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Here's How to Keep Fighting the Good Fight-- And Win

June 14, 2018
At the Tony Awards last weekend, Robert DeNiro took the stage, went off script, and bluntly shouted, “F – Trump!” The “F bomb” reverberated around the room and everyone jumped to their feet and started cheering! It was cathartic. And let’s face it; we could all use a little catharsis these days...
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Martina Leinz
Immigration

UPDATED: 5 QUICK IMPACTFUL Actions to Take NOW on Family Separation!

June 14, 2018
We are in a moment of crisis and national outrage over the treatment of families separated at our border by order of the Trump Administration. At this very moment, communities are coming together to speak out against the cruel and inhumane actions against families seeking refuge. And at this very...
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Xochitl Oseguera
Childcare & Early Education

How I Found Affordable Quality Summer Care

June 13, 2018
Around this time every year, parents across the country struggle with the financial and logistical burdens of summer child care. This summer, I won’t be worrying — I know my sons are going to be active and taken care of. And the best part? I won’t even have to pay for it. Our school district in...
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Fernanda Perez
Childcare & Early Education

Why summer programs are critical for children's development

June 13, 2018
“I just don’t know what I’m going to do with Jonah. Today is the last day of his afterschool program, but there are still two weeks before school is out. And then what am I going to do until September?” It’s early June and I’m catching up with my coworker, Karen. Every summer, she scrambles to find...
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Cristina Novoa
MomsVote

You -- Yes, YOU!-- Can Run For Office! Here's How

June 13, 2018
Come learn to #RunAsYouAre! Sign up for this FREE workshop on how to enter public service! Sign up here Have you ever thought about running for office but didn't know where to start? We're partnering with VoteRunLead to offer a great workshop just for you -- and it's FREE! Who's this workshop for?...
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Monifa Bandele
Health Care Maternal Justice

Birth Equity: Start by Supporting and Respecting Doulas

June 12, 2018
Every year at this time we celebrate mothers and fathers for the important role they play in supporting our families. And yet as a society we don’t do enough to truly help mothers who face unique challenges on the road to birthing and raising children. Between 700 and 1200 mothers die during...
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Jeretha McKinley
Social & Emotional Development

3 Things You Should Know About Your Teen

June 8, 2018
Last month, we held our first Moms Of Teens event and boy was it eye opening! The panel was amazing and parents walked away with information and ideas they could take away and apply at home. Following are three points coordinator, Hellen Nurse wants to share with you. Teens don't need you to...
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Monifa Bandele
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Food! Gun Safety Immigration

#5Actions of the Week: June 11, 2018

June 8, 2018
Can you believe it's already June? Kids are getting out of school, temperatures are heating up, and hopefully you'll have some time to relax and recharge a bit! To make taking action as easy as possible, we're once again packaging our most urgent campaigns of the past week into one easy #5Actions...
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Karen Showalter
Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

Senator Robert Kennedy

June 8, 2018
On the night Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who had announced his decision to run for president, was campaigning in Indiana when the news came of Dr. King’s assassination. He movingly shared the terrible news with the waiting crowd of mostly Black people, urging...
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

Tell Gov. Snyder: VETO Medicaid work requirements bill!

June 7, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: The Michigan Legislature has passed their terrible, horrible, harmful, and unnecessary Medicaid work requirements bill , and it will be heading to Governor Snyder’s desk in the coming days. This is our last chance to speak out and stop this bill, which would take away the health care...
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Elyssa Schmier

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