Gun Safety

June 1, 2021

This June, we’ll wear orange and continue our fight against gun violence. But we must also fight the white supremacy that finds the devastation of gun violence an acceptable tradeoff for white men continuing to have unfettered access to firearms.

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Gloria Pan

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

May 10, 2021

What went on in the MomsRising community last week? Lots! Take a look at the new and notable for the week ending Saturday, May 8, 2021. ACTION OF THE WEEK: Tell Congress to Lower Drug Prices Americans should not pay three times more for medicines than people in other countries do. There are...

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Kerri Karvetski

Gun Safety

May 5, 2021

The March 16 Atlanta mass shooting killed 8 people, 6 of whom were women of Asian American descent. That was followed by the Indianapolis shooting in April, where 4 of the 8 victims were members of the Sikh community. These recent shootings happened in the context of surging anti-Asian hate crimes...

MomsRising Education Fund

Gloria Pan

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Gun Safety Maternal Justice Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

May 4, 2021

The past few weeks have been wrought with the type of pain that sits heavy in my body, existing and spanning into all areas of my life. It’s a pain that many Black, Brown and Indigenous people live with. It’s a pain that many mothers live with. I listened to Daunte Wright’s mother recount the...

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Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs

Gun Safety

April 21, 2021

Nunca es fácil ser testigos de la interminable violencia policial y es particularmente difícil cuando se trata de niños. Ninguna familia debería tener que lamentar una pérdida como la de Adam Toledo, un niño de 13 años, uno de los muchos niños asesinados por la policía cuyas familias aún esperan...

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Xochitl Oseguera

Gun Safety MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

April 19, 2021

The unending and unjust police brutality towards Black lives has once again created a wave of devastating media content and rippling conversations families are once again forced to have. For Black families this has been a never ending conversation as police violence takes Black life, after Black...

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Claudia Tristán

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Politics & Policy

April 2, 2021

We’ll get right to it! This week’s 5Actions include ways to learn more about new benefits available to YOU and your family (including the new direct payments related to children in the Child Tax Credit) due to the recent passage of the American Rescue Act (ARP) at a special online event with...

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Sue Anne Reed

Gun Safety MomsRising Podcast Politics & Policy

March 25, 2021

On the radio show this week Kristin and company cover what’s in the American Rescue Plan for YOU and how you can access those benefits. They discuss the Equality Act that’s moving forward in Congress and what you can do to help make this critically important bill pass. They also touch on how you...

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Amber Dorsey

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care

March 19, 2021

This week has been tough. The Atlanta shooting that resulted in the death of eight people -- including six Asian American women -- again proves that Americans can no longer wait for action against gun violence and hate. We stand against Anti-Asian hate and for gun control. The time for action is...

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Sue Anne Reed

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care MomsRising MomsVote Podcast

January 21, 2021

We are back with a fresh show for a brand new year! Welcome 2021! This week on #BreakingThrough Kristin and guests cover white insurrectionism, the ties between white supremacy and gun violence, and analyze what happened at the U.S. Capitol and why we need still accountability; including for Trump...

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Amber Dorsey