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Childcare & Early Education Immigration MomsVote Paid Sick Days

07/23/20

Happy Friday. As summer starts to wind down, parents everywhere are struggling with questions around what the fall will look like. We know it’s tough. We also know that in order for parents to truly be able to “get back to work” we need the supports to do so, including childcare and early learning...

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Karen Showalter

Call In!

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

07/22/20

Today is a critical day for action for people who have lost their jobs because of COVID-19! It is only 10 days before the $600 per week expanded unemployment insurance benefits expire (and 72 hours until states start sending out letters to millions of unemployed workers telling them their benefits...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food!

07/22/20

CBPP recently partnered with LIFT, a human service organization that works in underserved communities of color in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C., to examine the pandemic’s impact on families with children with very low incomes and limited savings living in neighborhoods...

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LaDonna Pavetti

MomsVote

07/21/20

¡Estamos haciendo que sea súper fácil (y totalmente GRATIS) que participes en nuestro poderoso esfuerzo de ayudar a otras mujeres y madres a salir a votar para las elecciones del 2020! Regístrate ahora para escribir 10 postales a votantes que no siempre han votado en el día de las elecciones en el...

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Linda Stone

MomsVote

07/21/20

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Linda Stone

Take Action!

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Childcare & Early Education

07/16/20

“Trying to find childcare during the pandemic is almost impossible. I am a caregiver for a 20-month-old and right now he has to bounce from one house to another for childcare. This isn't safe for him or me. I am one of the people that is high risk, but I have to do this due to my child care being...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Health Care

07/16/20

A new study by FamiliesUSA finds that millions of newly unemployed Americans have lost health insurance. With the current moment we are in with the pandemic, health insurance is more important than ever. If you or a loved one have lost their insurance, there are several options. First, if you’re...

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Tasmiha Khan

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

07/16/20

ICYMI: The MomsRising community is thinking, acting and planning ahead for a brighter future for ALL women and families. Check out the 3 posts you loved, shared or might have missed for the week ending July 17, 2020. FACEBOOK VIDEO: What does defunding the police REALLY mean? MomsRising's Elyssa...

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Kerri Karvetski

Take Action!

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MomsVote

07/16/20

The 2020 presidential election on Tuesday, November 3rd is just a few months away! So many things feel uncertain and uneasy right now, but one thing that feels very certain is the urgent need for everyone to vote in 2020. You, me, and all of our neighbors, near and far. *Here’s the good news:...

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Sara Alcid

Immigration

07/14/20

Como hija de inmigrantes, vi la lucha de primera mano. Mis padres emigraron desde México hacia los Estados Unidos en 1966. Traian solo la ropa que llevaban puesta, un poco de dinero duramente ganado, sueños, y mucha determinación. Contra todo pronóstico, perseveraron y finalmente tuvieron éxito. Su...

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