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Advancing equal pay, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, breastfeeding rights, and other workplace justice policies from the local to federal levels.

The absolute worst part of becoming a new mother two years ago was trying to deal with my time off from work -- supporting myself and my family financially and guaranteeing that I would have a job to return to. I work for the University of Texas which is considered to have good benefits including "...Read more
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Paid Family Leave

SIGN NOW: Paid Leave Saves Lives

02/03/21
I'll get right to the point: Paid leave saves lives, during the pandemic and always. Congress let it expire in December. We must include it in the next COVID-19 relief package. → Join us to tell Congress this isn't negotiable, and they need to act quickly to pass permanent paid leave immediately...
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Ruth Martin
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Moms Are Parenting the Workforce!?

10/29/20
In her latest blog post, Capacity Building Manager Marianne Bullock reflects on a new, precarious reality. "It's not that women are falling off the cliff," she shares, "but that we are being pushed off and out of the workforce by a lack of policies that support the on-the-ground reality of the burden of care for our children's wellbeing."
Marianne Bullock
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

18 mamás de Washington que están cambiando nuestro mundo

09/15/20
Ser madre significa transformar. Todos los días las mamás crean un futuro más justo para todos nosotros a través de pequeñas y grandes acciones por igual –ya sea ayudando a un infante que está en medio de una pataleta a comprender sus sentimientos o abogando por su comunidad ante sus líderes...
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Casey Osborn-Hinman
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

18 Washington Caregivers Who are Changing Our World

09/15/20
To mother is to transform. Each and every day moms are shaping a more just future for us all through small and big acts alike -- whether it’s helping a tantruming toddler understand their feelings or advocating for their community with elected leaders, moms have superpowers that move us all forward...
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Casey Osborn-Hinman
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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

We Can't Open Schools Without Paid Leave. Pass it on.

08/12/20
It’s a back to school season like none we have ever experienced before. Instead of reviewing school supply lists, we’re dealing with a lot of uncertainty and scrambling to figure out what to do if (!?!?) or when (!?!?) our schools and child care centers reopen. This year the supplies that we need...
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Taylor Austin
Breastfeeding

Celebrating National Breastfeeding Month

08/01/20
It’s National Breastfeeding Month and I am ready to take a moment, breathe, celebrate and advocate. Normally, when August rolls around I am ready to celebrate! Celebrate the breastfeeding journeys that mothers and babies embark upon every single day. Each milestone (no matter the length) deserves...
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Tina Sherman

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SIGN ON: Take Action To Move Real Change for Moms!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/15620/?source=action">SIGN ON: Take Action To Move Real Change for Moms!</a>

Help encourage every member of Congress to co-sponsor @RepGraceMeng’s resolution on these critically important policies for children and their grown ups. Any relief and long-term recovery from the economic fallout of the COVID–19 pandemic must recognize, re- build, and return mothers to the workforce.

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The United States needs a Marshall Plan for Moms

Tell Congress: Paid Leave is our Jam

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/9680/?source=action">Tell Congress: Paid Leave is our Jam</a>

Add your name to our letter urging every member of Congress to co-sponsor and support the FAMILY Act - the paid family and medical leave insurance act that will soon be reintroduced in Congress. 

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You already know #PaidLeave is our jam.

Tell the new Congress: Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/9362/?source=action">Tell the new Congress: Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act!</a>

Let's close the wage gap with the help of the Paycheck Fairness Act!

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Tell the New Congress: Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act!

Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the FAMILY Act, not fake solutions!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7897/?source=action">Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the FAMILY Act, not fake solutions!</a>

Working people in the United States need a national comprehensive and robust paid family and medical leave program that is more than just maternity and paternity leave and that does not threaten retirement income.

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Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the FAMILY Act, not fake solutions.

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