Sara Alcid

Senior Campaign Director, Workplace Justice

Sara Alcid is a queer feminist political organizer based in Buffalo, NY. As a Senior Campaign Director, she mobilizes MomsRising's one million members to take action on economic justice issues and shift public policy through storytelling and grassroots organizing. Prior to joining MomsRising, Sara served as a Programs and Policy Associate at the Reproductive Health Technologies Project, where she led the organization's work on the intersections of environmental and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Sara holds a BA in Political Science and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Bryn Mawr College and her writing and work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, Mic, Role Reboot, Jezebel, and others. In her free time, she draws, paints, and goes on beach adventures with her wife and their dog, Blue.

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Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

December 12, 2019

Add your name! We're sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, urging them to reject a Trump Administration proposal to legalize anti-LGBTQ and other discrimination.

Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

October 30, 2019

Halloween is especially scary this year. Not because of the neighbor’s zombie decorations – and certainly not because of all the (adorable) miniature vampires at your door for candy. Nope. This year, Halloween is off-the-charts frightening because of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s LEGISLATIVE GRAVEYARD that is actively harming women, working families, the LGBTQ+ community, the immigrant community, and our democracy.

Paid Sick Days

October 17, 2019

Sneezy does it! Prevent another seasonal flu epidemic by making sure Congress passes the Healthy Families Act, a national paid sick days bill.

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Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

September 24, 2019

2 million people and their families. 2 million. That's how many people who work for the federal government and how many will benefit if Congress passes the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act this year! And here's the good news: Congress is so so close to passing this . And, even if you’re not a federal employee, the fact is that a win like this at the federal level, like every win at the local and state level, helps build the case for a national paid family and medical leave program that lifts every family in this country. → Add your name to our letter urging every member of Congress to champion...

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MomsVote

September 20, 2019

Forget Wonder Woman’s lasso – it’s time to talk about YOUR super powers. You have secret super powers to help turn out the vote in Virginia’s super important November 5th election this year (every single seat in the VA State Legislature is being voted on)! Click here to activate your super powers! ***Super powers? It turns out that handwritten notes by YOU have real life super powers! Research shows that handwritten notes are one of the most powerful ways to get an infrequent voter to the polls on Election Day . And here’s the really exciting thing: We’re not just activating voters to cast a...

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

September 12, 2019

Help shape the future of paid family & medical leave in Colorado by telling the FAMLI Task Force that we need an affordable, inclusive, and comprehensive paid leave program!

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

September 4, 2019

This is one of those good news / bad news / we need to take action posts, so here we go! The good news! We’re one step closer to Washington, DC’s paid family and medical leave law, the Universal Paid Leave Act, going fully into effect on July 1, 2020! The bad news is that DC’s Office of Paid Family Leave recently released proposed benefit regulations for the District’s paid leave program and unfortunately, there’s a serious problem with these proposed regulations. But if we speak up about this problem, we can fix it! The proposed regulations include a “current employment” requirement that...

Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

August 22, 2019

Today isn’t just any Thursday. Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the fact that Black women must work until August 22 of 2019 (and all of 2018) in order to earn what white men were paid in 2018 alone.

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Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

August 14, 2019

We’re calling a red card on the U.S. Soccer Federation! Why? It’s bad enough that they don’t pay the national men’s and women’s soccer teams equally, but now they have hired not one, but two (!!!) lobbying firms to actively lobby against equal pay on Capitol Hill. → Tell the U.S. Soccer Federation: STOP lobbying against equal pay for the U.S. Women’s National Team! Our jaws dropped when we saw the news that the U.S. Soccer Federation hired two Washington, DC lobbying firms to counter the U.S. Women’s National Team’s justified claims that they are paid less than players on the men’s team – as...

EQUAL PAY

Realistic & Fair Wages

June 12, 2019

Today, June 10th is NOT our favorite day. Not at all. Why? Today is Moms’ Equal Pay Day, marking the fact that moms – across race and ethnicity – must work until June 10th of 2019 to earn what dads made in 2018 alone. Of course, averages alone don’t tell the whole story because, due to structural racism, moms of color face much larger wage gaps when compared separately. June 10th is also the 56th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act becoming law, yet we STILL don’t have pay equity. That’s the bad news about June 10th. >>> BUT there’s good news too: We know how to close the wage gap! *...

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MomsRising Open Flexible Work Realistic & Fair Wages

May 29, 2019

Discrimination is the last thing you should have to worry about when you’re pregnant, but even in 2019 pregnant workers are still being denied reasonable, medically-necessary accommodations at work (like extra water breaks or being able to sit down) because of loopholes in the 35 year old Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Pregnancy discrimination is unacceptable and now we have a chance to help end it. Last week, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with BIPARTISAN support ! Whoa, what? Yes, bipartisan support! → Let’s give this policy a boost!...

Realistic & Fair Wages

April 25, 2019

Spring breakkkkkk! Whether it’s an epic road trip with your kids or a scramble to find child care while they’re out of school, spring break is marked on family calendars across the nation. *** In fact, even the U.S. Senate is on spring break (Congressional recess) right now and it’s the perfect time to make a splash at our elected officials’ in-district offices! Send a message to your U.S. Senators’ in-district offices about the Paycheck Fairness Act and let them know what you would do with an extra $10,000 a year if the gender wage gap closed. → That’s right, on average, moms and women of...

Realistic & Fair Wages

March 27, 2019

VICTORY!!! The House of Representative just PASSED the Paycheck Fairness Act -- right in time for Equal Pay Day on April 2nd! Now we’re charging full speed ahead toward the U.S. Senate with our campaign for equal pay! Tell your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor and advance the Paycheck Fairness Act. This new 116th Congress, the most diverse in history, is the best shot we’ve had in years to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act through both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Why do we need the Paycheck Fairness Act? Because right now, women of color and moms still earn far too little compared to...

Paid Family Leave

March 26, 2019

El Día de Pago Justo es el 2 de abril y marca cuántos días en el 2019 se tiene que trabajar para ganar lo que se le pagó a un hombre anglosajón en el 2018 haciendo el mismo trabajo. Las latinas solo hacemos 53 centavos por cada dólar y es hora de cambiar estas cifras. >>> Para crear conciencia sobre la brecha salarial y las posibles soluciones como ausencias familiares y médicas pagadas, MomsRising y Main Street Alliance crearon servilletas y cubre vasos de cartón para ser usadas durante ese día en las tiendas de café participantes en todo el país. ¿Por qué necesitamos pago justo y...

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

March 19, 2019

To mark Equal Pay Day and spread awareness about the punitive gender wage gap and possible solutions, like paid family and medical leave, MomsRising and Main Street Alliance created custom coffee sleeves and napkins for coffee shops across the nation to use on April 2nd.

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MomsRising Realistic & Fair Wages

March 5, 2019

This is huge. Just last week, the Paycheck Fairness Act was passed by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor! Next, the bill is headed to a floor vote, where it could pass the House of Representatives. And it can’t pass a moment too soon! Why not a moment too soon? Because TODAY is a giant reminder that women still face a punitive wage gap. Today is the first Equal Pay Day of the year -- Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) women’s equal pay day, marking how far into 2019 that AAPI women have to work on average to make what white men made in 2018 alone. Over two months of unpaid...

Paycheck Fairness

Family Economic Security MomsRising Realistic & Fair Wages

January 22, 2019

Have you seen all the “New Year, New Me” memes? I’ve got a better one: New Congress, New Chance for equal pay! That’s right — this new 116th Congress, the most diverse in history, is the best shot we’ve had in years to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. And the time to get your members of Congress on board is now, because we want as many co-sponsors of the Paycheck Fairness Act as possible before the bill is introduced on January 30th. → TELL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: Co-sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act! *** The more co-sponsors the bill has before introduction, the stronger its chance of...

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MomsRising MomsRising Near You MomsVote

October 4, 2018

Forget Wonder Woman’s lasso, ignore Black Widow’s fighting skills, and never mind Storm’s ability to control lightning… it’s time to talk about YOUR super powers. You might be thinking, "Who, me?!" Yes: YOU! You have secret super powers to turn out the vote! Click here to activate them! ***It turns out that handwritten notes by YOU have super powers! Research shows that handwritten notes are one of the most powerful ways to get an infrequent voter to the polls on Election Day. [1] And here’s the really exciting thing: We’re not just activating voters to elect lawmakers — we’re also activating...

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Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

October 3, 2018

Did you hear the news?! Michigan lawmakers passed a paid sick time law! That may seem like good news at first, but the truth is that it’s not that simple and we can’t totally celebrate...yet. Here’s the scoop: The MI Time to Care coalition collected nearly 400,000 signatures for a strong paid sick time initiative to be on Michigan’s November ballot (yahoo!) because they know that when voters get a say, they support paid sick time. But here’s the twist: Rather than letting the people of Michigan vote for paid sick days on November 6th, opponents of paid sick days did a devious end run and...

Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

July 17, 2018

Urge the Portland City Council to pass a universal earned sick days ordinance that doesn't leave out certain workers or families!

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Tell Trump Administration: DO NOT use taxpayer dollars for hateful discrimination!

Zombies, vampires & the U.S. Senate's legislative graveyard

Pumpkin Spice and Something Nice...

QUICK SIGNATURE: You can help federal workers win paid leave!

SIGN UP: Send voting reminder POSTCARDS to women in Virginia!

Shaping the Future of Paid Family & Medical Leave in Colorado

Quick & Easy: Help fix DC paid leave regulations!

August 22nd: Black Women's Equal Pay Day

U.S. Soccer: STOP lobbying against equal pay!

"Celebrating" Moms' Equal Pay Day

QUICK SIGNATURE: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

What Would You Do With an Extra $10,000?

VICTORY! The U.S. House of Representatives just passed...

Crea Conciencia Sobre el Día de Pago Justo En Tu Cafetería Local

Equal Pay Day at Your Local Coffee Shop!

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Quick Signature for Paycheck Fairness Act!

Get women voters to the polls with pre-stamped, pre-addressed postcards

Don’t GUT Michigan’s new paid sick time law!

Urge the Portland City Council to pass paid sick days!