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Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

August 31, 2018

The pencils are purchased and lunch boxes are ready to be packed! It’s back-to-school time in Maryland! This year, kids and families across Maryland are returning to school with something extra exciting: EARNED SICK DAYS!!! That’s right, this is the first back-to-school season since we passed the...

Ruth Martin

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Family Economic Security Gun Safety MomsVote Paid Family Leave

January 23, 2020

2020 is going to be huge. Here are MomsRising, we are refreshed and ready to GO, FIGHT, and WIN BIG on the most critical issues today impacting our families and communities. And we know you're ready, too! To help get everyone's heads in the right space for the work ahead, we have organized an...

Gloria Pan

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

January 13, 2020

Since 2013, Families of Color Seattle has worked to build a loving community for Black, Brown, and Indigenous families in Seattle. Our work has connected 3,000+ families through parent affinity groups, workshops, community events, and more. As an organization dedicated to supporting families of...

Christine Tang

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Family Economic Security MomsRising

December 26, 2019

Like a flame, passion needs fuel to keep burning. At MomsRising, we are on FIRE about opening avenues for women, moms, and families to rise! For over 10 years, we’ve been on the front lines making progress on the issues that matter most to America’s families — healthcare, gun safety, fair pay,...

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security Food!

December 20, 2019

In North Carolina, the harsh reality for many children in our state of agricultural abundance is: The cupboards at home are bare and refrigerators are not over-stocked. Kids rely on school meals. But what happens during the holidays?

Tamara Cox Baker

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

December 20, 2019

The highlights - and lowlights - of the FY20 spending package. Paid parental leave for federal workers. A ruling against the ACA. Efforts to preserve SNAP and immigration benefits. All this and more in the Coalition on Human Needs' latest Human Needs Report.

Lecia Imbery

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Immigration MomsVote

December 15, 2019

From start to finish, 2019 has been a year of rip-roaring, unstoppable, joyful MOMentum! Just to name a few of the major wins we accomplished together this year: MomsRising leads a coalition that won commitments from major national and regional banks to quit financing private prisons, including the...

Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Realistic & Fair Wages

December 9, 2019

It's the last month of the year, and of the decade. Wow. While time may go quickly, our movement to demand an economy that works for women and families will have lasting, enduring impact. And it's built by the individual actions of fired-up people like you. Please scroll down for our latest list of...

Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

December 9, 2019

State policymakers can do more to ensure that low-income women and young children participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Just over half of those eligible currently participate, despite WIC’s well-documented role in improving birth, diet,...

Zoe Neuberger

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

December 6, 2019

[This is a guest blog post by Aaron Carrillo, a RESULTS advocate in Lawrence, Kansas.] Some kids look forward to their birthdays, or holidays. When I was young, my brother and I looked forward to tax time. It meant we could finally buy a second pair of shoes, or pants that fit. My mom would worry...