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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave

03/29/19

VIDEO: This amazing video from Voice of America features MomsRising supporters' stories and the work we do together everyday. Check it out, it's wonderful!: VICTORY! The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the Paycheck Fairness Act! MomsRising supporters have been advocating for this for...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Gun Safety

03/29/19

On March 15, a terrorist carrying two semi-automatic weapons and three rifles attacked worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 men, women, and children—some of them refugees who had fled war zones seeking safety. In the hours that followed nearly 70,000 New Zealanders...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education

03/29/19

Did you hear the great news? Last week, the Durham Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to begin planning for dual language immersion programs at Bethesda Elementary School and Lakewood Elementary School, and expanding support for the existing program at Southwest Elementary School...

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Linda Stone

Childcare & Early Education

03/29/19

¿Escuchaste las buenas noticias? La semana pasada, la Junta Escolar de las Escuelas Públicas de Durham aprobó por unanimidad comenzar a planificar programas de inmersión bilingües en la Escuela Primaria Bethesda y en la Escuela Primaria Lakewood y aumentar el apoyo que recibe el programa existente...

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Linda Stone

Gun Safety

03/28/19

Just hours after more than 100 people in Christchurch were injured or killed in a brutal anti-Muslim hate crime, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that New Zealand's gun laws would be changed. Six days later, New Zealand banned military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity...

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Gloria Pan

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

03/28/19

Books have played an outsized role in my life. As an introverted only child and the daughter of a bookworm, growing up, children’s books were my refuge and my joy. My favorite teacher to this day was my high school English teacher, Mrs. Betty Lou Blumberg, who introduced me to great fiction with...

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Tara Sarathy

Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

03/28/19

This is a guest post by Maureen Bowling, a RESULTS advocate in Lexington, Kentucky. A little under four years ago, my children and I were facing homelessness. I was in an abusive relationship that was threatening my life. I had to get out. I had been a stay-at-home mom for over a decade. When I...

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Deborah Lash

Realistic & Fair Wages

03/27/19

VICTORY!!! The House of Representative just PASSED the Paycheck Fairness Act -- right in time for Equal Pay Day on April 2nd! Now we’re charging full speed ahead toward the U.S. Senate with our campaign for equal pay! Tell your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor and advance the Paycheck Fairness Act. This...

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Sara Alcid

Paid Family Leave

03/26/19

El Día de Pago Justo es el 2 de abril y marca cuántos días en el 2019 se tiene que trabajar para ganar lo que se le pagó a un hombre anglosajón en el 2018 haciendo el mismo trabajo. Las latinas solo hacemos 53 centavos por cada dólar y es hora de cambiar estas cifras. >>> Para crear...

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Sara Alcid

Maternal Justice

03/25/19

Este mes, el gobernador de Nueva Jersey, Phil Murphy, propuso un presupuesto estatal que asigna $1 millón de los fondos de Medicaid a aumentar el acceso a los servicios de las doulas. Esta cantidad es adicional al presupuesto actual de $4.7 millones destinados a mejorar el cuidado prenatal...

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