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10/09/14

In the daily whir of parenting, of dinners that need to be cooked, laundry that needs to be folded, homework that needs to be checked, bills that need to be paid, it is easy to overlook the signs of bullying. Your child’s stomachache, his refusal to take the bus to school or lack of appetite due to...

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Elisa Batista

Food!

10/08/14

Welcome to this week's Good Food Force Update! We're celebrating FALL with some healthy apple recipes, and a Healthy Halloween Tweetchat. Also check out a great training opportunity with MomsRising.org in Washington, D.C.! As always, please read and share. Thanks! 1. THE HOT LINE Good Food Force...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

10/08/14

“If I could sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.” --Mrs. Rosa Parks, honorary co-chair, 1996 Stand for Children rally

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Marian Wright Edelman

Tweetchat

Food!

10/08/14

Join #FoodFri on October 10, at 1 p.m., EST , to chat with Richard Chisolm the Director of Cafeteria Man , a documentary that follows Tony Geraci, Chef and Baltimore School Food-Service Director, on his journey to replace processed school meals with locally-grown, freshly-prepared meals. The film,...

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Migdalia Rivera

Politics & Policy

10/08/14

Cuando escuchamos que una mamá se encuentra bajo licencia de maternidad de su trabajo, la mayoría sonreímos reconociendo que se trata de un momento especial en la vida de esa familia: un bebe nuevo. Pero lo que HUD ha encontrado es que con frecuencia los bancos escuchan un mensaje diferente:...

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Julián Castro, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Take Action!

Health Care

10/07/14

Right now, your members of Congress are home in their districts—many working hard on their re-election campaigns. One thing we know for sure - they’ll be reading their local newspapers to track the election races and find out what’s important to their constituents. This makes it the perfect time to...

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Felicia Burnett

Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

10/07/14

Health and safety are absolute essentials to achieving economic success for women and their families. That is why this week NYS PowHER will focus on Healthy Lives: Securing Economic Equality by Ensuring Reproductive Options, Ending Domestic Violence and Providing Childcare. Watch the Google Hangout...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Family Economic Security

10/06/14

October 8th marks the women’s online day of action to raise the minimum wage, as well as Latina Equal Pay Day. Please join @MomsRising for a Twitter Storm on October 8th from 3-4pm ET.

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Elyssa Schmier

Food!

10/06/14

Although National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, a designation intended to raise awareness about the problem of obesity and show people how they can take steps toward a solution, has passed, we want to remind everyone that the need to raise awareness has not. In the last generation, childhood...

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Scott Reed

Food!

10/06/14

We launched our Crowd-Feeding platform in June 2014 and hosted our first food drive campaign over the summer, partnering with Curbing Hunger and a number of other terrific organizations. The campaign raised over 56,000 LBS of food, including tons of fresh produce, to help those facing food...

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