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Contest: Passing Down Patriotism! Enter to win tickets for Seattle's 7th annual Guiding Lights Weekend conference on creative citizenship, March 8-10

February 26, 2012
Wave Your American Flag! Write a short essay (200 words max) on how your family passes on good citizenship. Post it in the comments below my essay here: How I Raised a 21-year old Patriotic Hipster. We'll choose three winners who will each receive a pair of tickets to attend The Guiding Lights...
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Jena Cane
Environmental Health

Get the facts on the health effects of air pollution

February 25, 2012
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Gloria Pan, campaign director of MomsRising, and learned that this unique organization has become involved in the efforts to improve air quality. After years of delays, new regulations enforcing the Air Image from Baylor Health Care System Art for Asthma 2009...
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Sumita B. Khatri, MD, MS

More Than Leaves and Rice Cakes: Supporting Healthy Living for Black Children, Families and Communities

February 24, 2012
In spite of decades of anti-obesity programming, awareness of negative health outcomes associated with obesity, and attention from very important individuals – including First Lady Michelle Obama – the obesity epidemic continues to worsen nationally, hitting African-American families the hardest...
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Felicia DeHaney

Magazine gives preteens X-rated "fatherly advice"

February 24, 2012
During Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, a popular magazine for teens, XXL Magazine, ran a video interview with hip-hop artist Too $hort where he encouraged teenage boys to “turn girls out” by pushing them "up against the Image by Flickr user Leo Reynolds wall.” The recording artist continued,...
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Monifa Bandele
Environmental Health

Why We Need the Nation to Help Restore the Gulf

February 24, 2012
Last month I reached out for help from fellow moms across the nation. In the summer of 2010, my daughter’s best friend stood in the Gulf with tears streaming down her face as oil washed ashore in Alabama. Saving this region for our children and grandchildren means a lot to those moms who live along...
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Tammy Herrington

A PINK RIBBON THAT MEANS MORE

February 24, 2012
I cover the recent furor on Komen, the pink ribbon, and how disassociated our political geography is from the real lives of women. With thanks to Susan Barnett and her wonderful weekly program, 51% http://bit.ly/zsdTtq
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Carla Goldstein

UPDATED x 2: MomsRising Celebrates Black History Month -- We've Come So Far, Yet...

February 24, 2012
It's Black History Month once again and MomsRising is celebrating with a blog carnival that will bring you a diverse selection of voices and perspectives to deepen our collective appreciation of this time. Some might ask why, in this era of a Black president and televised public funerals of Black...
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Cheryl Contee
Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days

#BeTheHelp on Oscar Night

February 23, 2012
Photo: Mimi Ho, member of Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Association, with her children, her friend's child and their nanny, Xiao Ying, who cares for them. Like the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, Oscar night is a night of American togetherness. On February 26, we'll all be serving up...
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Gayle Kirshenbaum
Paid Family Leave Health Care

Wow! Moms really want paid family leave!

February 23, 2012
A few weeks ago, we asked MomsRising members to sign our petition urging Congress to support paid family leave, and the response was huge. Nearly 10,000 people signed the petition so far. We want to keep up the MOMentum and get to 15,000! Click here to sign the petition (And if you’ve already...
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Ruth Martin
Health Care

Rhetoric vs. Reality

February 23, 2012
During one of the recent Republican Presidential debates in Florida, a woman in the audience shared her story and asked a simple question: My name is Lynn Frazier and I live here in Jacksonville. I found myself unemployed for the first time in 10 years and unable to afford health care benefits...
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Ashley Boyd

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