Together

November 29, 2023

A look inside school cafeterias to see the challenges school nutrition directors face, and how parents can help! Eight states provide free school meals for all schoolchildren; MomsRising members in North Carolina are hoping for our state to become the ninth state to provide free breakfasts and lunches for all its students.

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Jessica Burroughs

Childcare & Early Education

November 22, 2023

In 2022, Build Back Better - a transformative care infrastructure package for child care, paid family and medical leave, elder and disability care, along with job growth and fair pay for care workers- very nearly became law when it was brought forward by the White House, passed the U.S. House, and...

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Maggie Humphreys

MomsRising

November 21, 2023

I am a MomsRising volunteer Beacon community leader in Georgia. Three other Georgia Beacon volunteers and I recently organized an in person MomsRising Meet-up in Atlanta. The four of us invited our friends and family to join the gathering, and we ended up having about 50 people there ranging in age...

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Pamela Grisham

Reproductive Justice

November 17, 2023

Your commitment to taking actions with MomsRising has been instrumental in driving positive change at both the state and national levels, and we want to express our deepest gratitude. We have recently decided to change the name of this weekly newsletter from 5Actions to “Risers Update!” The actions...

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Sue Anne Reed

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MomsRising

November 17, 2023

Thanksgiving is upon us. This year, I’m grateful for family, friends, and my fellow MomsRising Hub Leaders. I had the pleasure to speak to some of them who, after becoming mothers, changed their work lives to spend more time with their children, to be available for the countless doctors...

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To-wen Tseng

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

November 9, 2023

The countdown has begun….again! I know it seems like we are always up against a critical deadline, and that’s often the case – and this critical deadline is a really, really big one! Congress needs to take action to keep the government funded by November 17th….and they also MUST pass emergency...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

November 9, 2023

When I was a kid, whenever I ever asked my mother a question, her answer always started with “the Mother’s Handbook says…” Then she would make some ridiculous answer up, and yet somehow I still believed her every time. So, when I became a mom I was quite disappointed to find out there was no “...

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Kristen Sheppard

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Maternal Justice

November 3, 2023

Scary Halloween: Comprehensive gun policy reform NOW, starting with a ban on assault weapons and high-cap magazines! Over Halloween weekend, a series of mass shootings across the country left at least 11 people dead and 76 others injured - and last week, headlines were captured by the tragedy in...

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Sue Anne Reed

Childcare & Early Education

November 3, 2023

Did you hear? MomsRising moms, partners, champions and YOU were heard by the White House, with President Biden sending a request just last week to Congress to pass the $16B in supplemental funding needed to save child care! You did that, we did that! Now let’s keep up the momentum by urging...

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