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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Parenting Children with Diabetes

November 6, 2014
Today more than 23 million children and teens in the U.S. are overweight or obese contributing to the rise of diabetes in our youth. As a result, it's become important for parents to learn the difference between the two types of diabetes, their symptoms, and what can be done to keep children...
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Migdalia Rivera
Food!

Have Diabetes? What You Can Do About It

November 6, 2014
Hi everyone, November is Diabetes Awareness Month , and I’d like to write about this detrimental disease. It’s the kind that if not treated in time will affect your eyes, give heart attacks, and your kidneys will not work properly. There are two kinds of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Type I is the...
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Elisanta Batista
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Health Care

Why MomsRising joined with 1,200 organizations for children's health

November 5, 2014
Just as focus is turning to what may happen during the upcoming lame duck session, MomsRising has joined with 1,200 other national, state, tribal, and local organzations to call on Congress to continue funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). That's because moms know how important investing in children's health is for our families, communities, and country. Children's health is a top priority for MomsRising supporters and we believe it should be for Congress, too.
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Felicia Burnett
Politics & Policy

How Core Economic Security Policies Won While Candidates Lost

November 5, 2014
Despite what's making the headlines, the outcome of Congressional races are not the whole story coming out of election night. There was more to this election than meets the eye, or than is being covered in traditional media.
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
MomsVote

Have you done it yet??

November 4, 2014
TODAY is Election Day!!! Don't know where your polling place is? Not sure what your ballot looks like? Want to share why you are voting this year? Don't worry....MomsRising has you covered. We have all the tools you will need to OWN your voice this Election Day.
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Elyssa Schmier
Health Care

6 Maneras de Tener Cobertura Médica Antes del Periodo Abierto de Inscripción

November 4, 2014
Obtener cuidado medico puede ser un proceso difícil para entender, particularmente si no domina el ingles. A mis padres no les fue fácil navegar este proceso y por ellos quisiera asegurarme que a nadie le pase lo mismo. Mis padres tienen 26 años viviendo en los Estados Unidos. El español es su...
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Maria Beltran
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

The Number of Children Benefiting from Federal Low-Income Child Care Program at a 15 Year Low

November 4, 2014
The number of children receiving child care funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) fell to a 15-year low, according to CLASPanalysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services. The CCDBG is the primary source of federal funding for helping low-income families pay for child care, with half of the families who receive benefits living below the poverty level.
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Debbie Weinstein
Environmental Health

How Women Convinced Glade to Come Clean on Fragrance

November 4, 2014
When Women’s Voices for the Earth launched our Safe Cleaning Products Initiative in 2007, no companies were listing ingredients in their cleaners. Not one of them. Not a single ingredient. And companies across industries—cleaning, personal care, feminine care, and beyond—routinely kept fragrance ingredients a secret. Until now.
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Cassidy Randall
MomsVote Politics & Policy

Ladies: Vote Tomorrow, Invite Many, Run Often

November 3, 2014
By Rhonda Briggins-Ridleyand This election cycle presents a unique political situation in Georgia; we have five African American women running for statewide positions. This historic political time has also brought nationwide attention to our state’s elections, highlighting a potential shift not...
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Erin Vilardi
Family Economic Security MomsVote Politics & Policy

How Voter ID Laws Affect Women of Color

November 3, 2014
This post, authored by Tracy Sturdivant , originally appeared on TalkPoverty.org . Voter-id laws systematically undermine constitutional rights of women of color. TalkPoverty.org is dedicated to demonstrating that we know how to dramatically reduce poverty; we just need to build the political will...
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Alyssa Peterson

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