Family Economic Security

June 17, 2026

Right now, the City of Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards is surveying Seattle residents and workers on potential amendments to the city’s paid sick days law for City Council consideration. We know you’re busy celebrating Pride Month, so we compiled our best recommendations for updates to Seattle’s paid sick days law. YOU’RE INVITED to sign on to our guidance letter so Seattle can see the hundreds of residents and workers that support strong paid sick days updates!

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Sara Alcid

A breakthrough documentary film: Motherhood Manifesto! - MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

June 16, 2026

The Motherhood Manifesto is a 58-minute documentary film that explores the systemic obstacles facing mothers in America while illustrating solutions with mixed media, humor, moving personal stories, and star power. Directed by Laura Pacheco and produced alongside PBS veteran John de Graaf, the film...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

June 9, 2026

You’ve experienced the life-changing impact of public programs built to nurture all families, like Washington State paid family and medical leave. You've navigated the gauntlet of the “affordable” housing and child care search. Now, you're feeling the weight of rising costs at the grocery store and the gas pump. Picture yourself turning these experiences – and your lived expertise navigating them – into real policy change, at the state capitol and in your community.

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

May 22, 2026

Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer, which can mean a break from schoolwork for children and more time together and outdoor activity for families. But finding safe, enriching summer activities for children is one of the greatest challenges many working moms face. A new study from the...

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Jodi Grant

MOMbassador Jean with her daughter at the "Fund Care, Not ICE" DC event

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration

May 21, 2026

MomsRising MOMbassador and mom-of-three Jean Nguyen brought her family to join children and family detention as well as immigration advocacy groups and organizations in Washington D.C. for the “Fund Care, Not ICE!” event on May 20, 2026, speaking out against family and child detention centers and to push for Congress to fund care, not ICE!

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Jean Nguyen

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising MomsRising Near You Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

May 13, 2026

As lawmakers return to Tallahassee again for yet another Special Session to finalize Florida’s state budget, many Floridians are asking a very simple question; how many more sessions do we need before the people actually struggling to survive are centered in the conversation? The regular 60-day...

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Yasmina White

MomsRising member Jean's three kids joining her for MomsRising's "Moms Have the Receipts" event

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

May 13, 2026

MomsRising MOMbassador and Maryland mom-of-three Jean Nguyen brought her three children to join MomsRising and Mamás con Poder for our Mother's Day “Moms Have the Receipts!” Day of Action on April 28, 2026, to share members’ experiences (and our actual receipts) directly with lawmakers and show them just how hard it is to balance a budget these days.

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Jean Nguyen

Large group of moms and kids at holding oversized "receipts" to protest affordability crisis

Family Economic Security MomsVote

May 11, 2026

Following the first-ever mom-centered Congressional hearing on affordability, MomsRising members are bringing the "receipts" to demand that leaders prioritize child care and health care over reckless spending.

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Family Economic Security MomsVote

May 11, 2026

While we celebrate the moms in our lives, heavy challenges like rising costs and threats to voting rights remain — join us in turning that exhaustion into power by pledging to vote this November.

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Ruth Martin

Family Economic Security

May 10, 2026

La semana pasada, mamás de todo el país se unieron para asegurarse de que nuestros líderes escucharan el verdadero impacto de la crisis de asequibilidad en las madres, las familias, los pequeños negocios y nuestra economía. Juntas, enviamos un mensaje claro al Congreso: las mamás ya no pueden...

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