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Welcome to North Carolina MomsRising! We are more than 42,000 members strong in North Carolina, with members from all 100 counties. Together we work on a broad range of issues including paid family leave and paid sick days; access to high quality, affordable early learning; protecting children and families in the state budget; access to health care and oral health equity; standing with immigrant families; gun violence prevention; protecting children from exposure to toxic chemicals; maternal justice; pregnancy accommodations; hunger and food insecurity; engaging families in the voting process; holding legislators accountable for advancing policies that support NC parents and families; and more.

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Questions? Reach out to our North Carolina State MomsForce Director, Beth Messersmith, at beth@momsrising.org. 

We're making a difference for women, moms, and families in North Carolina, and we want you to be a part of it!

As a recent PhD graduate, I've been looking for full-time work while struggling to manage an active 2 year old daughter. I am fortunate to have a grandmother nearby who watches my daughter twice a week. Without her, I would not be able to apply for jobs or keep up with the few contract jobs I do...Read more
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Family Economic Security Food!

Year Round Meals Help Prevent Child Hunger During Holidays

12/20/19
In North Carolina, the harsh reality for many children in our state of agricultural abundance is: The cupboards at home are bare and refrigerators are not over-stocked. Kids rely on school meals. But what happens during the holidays?
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Tamara Cox Baker
Medicaid Helps Families Weather The Storm
Health Care

Parents in North Carolina Can't Wait for Health Care

11/04/19
More than half a million North Carolinians—many who are parents—can’t see a doctor when they need one because reliable health insurance is out of reach. Yet, the NC legislative session just ended without expanding Medicaid. What-is-the-Gap.jpg Across North Carolina, thousands of low-income families...
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Felicia Burnett
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Family Economic Security Food!

In NC, Many Seniors Feel Pangs of Hunger-- Listen to their Voices in this Podcast

09/24/19
Post retirement years are optimistically dubbed the golden years. But those years are no holiday for many residents of Durham, NC. That’s why Durham City has proclaimed the week of Sept. 22-28 as Durham Senior Hunger Awareness Week. Listen in to the older adults in this week’s episode of #Voices of...
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Betsy Crites, MPH
Gun Safety

Support for Siblings of Gun Violence Victims

09/23/19
In my work with MomsRising in North Carolina, I recently had the honor of meeting Chantell Felder, who, in addition to working full-time and parenting a two-year old daughter, has recently created a unique non-profit to address the specific needs of young people who have lost a sibling to gun...
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Jessica Burroughs
Food!

NC: Come to a Hunger Forum Near You!

09/20/19
Concerned about hunger in our state and communities? Want to learn more and do something about it? You can! Join me at one of the upcoming Hunger Forums. Read on to learn more! The purpose of the Hunger Forums is to create an environment where we can listen and learn about food insecurity from the...
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Jessica Burroughs
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Health Care

Send a letter to tell NC lawmakers to close the health care gap and expand Medicaid!

09/17/19
After years of stalemate in the NC General Assembly, lawmakers will FINALLY vote on a bill to expand health care coverage to low-income, uninsured adults! That’s right, the NC House is voting this week on H655, the NC Health Care for Working Families Act . Quick Signature: Send a letter to tell NC...
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Felicia Burnett

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Help save 10,000 NC childcare subsidies!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7598/?source=action">Help save 10,000 NC childcare subsidies!</a>

Your voice is urgently needed to ensure over 10,000 NC children don’t lose a chance at high-quality early education! In the next forty-eight hours, NC lawmakers will be finalizing the state budget. They need to hear from you right now that they need to use new federal money as it was intended–to make childcare more affordable for working families!  

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Help save 10,000 NC childcare subsidies!

North Carolina: We want to hear from you!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/9681/?source=action">North Carolina: We want to hear from you!</a>

Do you or someone you love live in North Carolina and are uninsured? Please share your story!

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North Carolina: We want to hear from you!

Quick signature: Tell NC Lawmakers to close the health coverage gap!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/9682/?source=action">Quick signature: Tell NC Lawmakers to close the health coverage gap!</a>

With mounting pressure to close the health care coverage gap in our state, lawmakers at our general assembly need to hear from you!

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Quick signature: Tell NC Lawmakers to close the health coverage gap!

RSVP for 2019 Moral March on Raleigh

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/9695/?source=action">RSVP for 2019 Moral March on Raleigh</a>

Together, our voices are powerful - RSVP now!

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Let's march! Join MomsRising at the HKonJ Moral March on Sat, Feb 9!

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