RSVP: All Hands on Deck for Pregnant Workers' Rights!
July 14, 2015
Make a splash with us on Capitol Hill! RSVP today to reserve your sailor hat.
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Join us to ask Governor McCrory #WheresThePlan for Medicaid expansion!
July 14, 2015
500,000. That’s how many hard-working uninsured North Carolinians are waiting for Governor McCrory to use money already available to make affordable health coverage available through expanding Medicaid. They shouldn’t have to wait any longer. On Thursday, July 16th, MomsRising and our statewide...
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Good Food Force Update: Ugly is the New Black, latest on state campaigns & more!
July 13, 2015
Greetings! We have lots of great stuff to share this week, including the latest on what's happening in NY, NC and IL. Be sure to check out three powerful new resources from our partners, too. Have something you'd like to share in a future Good Food Force Update? Please email karen@momsrising.org ...
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#Radio This Week: A Goddess, an Olympian, a Super Civic Entrepreneur, a Digital Ninja!
July 13, 2015
What do a goddess, a super civic entrepreneur, a digital ninja, and an Olympian have in common? They were all on the #RADIO show this week! (And I'm counting my blessings that I got a chance to talk with them all!) *Special guests on the radio show this week include: Kimberly DrGoddess Ellis; Eric...
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Be Smart about your Birth Control
July 12, 2015
Don’t be Misled by Insurance Company Fine Print or Customer service phone reps! A recent study by Northwest Health Law Advocates and NARAL Pro Choice Washington indicates some insurance companies are still hassling women about our birth control options and throwing obstacles in our way. Learn how...
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Congress' Year of the Caregiver?
July 10, 2015
Could 2015 be Congress’ Year of the Caregiver? At an AARP Forum on Family Caregiving in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2015, lawmakers recognized the hard work of caregiving. They spoke of bills that would provide funds to help millions across the nation in need of caregiving. The forum was attending...
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Fact of the Week: Half of Children in Public Schools are Eligible for Free or Reduced Lunch
July 10, 2015
Just over half of public school children are in families with near-poverty income levels that make them eligible for free or reduced lunch. See where your state stands and what you can do to help kids get nutritious meals during summer, too.
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NC Medicaid Expansion Coalition - Day of Action
July 10, 2015
On July 16th, the North Carolina Medicaid Expansion Coalition which is working toward extending health coverage to 500,000 low-income uninsured North Carolinians in our state is hosting a statewide day of action to encourage Governor McCrory to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act...
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Pajamas in the Living Room: What Sexual Abuse Survivors Wish They’d Heard
July 10, 2015
One thing I’ve learned in the time I’ve been blogging about child sexual abuse prevention is that it brings out stories from people in a way nothing else has—not for me, anyway. Friends old and new have approached me to tell me stories from their pasts that break my heart. In one case, I was...
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#Radio This Week: Democracy, Earned Sick Time, BYP100, Medicaid & more!
July 10, 2015
EXCITING NEWS! WKFB 770AM & 97.5FM just picked up the radio show! This means the show is now airing in Pittsburgh along with many other stations around the country -- and it's also available online on TuneIn's Progressive Voices Network, on iTunes, and on the We Act Radio network as well. WHOOT...
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