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Community Transforming ROSEs provide peer breastfeeding support

February 12, 2015
Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE) is a member network that was founded to address breastfeeding disparities among people of color nationwide through culturally competent training, education, advocacy, and support. With a focus on increasing breastfeeding initiation and duration rates, ROSE...
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Andrea Serano
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BMBFA reveals "You Don't Know My Story"

February 12, 2015
While data is significant and valued, we also believe that it is important to listen to people's stories. True change occurs with valued relationships, trust and connectedness. Here at BMBFA, we believe in connecting with families on an intimate level. We also try to share our stories through...
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Kiddada Green
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Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE) fulfilling its name in breastfeeding support

February 12, 2015
I still remember the first time I heard about ROSE. I was attending a United States Breastfeeding Committee meeting and several people asked me if I had received a call from Kim Bugg about getting involved with ROSE. At the time, I had no idea who Kim Bugg was and the only roses I’d heard of were a...
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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC
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Table for Two pushes for public lactation spaces

February 11, 2015
Tell us about Table for Two and how it began. Table for Two (TFT) is a community organization that seeks to establish public lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers. We provide grassroots and real-world approaches to building global breastfeeding acceptance. The signature TFT campaign asks the...
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Sojourner Marable Grimmett
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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Let's Chat about Teeth Friendly Foods for Kids!

February 11, 2015
This week we’re chatting about healthy teeth foods in honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month ! Oral health and food go hand and hand; as a result, we’re bringing out the big guns to answer your questions! Join #FoodFri on Friday, February 13, 2105, at 1pmEST. Our panelists, @teeth_matter...
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Migdalia Rivera
Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

My Home As Workplace: Taking the Fair Care Pledge

February 10, 2015
Today, I had one of those mornings. Stubborn kids, messy kitchen; the entire morning routine was running further behind schedule and my blood pressure was on the rise. Sound familiar?
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Lindsay Imai Hong
Health Care

Help Each Enrollee Find the Health Plan That Best Meets Her or His Needs

February 9, 2015
When shopping for a plan, a few questions to ask include: How much health care do I need? Do you expect to visit a doctor often? Is my preferred brand of birth control covered? How important is it to me to see my current doctor? Am I expecting any major life events in the coming year?
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Jeannina Perez
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

President Obama’s 2016 Budget in Pictures

February 9, 2015
Budgets are about our nation’s priorities: What do we want to spend money on? How are we going to raise the money we want to spend? And though ultimately the budget enacted by Congress will probably look very different from the budget proposal released by the president, the president’s budget is important. It’s the president’s vision for the country in fiscal year 2016 and beyond and reflects input and spending requests from every federal agency.
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Jasmine Tucker
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MomsRising Radio this week: #ForwardTogether

February 7, 2015
This show includes the following segments: Forward Together: The Moral Monday Marches in North Carolina and how they’re building a movement. " What Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman Teach Us About Respectability & Black Masculinity .” The President’s budget & what’s in it for you. Inside...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Food!

4 Healthy Valentine’s Day Theme Parties for School (& Home!)

February 6, 2015
Written by and reposted from School Bites Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite hol­i­days, and not because of choco­late, roses and roman­tic din­ners (let’s face it, I have three young kids…so not hap­pen­ing!). I’m actu­ally in love with the food! Pink, red and heart shapes lend them­selves to...
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Karen Showalter

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