the conversation by...
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May 13, 2019
On our Breaking Through radio podcast this week we cover the incredible MOMentum of paid family/medical leave that’s happening now! We also discuss how moms are rising across the nation to stop family separation. We’ll learn about where moms are running for office and why it makes a difference. Finally, we’ll examine why WIC lifts families and how to access that program. *Special guests include: Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising Amy Toran Perry, @MothersDayRally Kirstin Larson, community leader Geri Henchy, Food Research and Action Center, @fractweets Remember to join the conversation by...
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May 8, 2019
On the #radiopodcast this week we cover what’s happening with asylum protections for children and hear early reports on the Presidential race from New Hampshire and more on policies that are rising. We'll also give you the inside scoop on the trouble with the National Rifle Association and discuss how music is changing our culture with Kyroman and his new album, Fight for Love why he made it, and how he was inspired by MomsRising. *Special guests include: Jennifer Podkul, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), @supportKIND Christina D’Allesandro, MomsRising, @MomsRising @cdallesandro Timothy Johnson...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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 @...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 #...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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