On the radio show this week we dive into 2023 to cover the latest with the care infrastructure policies (paid family/medical leave, childcare, home- and community-based services, and fair pay for care workers), the ongoing fight for everyone who needs access to abortioncare to have access, hear tips and tactics for effective action-taking and how every step we each take adds up to create victories, and share details about some late-breaking victories in 2022, like the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act finally passing! *Special guests include: Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center, @NWLC...

There is a brand new radio episode for Breaking Through this week, in which Kristin and guests cover the campaign for One Fair wage, getting rid of the tipped minimum wage, and moving to a $15 minimum wage for everyone.

On the latest episode of Breaking Through radio podcast Kristin and guests cover what’s happening in the nation’s capitol and the benefits coming the public’s way due to the passage of the American Rescue Plan. Tune in to hear the latest on how we can all best push for progress, pay equity, and women’s leadership from Jocelyn Frye of the Center for American Progress and find out how we can both create good jobs and enable parents to work by investing in our child-care infrastructure, which we need to do YESTERDAY. And naturally the topic turns to the need for pay equity — and the Paycheck...

On the #BreakingThrough podcast this week Kristin and guests cover upcoming investments in building our nation’s infrastructure, including childcare, and how you can most effectively make your voice heard by leaders at the very top. Next up they discuss the importance of speaking out against the over 1000% increase in hate crimes against people in the Asian American Pacific Islander community. Later in the show they cover the importance of reducing gun violence by increasing community safety and advancing justice; and we close the show giving a political power pep talk, along with advocacy...

We are back with a fresh show for a brand new year! Welcome 2021! This week on #BreakingThrough Kristin and guests cover white insurrectionism, the ties between white supremacy and gun violence, and analyze what happened at the U.S. Capitol and why we need still accountability; including for Trump to be convicted by the US Senate. They also cover the wins in Georgia, how the state was flipped, and what you as MomsRising members can do to protect democracy. Tune in now to hear about the road ahead with the Biden administration, the solutions we can help push through together, and why it’s...

We have an all new podcast this week! On this episode of Breaking Through we cover what’s happening with vote counts in battleground states including Pennsylvania; the powerful organizing by Black Voters Matter to get out the vote and move policy forward; the incredible impact of #LatinxVotan and the latest on what's happening with jobs and unemployment insurance in America. This weeks's special guests include: Dr. Lara Putnam, professor at the University of Pittsburgh ( @PittTweet) , Brittany Smalls; Black Voters Matter (@BlackVotersMtr) Elizabeth Pancotti of Employ America (@employamerica)...

On the #RADIO show this week we cover how your voice is needed to lift healthcare coverage and the Safe Step Act. And discuss the powerful work of Black Voters Matter. There is some lively conversation on what you can do to stop the unfair cradle to prison pipeline. There’s also discourse on rise in hate crimes and the good news about how the rise in our votes can lift everyone. *Special guests include: Brooke Abbott - Advocate, Mom, and all around superhero, @crzycreolemommy Cliff Albright - Co-Founder Black Voters Matter Fund, @blackvotersmtr @cliff_notes Beatriz Beckford - Senior Campaign...

This week on an all new #BreakingThrough we are LIVE and direct from Washington, D.C. !! We’re discussing BIG ideas for big solutions to help move our nation forward. We’ll also be discussing what’s going on in regard to healthcare and learn about some new organizing strategies. *Special guests include: Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies, @inequalityorg Heather Booth, civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist Dr. Sanjeev Sriram, Social Security Works, @SSWorks Gloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising. Listen HERE: TuneIn: http://tun.in/tjkQwN iTunes: https://podcasts...

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the fight for affordable, accessible, high quality childcare and how it impacts YOU. We discuss what’s going on with elections these days. And we’ll get an inside POV on a new report on Women Driving Change: A Pathway to a Better Mississippi. We’ll also get the lowdown on what’s going on in healthcare. *Special guests include: Catherine White, National Women’s Law Center, @nwlc; Gloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising @GloPan Cassandra Welchlin and Andrea Johnson, MS Black Women’s Roundtable (MS-BWR), NWLC, @msblackwomensr1 @nwlc Eva Marie Stahl, Community...