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01/06/22

Are you eager to be a more powerful and effective advocate for parents and families in Allegheny County? Eager to learn more about the challenges facing working families, and how to engage your community, legislators, and even the media? We've got you covered! MomsRising is launching a new...

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Mother cradling a boys head with text that reads "Omicron is raging across the country Congress give families a lifeline and Build Back Better Now!

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

01/05/22

Like many others, my 2022 is off to a rocky start. I am writing this as I scramble to find a COVID-19 test appointment for my feverish two-year-old and my son is home with his school closed. I know I am far from alone. Families need a lifeline, but just when we need help the most, the U.S. Senate failed to act before the new year to extend the monthly Child Tax Credit payments and pass key policies like paid family and medical leave and child care that would have helped families, businesses, and our economy weather this COVID-19 surge.

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Childcare & Early Education

01/01/22

“Estoy cansada. Estoy ansiosa. La escuela de mis hijos cerró otra vez por ómicron y tengo miedo de perder mi trabajo.” - Mercedes, Carolina del Norte “Tuve que reducir mis horas de trabajo para poder cuidar a mi bebé en casa. No sé cómo voy a pagar mis biles de este mes.” - Belén, Utah Linda, la...

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Linda Stone

Health Care Maternal Justice

12/20/21

“Please don’t let me die. Please save my baby.” She was gasping between labored breaths on the operating room table, squeezing my hand, and begging me to save her life as we prepared to emergently intubate and deliver her. She had COVID-19.

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

12/20/21

Sen Manchin's announcement that he will not support the current version of the Build Back Better Act is a stinging, heartbreaking, disappointment to families in his state. Join us in urging him to come back to the negotiating table.

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12/20/21

"It has been right back to the juggling act that I felt before the pandemic." - Jennifer Simpkins

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Kerri Karvetski

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12/17/21

By sharing our stories, we help lawmakers who have the power to make the changes we need understand what we’re facing each and every day; we also let people with similar experiences know they’re not alone (which builds a powerful movement!); and we shift the media narrative to build pressure for change.

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

12/17/21

Every provision of the Build Back Better agenda is supported by at least two in three Americans. This is why it's important to spread the word far and wide about what is in this proposed legislation and what it would mean for families.

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Felicia Burnett

State Moms Force

Childcare & Early Education

12/16/21

I share with my kids frequently about the benefits of gratitude and remind them that when you share with a friend (or a sibling!) that their actions had a positive impact, they’re more likely to repeat the action. The same is true for advocacy!

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration MomsRising

12/16/21

More than 2,000 moms and family members across the country have already signed up to do this action, and we are extending the deadline to December 24 timed to the state of play in Congress. Our wave of sticky notes from moms, caregivers, and family members on Senate office doors across the country needs to keep growing over the next critical week to help keep this legislation moving!

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