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No Sew Halloween Costume: Cone Head Zombie

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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Nancy Dorsner
Food!

Count Our Blessings and Make a Difference

October 26, 2011
Since the first Thanksgiving almost 400 years ago, Americans have spent each fall counting our blessings for the abundance produced by this continent's food and agriculture system. It is a gift that has kept on giving: We Americans today are, in general, able to consume more food, with more variety...
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Senator Tom Harkin

Are We Trading Our Children's Future for Nukes?

October 26, 2011
I'm a retired teacher, a mom and a grandmother of two from Iowa. Admittedly, nuclear weapons were never high on my radar. But as the national budget crisis continues and our leaders in Washington threaten funding for schools, jobs, health care, Social Security and even troops, I know I must act. I...
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Rima Johnson
Childcare & Early Education

We've had enough with tricks, Congress!

October 26, 2011
Congress is getting a little scary this Halloween season. In the budget debate, key programs for families, like affordable child care and preschool are on the chopping block. We've had enough with tricks! We’ve decided to make sure the voices of families are heard in the halls of Congress by...
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Sarah Francis

"The Wealth of a Nation Starts in a Woman’s Womb”

October 26, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org “When we are mothers we have access to important insight, wisdom and compassion. For that reason ,we must insert ourselves into these broader conversations. And we must do so fearlessly.” I...
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Valerie Young

Women, War & Peace: Afghan Women. Another Perspective.

October 25, 2011
I'm so pleased to be able to share these extraordinary photos by Leslie Knott, a photojournalist stationed in Afghanistan and Field Producer of Peace Unveiled . Leslie Knott has worked as a filmmaker and photographer for the past 12 years. She has spent the past seven years focusing on stories from...
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Abigail Disney
Environmental Health Health Care

A Green Makeover for Your Cleaning Supplies

October 25, 2011
My worst toxic chemical catastrophes all have to do with cleaning emergencies. Erupting late night sinks, followed by a newly filthy kitchen floor. Grocery stores that aren’t open, budgets that can’t accomodate a last minute batch of organic cleaning supplies, home emergencies at odd hours when my...
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Claire Moshenberg

MomsRising Latina Bloggers Up for Awards

October 25, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.—I just got back from the Blogalicious Conference , an annual gathering of African American and Latina women bloggers. I couldn't be more excited. I learned that some Latina MomsRising contributing bloggers and blogging partners -- myself included! -- were nominated by our...
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Elisa Batista
Open Flexible Work

My National Work and Family Month Flashback

October 25, 2011
Every October, National Work and Family Month gives me flashbacks. When I became pregnant, I was a manager at a high-tech company. My job was at least fifty hours a week and, given a recent merger, would now include coast-to-coast travel. With my husband working crazy hours as a new associate at a...
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Kristin Maschka
Food! Health Care

Show Congress How to Celebrate Food Day

October 24, 2011
Family dinners, backyard BBQs, even that rare long lunch with old friends: Food brings us together, and helps us make memories. Today is Food Day, and we’re celebrating the power and the possibility of food. Thousands of people across the country are coming together to alleviate hunger, improve...
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Claire Moshenberg

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