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Let's Talk About Sugar, Sugar Sweetened Beverages (#SSBs) and Warning Labels this #FoodFri!

June 3, 2016
On a daily basis, we are bombarded with marketing for sugar sweetened beverages. In 2006, sugary drink companies spent roughly $3.2 billion . That was ten years ago, since then that budget has grown. One city is fighting back - Baltimore City. They want to counteract the marketing of these...
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Migdalia Rivera
Podcast

#Radio This Week: BOOM! Elections, summer, dessert and more!

June 3, 2016
On the #radio show this week, we cover favorite desserts and policy; fact checking Trump; raising the federal minimum wage for tipped workers up from $2.13 per hour; and how to get kids access to healthy foods in the summer. *Joanna Blotner, DC Paid Family Leave - @DCPaidLeave; Ashley Boyd,...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Childcare & Early Education

Child Watch® Column: Remembering, Reclaiming and Honoring Our Roots

June 3, 2016
On the 40th anniversary of the publication of Alex Haley’s landmark book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a new television adaptation is bringing renewed attention to the story that opened so many eyes to the harsh truth about American slavery and its aftermath – an aftermath that continues under new guises despite much progress.
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Marian Wright Edelman
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MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave

RSVP: Austin Moms Meetup about Paid Family Leave!

June 2, 2016
Right now, 1 in 4 employed mothers in the United States are back at work just TWO WEEKS after giving birth because they don’t have access to paid family leave. This puts parents in an impossible and unfair bind. But the good news is that paid family leave is being discussed more than ever by major...
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Jeannina Perez
Food!

Baltimore Residents Have the Right to Know the Truth about Sugary Drinks

June 2, 2016
In my practice as an emergency physician, I have seen 8-year-olds who weigh 150 pounds, teenagers diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes, and 25-year-olds with high blood pressure and heart problems. As the Health Commissioner for the City of Baltimore, I see these issues play out on a much larger...
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Dr. Leana Wen
Childcare & Early Education Food! MomsRising Near You

Come join us in Raleigh! You won't want to miss this.

June 2, 2016
It’s not often these days that visits to the NC General Assembly are focused on FUN! But that’s what our “Healthy Options, Healthy Choices” day next week will be — and you won’t want to miss it! Join in on the fun! RSVP here: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/join-us-healthy-options-healthy-...
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Felicia Burnett
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Gun Safety

Tell Congress to act on #GunSafety #WearOrange

June 2, 2016
TODAY is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and MomsRising is joining the gun safety community in #WearingOrange to remember the countless lives lost and communities devastated by gun violence. Why orange? Because it’s the color of safety — what hunters wear to protect themselves from other...
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Gloria Pan
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

Creative • Cute • Powerful! Delivering #PaidLeave4DC Baby Onesies to the DC Council

June 1, 2016
We're on the cusp of a victory and, together, we can make sure that the DC council passes 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave this month! We can't afford to wait any longer for this important legislation.
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Sara Alcid
Food!

The perfect face of our food

June 1, 2016
One of the first things which captivated me about the United States of America when I moved here almost 6 years ago, were the grocery aisles filled to the brim with shiny spotless fruits and vegetables. It seemed the apples, tomatoes and water melons were positively radiant. I felt instantly...
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Jehanara Haider
Environmental Health

Local mom speaks out on lead and water safety: "This isn't something that can be taken back."

June 1, 2016
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray visited Tacoma, WA to meet with MomsRising member Betsy Kindblade, Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma Public Utilities, the Washington Health Department, and other Tacoma parents to talk about the local and national crisis of lead in school and home drinking water...
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Maggie Humphreys

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