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How Much Do We Really Care for Children?

October 30, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Last week’s policy briefings included one on the state of early education and child care programs in the U.S. The number of spots available across the country is nowhere near the number of...
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Valerie Young

Are you in? The White House wants to hear from you

October 30, 2011
MomsRising has been invited to the White House this coming Tuesday to share your experiences and questions about jobs and the economy. The President wants to hear from you! Are you in? *Click here to submit your questions--and share your experiences--about jobs and the economy for us to give to...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

Establishing a New Balance

October 28, 2011
Editor's note : This was originally published at Role/Reboot. October is annual National Work & Family Month . Who knew? A 2003 U.S. Senate Resolution declared this to be the month of “encouraging workplaces to pause…and reflect on the progress already made on the journey to work-life...
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Misty McLaughlin
Open Flexible Work Environmental Health

Telework: Help Solve Climate Change By Staying Home

October 28, 2011
Would you believe me if I told you that we could take a big step to combating climate change simply by staying home from work? Rather, I should say, staying home and working. Call it “telecommuting.” Call it “virtual work.” Call it “working from home.” Call it “netWork.” I’m going to call it “...
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Joan Blades

The NEA, Your Kids' School and the Middle Seat

October 28, 2011
I travel a lot these days meeting with teachers and support staff and principals and parents and the press and anyone anywhere who wants to join hands and make good things happen for kids. I was on my way to Wichita to speak at a conference and the nice man in the middle seat started a nice conversation.
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Lily Eskelsen
Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

Parents in the Park: Occupy Wall Street, Work-Family Conflict and the 99%

October 27, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement has been sweeping the globe and captivating the media this month. With the message “We are the 99%,” American protesters are drawing attention to the frustrating growth of income inequality in the United States. Here in New York, working families have joined the...
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Phoebe Taubman

What's Really On The Lunch Tray?

October 27, 2011
For the past month we have been asking our Food Revolution Community to share, rate and compare photos of school lunches from across the world on our Food Revolution School Lunch Photo Wall. If you haven't already then why not visit your kids for lunch, snap a photo and upload it here. If you don't...
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Jamie Oliver
Environmental Health

Creepy. Spooky. Eerie. Toxic Chemicals in Halloween Makeup

October 27, 2011
Halloween is full of spooky surprises and some of these surprises are more welcomed than others. Goblins, ghosts, and little ones in costumes – we’ll take them! Toxic chemicals, like cadmium and other heavy metals in Halloween makeup and accessories – that’s a creepy surprise we’d all like to avoid...
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Rebecca Meuninck
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Environmental Health Health Care

Why we can’t shop our way out of breast cancer.

October 27, 2011
By Mia Davis and Amy Lubitow We’re sure you’ve noticed: October is breast cancer awareness month. You can’t miss the deluge of pink ribbons on every store shelf, on NFL players, jewelry, cosmetics. Even the White House went pink this month . Pink ribbons are big business. At present, 1 out of 8...
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Childcare & Early Education

Halloween Costumes and Costume Helpers Round-Up

October 26, 2011
(This blog is a part of the MomsRising Early Learning Halloween Campaign. Budget numbers are flying around like bats on Halloween night right now--and we need to make sure Congress understands how important early childhood education is in their budgets. Visit our Congressional-Halloween-Costume-...
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