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Event Recap: Kids Belong In Classrooms Virtual Town Hall

November 5, 2025
In these unprecedented times, where ICE, DEA, FBI, and other federal agencies roam our streets targeting our Black and Brown neighbors, parents, and caregivers are scared for themselves, their children, and their communities. Schools should be spaces where children feel safe and free to express...
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Kelsey Reyes
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Community Care Starts With Us

October 31, 2025
We moms shouldn’t have to hold the nation together on empty. Yet here we are in the middle of a government shutdown that has thrown families into chaos. SNAP benefits are being cut; air traffic controllers, military school teachers, families in several states are losing child care as Head Start...
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Stop the Cruel and Wasteful Burn

October 22, 2025
It’s one thing to stop sending aid to low-income countries. But to burn almost $10 million dollars worth of products meant to go to those countries, is quite another. Taxpayers have already paid for these products. These products are not expired. Women around the world need them. And many...
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Gina Arias
Beacon Hub Leader Anna Knapp dropped off a MomsRising storybook at Rep Tony Wied’s office (WI-08).
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Back-to-School Rewind: MomsRising Members Take Action in Their Districts to Defend Schools, Medicaid, SNAP, and More

September 22, 2025
Across the country, MomsRising gathered this summer to push back against the Trump administration and GOP-led Congress’s “Big Bad Budget Bill.”
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Ruth Martin
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Free To Be, Saving WIC, #Trumpflation, GOP Burning Down Reproductive Health Care

September 22, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into Dr. Jack Turban’s new book Free To Be and how to bust the myths and disinformation about the trans community. We hear about what is happening with the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program WIC and how you can help make sure that does not sunset. We...
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In support of the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act

September 14, 2025
This week we recognize National Stillbirth Prevention Day honoring the tens of thousands of families who experience the unimaginable pain of losing a baby to stillbirth every year. We honor them AND we demand action to end these preventable tragedies. Add your name to our letter urging Congress to...
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Tina Sherman
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How Trump & RFK Jr. Are Making the Child Care & Health Care Crisis Worse, Why Humor Breaks Partisan Divides

September 10, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into Trump's inconsistent policies on child care, which exacerbate the child care crisis by creating uncertainty and underfunding programs. We discuss the role of humor and storytelling in breaking partisan divides and fostering empathy. We hear about the harmful...
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Gina Arias at BMMH summit in 2025
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Black Maternal Mental Health Week Recap: Storytelling Fuels Advocacy and Change

August 25, 2025
During Black Maternal Mental Health week, MomsRising participated in the Black Maternal Mental Health Summit in Houston, Texas.
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Gina Arias
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Fighting Back Against Health Care Cuts, Education Under Threat, Pushing Back Against False Crime Narratives, National Breastfeeding Month

August 18, 2025
On the radio show this week, we cover the cuts to our health care pushed through by Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, with many of the most harmful cuts delayed until after the midterms. We dive into Trump’s cuts to public education -- and tips on fighting school funding cuts and...
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Community Safety Legislative Agenda 2025 Reintroduction

August 13, 2025
In a political landscape where excessive policing and military force are becoming routine, civil and human rights organizations from across the country are coming to Washington, D.C. to fight for public health and alternatives to policing. The Community Safety Working Group is a joint project of...
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