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Recap of "Students, Safety, and Solutions: An Honest Conversation about Police Free Schools"

October 27, 2021
October is Juvenile Justice month and to kick off the month, the Youth and Family Justice team held a Facebook Live event to educate folks on the issues of police free schools and the school-to-prison pipeline. One our main objectives was to have a group of panelists who would bring a wide array of...
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Kelsey Reyes
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Paid Family Leave Podcast

Brand New Breaking Through Episode: Building Power #CareCantWait!

October 25, 2021
On the radio show this week we cover Juvenile Justice Month and the importance of getting police OUT of schools and counselors IN schools. Special guests include: Essence-Jade Gatheright, Chicago Freedom Schoo; Donna Norton, MomsRising; Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center; and Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave for All.
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Amber Dorsey
Care Can't Wait Rally group photo in DC
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ICYMI: Care Advocates, ASSEMBLE!!! "This is a moral reckoning." - Sen. Booker

October 25, 2021
Who came to the #CareCantWait rally? Click the headline to see!
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Kerri Karvetski
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: Friday, October 22, 2021

October 22, 2021
It’s go time! Congress is negotiating now to decide what will be in the care infrastructure package that they hope to pass within weeks. We need to keep the pressure on!
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Sue Anne Reed
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

A wage gap → a wealth gap → an opportunity gap

October 21, 2021
It’s mission critical that equal pay becomes a reality for ALL women and people because when we experience a wage gap in our paychecks, the overall wealth gap widens across gender and race. When the wealth gap widens for communities already experiencing systemic forces of oppression, like racism, transphobia, xenophobia, and/or ableism, the opportunity gap for our lives and families *also* worsens.
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Sara Alcid
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

3 Things You Can Do TODAY to Encourage Congress to Pass the Budget Reconciliation Package

October 21, 2021
Call. Tweet. Sign!
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Selina Maldonado
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Paid Family Leave

PowerUp & Build Back Better with Care Rally

October 20, 2021
Rally time for the Build Back Better plan! Click for details, plus the live stream link!
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Selina Maldonado
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

Transforma y Reconstruye Mejor

October 20, 2021
AHORA es el momento de unirnos en apoyo de Build Back Better con otros defensores, miembros del Congreso y líderes, personas que comparten nuestra visión. ¡TE NECESITAMOS! CUÁNDO : Jueves 21 de octubre de 2021 a las 12:30 pm ET - 2:30 pm ET DÓNDE: Union Square en el lado oeste de la ley del...
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Selina Maldonado
Breastfeeding

Families Can't Be Let Down. It's Time to Pass the PUMP Act.

October 19, 2021
“With this bill enacted, mothers will no longer be forced to choose between themselves, their infant’s health and their income.” - Rep. Carolyn Maloney
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Selina Maldonado
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Health Care Maternal Justice

Quick signature: Tell Congress that everyone deserves to have health care coverage!

October 19, 2021
There are still 12 states that have refused to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. The majority of the over 2 million people who are currently in this “coverage gap” in these states are people of color. Tell your members of Congress to pass a federal solution to close the Medicaid coverage gap!
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Felicia Burnett

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