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La Resistencia de Jeanette Vizguerra

December 31, 2017
En el 2017 una de nuestras miembros, Jeanette Vizguerra, fue elegida por la revista Time como parte de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo. Jeanette, una madre indocumentada de cuatro ni ñ os, se ha convertido en una de las voces más activas por la lucha de los derechos de la comunidad...
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Linda Stone
Health Care

My 2018 To Do List

December 31, 2017
For me, 2017 was an overwhelming marathon of organizing, educating and activating, all in the service of trying to save access to health care for millions. Much has been said of the wins and of the losses. But today is for looking forward. What can we do -- and should we do -- in 2018? Where will...
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Rylin Rodgers
Social & Emotional Development

Hope for the New Year

December 29, 2017
This is a time to stand and fight for the futures of our children and the soul of our nation with all our might! I am strengthened every morning by reading these words over my kitchen sink — based on a poem first published in 1905 and anonymously adapted over the years. Its bottom line: Never, ever...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

The Final Chapter of #MomsReading

December 29, 2017
Welcome to final chapter of #MomsReading! In this series, we have explored multiple books and activities that parents and care providers can use to build a child’s social and emotional development no matter the season! Social-emotional skills support the success of children in school and in life!...
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Abbie Gately
Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

Will you help me save mothers’ lives?

December 27, 2017
Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a Senior Fellow at MomsRising and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She and Black Lives Matter just received the Sydney Peace Prize for their work. She survived serious complications after childbirth, and has now dedicated her energies to saving mothers’ lives! Can you...
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Together We Rise: Your Impact in 2017

December 26, 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the power YOU have and the progress we’ve made together for women and families. We know you’re busy, so this video is short and filled with our gratitude for you. We hope you enjoy it.
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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On ‘Heartless, Inhumane’ Policy of Separating Asylum-Seeking Parents from Their Children

December 23, 2017
We are alarmed and horrified by reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering formalizing a policy of separating parents from their children when families come to this country seeking protection or asylum, and by complaints that DHS has already done so in several cases. This...
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Making Room at the Inn

December 22, 2017
A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City’s Riverside Church were packed. The Christmas pageant was underway and had come to the point at which the innkeeper was to turn away...
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Marian Wright Edelman
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This Is a Sad Day for Our Nation

December 22, 2017
Today, in a desperate attempt to claim a single legislative victory in 2017, President Donald Trump signed the GOP’s atrocious tax bill into law. Trump ran on the promise that he would stand up for working families, yet the legislation he signed today will plunge the country deeper into debt, cause...
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This Is No Way to Run a Country

December 22, 2017
It is truly appalling that the continuing resolution Congress passed today to fund the government through January 19 fails to include adequate funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and protections for DREAMers. As a result, millions of families will face fear and uncertainty...
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