Social & Emotional Development

"Raising Anti-Racist Kids with Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs" credit: Romper

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

Social & Emotional Development

April 27, 2021

By now, you might feel like a caged animal. Well, you kind of are. We are human animals in captivity. COVID-19 put most of the world in a surreal lock-down experience, and our lives slowed down beyond recognition. I’ve been referring to it as The New Abnormal. I use these words to remind myself (...

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Beth Anstandig

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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Donna Norton

Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 18, 2021

As we all come down from our sweet sugar highs of another passing Valentine's Day we at MomsRising are uplifting sentiments of love as we continue to fight for moms, parents and families during these uncertain times. This week we are inviting MomsRising members across the country to join us in...

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Beatriz Beckford

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Childcare & Early Education MomsVote Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 5, 2021

ICYMI: Helping others find their voice...and their power...is one of the beautiful super powers of the MomsRising community. This past week, members like you stood up for students, celebrating Black Women and lifted up the care providers who are holding our communities together. Here are the voices...

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Kerri Karvetski

MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

November 20, 2020

Over the years we have all witnessed countless numbers of Black people killed at the hands of the police. Black people whose communities experience excessive policing and rampant police terror are too often left grappling with the devastating and traumatic impacts of having to see or hear about...

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Beatriz Beckford

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Social & Emotional Development

October 23, 2020

The toll the pandemic is taking on America’s moms is well documented and truly concerning, not just for moms but also for families and our country. At this time when millions more families are struggling to make ends meet, Moms are leaving the workforce because of the unmanageable burdens thrust on...

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Jodi Grant

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

July 3, 2020

ICYMI: The MomsRising community was abuzz fighting for justice and demanding fast, effective solutions to the COVID-19 health crisis. Check out these 5 posts you loved, shared or might have missed for the week ending July 3, 2020. 1. INSTAGRAM: Today would have been Tamir Rice's 18th birthday Our...

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Kerri Karvetski

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Maternal Justice Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

July 1, 2020

We are living in extraordinary times. Nationwide mobilizations in the aftermath of too many police killings have renewed an important conversation about police accountability and the role police play in our lives. Even further this conversation has called into question the role police play in the...

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Beatriz Beckford

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

June 18, 2020

ICYMI: The MomsRising community stepped up for equality in a big way this week. Check out some of the posts you loved, shared and might have missed for the week ending June 19, 2020. 1. INSTAGRAM: #IAmMamma We have been sharing and uplifting many of the voices in our #RisersandShakers community. "...

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Kerri Karvetski