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The Weight of Motherhood

August 14, 2009
The definition of weight can mean many things: an overpowering or oppressive feeling of heavy force; to load down or burden; or the quality or state of being ponderous. Sometimes I feel as though my entire body aches with the heaviness of a mother’s weight. I actually have dreams where I am floating...
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Pamela Murphy

Show Me the Money!

August 13, 2009
Nancy came to me today and told me a story about her open flexible work schedule. By the way, Nancy is highly qualified in her area and acknowledged among her peers. Nancy works in systems support which includes desktop and server software and hardware, end user hardware and software support and...
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Janet Hutton
Health Care

You're a SuperMom! Here's your first mission...

August 12, 2009
We need every super mom, dad, grandparent and other MomsRising members to act now to make real healthcare reform for kids and families happen this year. To be a superhero, all you have to do is share information about healthcare reform as far and wide as you can. Here's your first Truth Squad...
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Ashley Boyd

School yard bullies? No sweat for MomsRising superheroes!

August 12, 2009
Fist fights? Members of Congress hanged in effigy? Lies and threats? Wait a minute! This is not a real debate about healthcare reform -- it's the antics of school yard bullies! This is a case for SuperMom and other superheroes! You can change the debate in your community just by using the superhero...
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Donna Norton
Environmental Health

Raising Children and Grandchildren in a Toxic World

August 11, 2009
As we watched each of our five grandchildren and their friends enter this world and begin their life’s journey, it became more and more clear that something is amiss with this generation. How are your children and your friends’ children doing? Most likely, one of three of the children you know in...
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Alice Shabecoff

The Future of CHIP – What if it Goes Away?

August 10, 2009
Jocelyn Guyer is the Co-Director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute and blogs regularly at Say Ahhh! A Children’s Health Policy Blog . It is becoming increasingly clear that Congress may well dismantle the popular Children’s Health Insurance...
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Say Ahhh!
Environmental Health

Write Down These Important Dates!

August 8, 2009
I am off to the east coast to visit my parents in New Hampshire and attend the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh. In the meantime, I want to alert you of some important dates so please pull out your calendars: I am helping MomsRising pass important legislation in California that would ban...
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Elisa Batista

Justice Sonia Sotomayor...A Moment in History

August 7, 2009
As Sonia Sotomayor is voted in as our next Justice of the Supreme Court, she represents a critical addition to the Supreme Court's bench. She is a highly qualified judge who has risen through the ranks, offered measured and moderate opinions and is one of the most qualified candidates to be...
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Mable Yee
Environmental Health

How You Can Help Reduce the Use of 100 Million Pounds of Toxics

August 7, 2009
They say an ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure. I wonder what the prevention of 100 million pounds of toxic pollution equals? Can you put a price on not releasing toxics into the environment? Eliminating the need for future clean up? Eliminating the impacts these toxic substances may have...
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Janelle Sorensen
Health Care

It's National Farmer's Market Week August 2-8, 2009

August 7, 2009
This week is National Farmer's Market Week which is really important to note. As we push for Health care reform and look at all the illnesses that affect our families and communities, we have to look at the impact of the way we eat today. There have been plenty of national studies telling us that...
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Mable Yee

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