Immigration

June 15, 2017

Cuando tenía 4 años, abordé un avión. Recuerdo que no me quería ir. No quería dejar mamá, papá y las chicas atrás. Mis padres de crianza. ¿Cómo se explica eso en inglés? No hay traducción. Viajaba a Estados Unidos para vivir con un hombre con el que nunca había vivido antes. Papi salió de la...

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Sili Recio

Immigration

June 13, 2017

On Friday May 12, I joined MomsRising members from across the country to deliver mini Statues of Liberty to all 100 Senators. I went as an immigrant and as a mother because I wanted to make sure that my children and the children of all immigrants were remembered and protected by our legislators...

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Khadija Gurnah

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Immigration

June 9, 2017

"I always cry when my mom is late for pick up. She might not pick me up one day, did you know? " -- Gabi, age 7 (as told by immigration attorney Carolina Rubio MacWright). Too many California kids are living with this fear every day. In fact, more than half of California children have at least one...

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Xochitl Oseguera

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Politics & Policy

June 2, 2017

Donald Trump’s openly anti-Hispanic rhetoric – for which he has never apologized -- has only fueled anti-Latino sentiment and racist acts in the country. Take for instance, the verbal abuse of Hispanics who speak Spanish in public. In one recent incident, a white woman verbally assaulted a Hispanic...

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Elisa Batista

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Immigration Podcast

May 21, 2017

On the radio show this week we cover Eric Liu’s new book, “You’re More Powerful Than You Think;” we bust myths about immigration policy and cover the many contributions of immigrants to our economy; we talk about what you can do to get rid of the motherhood wage hit; and discuss how fighting for...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 9, 2017

Moms with Strollers, Marching Band to Deliver Mini Statue of Liberty Figures to Trump, Sessions and U.S. Senate on Friday to Raise Importance of Freedom, Liberty and Justice for Our Children’s Future On Friday, May 12th, ahead of Mother's Day, members of MomsRising and other groups will deliver...

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May 9, 2017

With Mother’s Day around the corner, we find these lines from Emma Lazarus’s poem, The New Colossus, referring to the Statue of Liberty, incredibly inspiring: “Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch , whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

May 8, 2017

Mother's Day is this weekend! Thank you for all you do! In honor of this holiday, in addition to making time with the special people in our lives, let's also take some time to flex those POWERFUL PARENT MUSCLES! This Mother's Day and every day, parents will fight for our families and our nation. We...

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Karen Showalter

Immigration

May 2, 2017

Who can defend us against growing epidemics of violence, hate, and war? Donald Trump and his allies are vowing to “keep America safe” by cutting $54 billion from domestic programs and pumping it into our military, which is already by far the largest military in the world . The media keeps on...

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Kate Duva

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

April 28, 2017

THANK YOU! Through all the political chaos that’s happened since Trump took the White House we’ve been blown away by the impact at the state and federal levels of the over million members, and millions of readers, of MomsRising who have been raising their voices in high impact ways for the last ten...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner