Social & Emotional Development

MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

October 4, 2021

Every year the “school-to-prison pipeline,” a disturbing national trend where children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems, continues to deny too many kids the opportunity to grow, learn, make mistakes, and still reach their full potential.

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Beatriz Beckford

Health Care Social & Emotional Development

September 10, 2021

Mientras examinaba el tablero de COVID de mi condado, casi 2 semanas después del año escolar, pensé que estábamos esquivando la bala. No hay casos de COVID en la escuela de mi hija. Dejé escapar un suspiro de alivio. Y luego, una llamada, dos llamadas, una llamada de que era alguien de una de sus...

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Sili Recio

Health Care Social & Emotional Development

August 27, 2021

Imagine the feeling when I received a message, six days after that first notice, that my child should’ve been quarantined because she, indeed, was in contact with the person that tested positive.

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Sili Recio

"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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