Military Families

Breastfeeding Military Families Paid Family Leave

November 8, 2018

UPDATE: The U.S. Breastfeeding Committee Paid Leave Constellation has crafted a sign-on letter requesting that legislators fix the gaps in the MPLP. Please read , sign , and share the letter to help us address these critical issues. When the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017...

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Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A group of veterans joins the water protectors at Standing Rock.]

Immigration Military Families

July 16, 2018

The value of service was instilled in me from birth. Both of my Grandfathers fought in World War II, one in the Army and one in the Navy. My Father is a former Marine, and my Uncle served 21 years in the Navy. My cousin and my nephew have all served, my family can trace our service back to the...

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Brandon Boucher

Childcare & Early Education Military Families Social & Emotional Development

July 11, 2018

Mass shootings. Nuclear weapons. A robbery at your local corner store. Where do you start when you have to explain this stuff to your kids? Today, issues involving violence, crime, and war -- whether they're in popular shows, video games, books, or news coverage -- reach even the youngest kids. And...

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Caroline Knorr

Health Care Military Families

April 27, 2018

Recently, we shared the story of Austin Carrigg and her family, and the journey they went on together with their adopted baby girl, Melanie. When Melanie united with her mom, dad, and two brothers in 2012, the Carriggs knew the road ahead wouldn’t always be a smooth one. Melanie came into the...

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Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Military Families MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

January 30, 2018

"We were divided and conquered because the intersectional history that held our movements together had been ignored and forgotten."

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Military Families

January 22, 2018

“Don’t forget to hug him, squeeze him tightly first, and then lay out the steps to recover. . . I learned that from Lylah. . . Hugs first . . ." - My mother, Lorna, said this to me today after I expressed being overwhelmed with the mess of poor grades that one of my high school children had allowed...

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Alyssa Gavulic

Family Economic Security Food! Military Families

November 6, 2017

Our nation’s veterans have made innumerable sacrifices in service to our country. They have earned our gratitude and our support, and on Veterans Day our country formally honors them for that service. If we are to truly make meaningful the tributes that we pay to our veterans, then surely, we...

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Abby Leibman

Military Families

October 16, 2017

While President Trump attacks athletes who kneel during the national anthem as unpatriotic by saying on Twitter , “Courageous Patriots have fought and died for our great American Flag --- we MUST honor and respect it! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” his proposed budget is poised to do great damage to...

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Katherine Gallagher Robbins

Military Families

October 11, 2017

Voice. We all have one, it’s time we use it. We must speak out about the injustices and dangers the Trump administration poses from attacks on our healthcare, our immigrant and LGBTQ communities, and our reproductive rights, to our disastrous foreign policy. And it is that latter point that I want...

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Martina Leinz

Military Families

September 29, 2017

I drove my son to school today because he missed the bus . . . again. Although that menial and tedious task certainly had not been a part of my plan for today, one of the things I value deeply in this unpredictable life is trying to make the most of unexpected moments. So as I sat next to him in...

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Alyssa Gavulic