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Give Today!

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A group of people holding MomsRising signs in front of the black metal sculpture inside the US Senate.]

11/27/18

Today, we’re celebrating Giving Tuesday 2018 by sharing 10 of your “why” stories — why you voted, why you rise, and why you #KeepMarching. We received over 800 “Why I KeepMarching” statements, from every corner of the nation. They gave us goosebumps, tears, laughter ... a much-needed boost after...

MomsRising Together

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsRising Near You

11/27/18

Hace poco preguntamos a nuestros miembros sobre cuáles son las razones que les inspira a continuar luchando. Recibimos más de 800 respuestas que nos motivaron y llenaron de energía como lo que nos compartió Marie Edna en California. “Yo continuo luchando porque a los 75 años, me niego dejar esta...

MomsRising Together

Linda Stone

MomsRising

11/26/18

A few days ago, we asked MomsRising members like you why you voted, and why you #KeepMarching. In celebration of Giving Tuesday, Nov. 27, we’re sharing 10 of these statements — all of them from MomsRising grandparents . Yes, grandparents! If there’s anyone who can inspire us to keep rising and #...

MomsRising Together

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration

11/23/18

Continuing its never-ending assault on immigrants, the Trump administration last month unveiled its latest weapon in its arsenal of misguided policies. The policy proposal, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), seeks to alter an antiquated term used in immigration law known as “...

MomsRising Together

Priscilla Huang

MomsRising

11/22/18

En este Día de Acción de Gracias, queremos expresar gratitud a nuestra comunidad de guerreras, y a ti que eres parte de ella. Gracias por tu apoyo constante y ser la fuerza motivadora de nuestro trabajo. Cada una de tus llamadas, textos, firmas, visitas a la oficina de tu legislador, y otras...

MomsRising Together

Linda Stone

Family Economic Security

11/21/18

When I was a child, my father kept an editorial cartoon pinned up in the vestibule of our church that made a deep impression on me I have never forgotten. It was a black and white drawing by the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Herblock that was originally published in the Washington Post in October...

MomsRising Together

Marian Wright Edelman

Adopción

MomsRising Paid Family Leave

11/20/18

Como cualquier padre de familia, nunca olvidaré el día que trajimos a nuestra hija a la casa por primera vez. Era un día de primavera inusualmente cálido y, después de meter a la casa el equipaje de una semana que pasamos fuera del país, salimos al patio. Cuando puse a nuestra hija de 17 meses en...

MomsRising Together

Tatsuko Go Hollo

Take Action!

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A graphic image with four panels that provide examples of issues on which local communities often legislate, like gun safety.]

Paid Family Leave

11/19/18

Preemption policies prohibit local governments from passing laws or ordnances that are more robust than what exists at a higher level. For example, a preemption policy could prohibit a city council from passing a soda tax because one doesn't exist at the state level, or a borough council from...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Share Your Why!

MomsVote

11/17/18

This November, moms and women like you spoke loud and clear. You volunteered and helped reach millions of infrequent mom voters. You sent get-out-the-vote postcards and texts. You had voting parties -- and had tables with fun for kids at key polling locations so more moms could vote. You were a...

MomsRising Together

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Social & Emotional Development

11/16/18

“The way through chaos, calamity, and confusion is not by adding chaos, calamity, and confusion. That multiplies what’s hurting us and undermining us. The Hebrew and Christian Bibles insist from the first chapter to the last chapter you cannot overcome evil with evil, you have to overcome evil with...

MomsRising Together

Marian Wright Edelman