Moms Running for Office; Early Learning & Child Care; Healthy School Meals; Reclaiming Our Democracy
On the Radio Show This Week
- We start by exploring the vital importance of moms running for office and how their unique perspectives can shape better policies for families.
- After that, we delve into critical early learning funding, including the Child Care Development Fund and programs like Headstart.
- Next, we discuss the push for healthy school meals for all, highlighting a congressional briefing and the urgent need for robust policies as millions face SNAP cuts.
- Finally, we close the show by examining how ordinary people can reclaim their power, fight for freedom, and reimagine democracy, inspired by a new book: “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy"
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Special Guests
- Liuba Grechen Shirley, Founder and CEO, Vote Mama
- Lauren Hipp, National Director of Early Learning and Washington State, MomsRising
- Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward
- Alexis Bylander, Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Food Research & Action Center
Segment Quotes
Moms Running for Office
“When I talked about child care and paid family & medical leave when I ran for Congress, without fail, someone would say, 'You should ignore women's issues and stock to the bread and butter issues.' But those are the most basic of bread and butter issues.”
— Liuba Grechen Shirley, Founder and CEO, Vote Mama
Early Learning & Child Care Funding
“We should be talking about actual solutions that afford families choices, not pitting stay-at-home moms against moms who are in the workforce and need child care. All moms deserve options. All moms deserve choice in how tey want to raise their families. And we can do that. This is such a scarcity mindset. This is a forced, false choice.”
— Lauren Hipp, National Director of Early Learning and Washington State, MomsRising
Healthy School Meals & SNAP Cuts
“We do not need to have hungry children or hungry people in our country. That is a political choice that we are allowing to exist right now."
— Alexis Bylander, Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Food Research & Action Center
Reclaiming Democracy & Power
“The lesson I've learned is that it isn't the courts or any institution that's going to come out and save us or get us to a new place. It is going to the people -- it's going to ordinary people showing the way.”
— Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward
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