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November 28, 2016
Statement “As organizations dedicated to protecting and improving the health, safety and well-being of America’s children and families, we feel it is critical that Congress passes funding assistance before the end of the year for Flint, MI and other communities affected by lead contamination.   
November 18, 2016
Statement “Donald Trump has named a person, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, who has a history of racist, misogynistic and bigoted behavior, to be the U.S. Attorney General, which is the chief law enforcement officer of the nation. Over his career, Sessions has called a white civil rights attorney a ‘disgrace to his race’ and prosecuted activists, including Albert Turner, a former aide to Martin Luther King Jr. for trying to register black voters. He once joked about the Ku Klux Klan, sayng he ‘used to think they were OK’ until he found out some of them were ‘pot smokers.’  
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November 15, 2016
Statement “Our diversity is our nation’s most enduring strength. The fact that the people in our country, who come from all walks of life and tapestries of backgrounds, are free to live, love and worship as they will, is enshrined in our Constitution -- and is why America has long prospered.  
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November 9, 2016
Statement “This morning we woke up to a very different America than the polls predicted. Many of us are reeling. Some of our children have difficult questions about their own safety, about their friends, and about the future of our country. But moms never give up, and we never stop fighting to make sure that the United States is a place where every child and family, every mom and dad, and every person can thrive.  
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November 7, 2016
Statement “MomsRising today applauds the leadership of the Wake County Commissioners in voting tonight to provide all county employees with six weeks of paid parental leave.   “With this action, Wake County joins Durham County and the City of Greensboro in supporting employees by ensuring that they can take paid leave to care for a new baby, a newly adopted or foster child, or the placement of a child for whom the employee is permanently assuming parental responsibilities.  
November 1, 2016
Statement Today, November 1st, is Latina Equal Pay Day - a day to mark how Latinas in the United States have to work ALL of 2015 and until November 1st of 2016 to finally earn as much as white men earned in 2015 alone.  On average, Latina women make only 54 cents for every dollar paid to a white man for equal work.  MomsRising argues that this incredibly large pay gap, the highest in the nation, hurts women, families and our national economy and MomsRising marks the day to highlight the urgent need for action to close the wage gap for Latina women.  
October 27, 2016
Statement On Wednesday, October 26, the US Justice Department announced it reached a deal with the city of Florence, Kentucky that revises the city’s policies to provide modified duty for pregnant employees. The deal – in the first Justice Department pregnancy discrimination case about light duty since the U.S.
October 19, 2016
Statement On October 14th, Venida Browder, a civil rights activist whose late son Kalief Browder became a symbol of America’s deeply broken criminal justice system, died of complications from a heart attack. Browder’s son Kalief committed suicide in June 2015, after spending three years in New York City’s Riker Island jail on a robbery charge that was ultimately dismissed.
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October 17, 2016
News release Mayor Nan Whaley and Dayton City Commissioners Matt Joseph, Jeffrey J. Mims, Chris Shaw, and Joey Williams have been working to make Dayton a “City of Learners” by focusing on the early education of Dayton’s littlest residents. Dayton moms and dads will thank them for efforts at the City Commissioners’ meeting:   5:45pm, Wednesday, October 19 City Hall Dayton  
October 13, 2016
News release Mayor Bill Bell and Durham City Council members have been working to make Durham a “City of Learners” by focusing on the early education of Durham’s youngest residents. Durham moms and dads will thank them for their efforts at the City Council meeting:   7pm, Monday, October 17 City Hall 101 City Hall Plaza Durham  

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