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PA Moms: Be Heard Tomorrow -> VOTE!

November 2, 2015
Tomorrow is Election Day in Pennsylvania! Have you made your plan to vote? It's really important for moms and dads like us to make our voices heard. We all lead busy lives, and squeezing in a few minutes to make it to the polls isn't always easy. Today's a great time to think about setting the...
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Karen Showalter
Gun Safety

OPENING WEEKEND: Armor of Light, Abigail Disney's New Film, Shakes Up National Gun Safety Conversation

October 30, 2015
This Friday , The Armor of Light is going to open in 20 cities across the nation . This documentary is asking us to have a thoughtful conversation about guns and reducing gun violence with all kinds of Americans. The Armor of Light follows evangelical minister Reverend Rob Schenck, anti-abortion...
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Joan Blades
Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You MomsVote

What scares me more than Halloween night...

October 30, 2015
Halloween is a big deal in our house. We hang ghosts in our trees, tell spooky stories, and have fun making scary costumes. Know what scares me even more than Halloween? Letting other people make big decisions with long-term impacts that affect my family. That's no treat. Next Tuesday is election...
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Karen Showalter
Families & The Federal Budget

Bipartisan Budget Deal By White House and Congress Offers Welcomed Relief

October 30, 2015
The bipartisan budget deal hammered out this week by the White House and Congressional leaders – while falling short of what the nation's struggling households need from their government - will provide welcome stability to the budget and appropriations process for the remainder of this year and...
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Jim Weill
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

Budget Deal a Positive First Step

October 30, 2015
The bipartisan budget deal that passed this week is a big step in the right direction for human needs programs. Here's what's in the deal, what's not, and what's next.
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Lecia Imbery
Family Economic Security MomsVote Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Voters Aren't the Only Ones Who Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase – GOP Candidates Would Too

October 30, 2015
Raising the minimum wage is an issue supported by voters across political ideologies -- and Republican candidates have the opportunity to take a stand.
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Lecia Imbery
Health Care

I had a stroke at 29

October 29, 2015
5:20 a.m., ICU Sean fills the basin with hot water and places it nearby. He’s still bleary with sleep and questioning my sanity, my need to do this—now. He brings the comb he picked up on his way in one night and the conditioner we use at home, and that’s what it smells like. Home. Slowly,...
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Kari Cobham
Food!

Voices of the Good Food Force: Dara Cooper

October 28, 2015
We're inspired by amazing food activists like Dara Cooper, who was an honoree at MomsRising's Food Power event in NYC last year. Dara is an activist, organizer and currently the director of the NYC Food and Fitness Partnership at Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. The Partnership works to...
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Karen Showalter
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

This Professor’s Secret Could Save Your Life

October 28, 2015
Professors lead cushy lives. They get to stroll the grounds of stately, ivy-covered campuses, tailed by flocks of eager students who revere them as intellectual giants. Or so I’d always thought. Then I met Susan . Susan is a smart, highly educated professor. She lives in the Tacoma area where she...
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Roberta Riley
Health Care

Wellness Wednesday Recap: Paid Sick Days

October 28, 2015
This week we had a lively chat with the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Did you know that 87% of Americans unable to take a paid sick day? Read on for important information and resources! [ View the story "#WellnessWed and #PaidSickDays" on Storify ]
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