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December 19, 2012
Piece Written by Jillian Gilchrest , blogger for CTWorkingMoms and resident of Connecticut What a weekend. What a week. Such a horrible act of violence has shook us all and flipped life on it’s head. My heart goes out to the families, the teachers, the Newtown community, first responders, elected...
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Immigration

Children Take their “Wish for the Holidays” to Capitol Hill

December 19, 2012
By Emily Butera, Senior Program Officer for Migrant Rights and Justice, Women's Refugee Commission and Kate Kelly, Washington College of Law Distinguished Fellow, Women's Refugee Commission “Children need to be with their parents so they can succeed. I just want to be with my family. Please don’t...
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Family Economic Security

Today is ARTSTRIKE!

December 19, 2012
I have spent 20 years working for social change, and I have come to realize that we need to find new ways to reach people, let them know what's at stake, and inspire them to action. Just look at our budget debate. Even though progressives may win on taxes, the conversation is still dominated by out...
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UPDATE: Over 100,000 have signed our open statement to the NRA and Congress. Please join us.

December 18, 2012
When I dropped my kids off at school yesterday, I was filled with a sense of dread and sadness that I've never felt before. I know I'm not alone. While our lives will and must go on, we need to act now to protect our children and communities. Over 100,000 others have done that by signing our open...
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Immigration

How the DACA Health Exclusions Harm Immigrant Women, and What You Can Do To Help

December 18, 2012
On June 15, 2012, the Obama Administration announced a new policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that allows undocumented youth who meet specific requirements to apply for a two-year protection from deportation and for work authorization. When the policy was announced, advocates for...
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Health Care

How Medicaid helped a single mom like me

December 17, 2012
When you are the mother of a child with severe disabilities you can’t help but worry about what’s going to happen to her once you are gone. When she is your only child and when your partner is the only likely family member who can survive you, it feels perilous. You really hope your society has a...
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Family Economic Security Health Care

The Fiscal Cliff: What All Parents Should Know

December 16, 2012
By now, most people who pay attention to the news have heard about the “fiscal cliff.” The problem: Most people don’t know what the fiscal cliff actually is, or how it will impact their families. The term “fiscal cliff” is shorthand for a series of events that will occur at the end of 2012 that...
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Please . . .

December 15, 2012
Twenty (20) elementary age children were gunned down and killed today. . . Words will never suffice to describe the pain and anguish their parents & families are suffering right now (and will suffer for years to come). We pray for all those whose children and loved ones (28 total) were...
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Lori Haas

Demand the NRA & Congress Stop Blocking Commonsense Gun Regulations That Protect Us All

December 14, 2012
We are beyond heartbroken as we think of the kindergarteners and others that died today in Connecticut. Today is the 3rd day this week when there's been a mass shooting in our nation. We are parents. Many NRA members are parents. And none of us want to live in a nation where children are gunned...
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Immigration

Embracing Our American Values: A MomsRising Blog Carnival on Protecting Family Unity, Strengthening Communities and Ensuring a Thriving Economy with the Contributions of Immigrants

December 13, 2012
This blog carnival was published on December 10th, 2012, and updated with additional blog posts on December 12th, 2012. As we commemorate today’s anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , MomsRising is pleased to launch a blog carnival to...
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