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Tell Your Legislator About Being a Working Parent!

March 25, 2009
Our trusted public figures are busy telling us about the state of the economy, how soon it will be better, and how to deal with it. We’ve got television experts on the case daily to help all of us working women be financially savvy during these stressful times. The question is: can these experts relate to the economic situation of the masses? Let’s see what they make…
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Jennifer Jones

Working Smart vs. Working Stupid

March 24, 2009
Yesterday the Washington Post inappropriately fed the insecurities of American workers with the headline, "As Cuts Loom, Will Working From Home Lead to a Layoff?" My response "Only if we are committed to a work model inspired by the 1950s and ‘working stupid’ by rigidly adhering to old work models that are less effective." I’ve been working in a virtual work environment for over 10 years.
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Joan Blades
Paid Family Leave

Normal child development: time is the prescription

March 22, 2009
Pediatricians see the problem every day in their offices: so many apparently well babies, so inconsolably fretful; not sleeping well; not feeding well, or feeding too much. So many toddlers whose behavior is out of control: obstinate, hyperactive; real temper tantrum factories. Could it be ADHD? Or bipolar disorder? At such a young age?
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Jerry Calnen
Open Flexible Work

Working Smart vs. Working Stupid

March 22, 2009
Yesterday the Washington Post inappropriately fed the insecurities of American workers with the headline, "As Cuts Loom, Will Working From Home Lead to a Layoff?" My response "Only if we are committed to a work model inspired by the 1950s and ‘working stupid’ by rigidly adhering to old work models...
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Joan Blades
Family Economic Security

SOS AIG

March 19, 2009
Click here to read the entire post from Your (Wo)man in Washington®.
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Valerie Young

Tracie's kids need our voices!

March 19, 2009
MomsRising.org member Tracie, like many other Californians in this recession, is struggling for the first time to provide healthcare coverage for her kids.
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Anita Sarah Jackson

Over 100 million to AIG execs? Help get federal stimulus money to the people who really need it

March 18, 2009
Did you see the headlines yesterday about the bailed out Wall Street firm, AIG, that gave $165 million in government funded bonuses to their executives? We need your help getting federal stimulus money where it was intended to go: Into the pockets of people who really need it.
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Help Protect Californian Children’s Health and the State Budget!

March 17, 2009
Through the recently enacted federal economic stimulus package – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the federal government has made available over $11 billion to California for our Medicaid program, Medi-Cal. However, receipt of these additional dollars is contingent on maintaining July 2008 Medicaid eligibility levels and enrollment/renewal procedures.
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Jenny Kattlove
Breastfeeding Paid Family Leave

"Case Against Breastfeeding" Overlooks Big Dirty Secret

March 17, 2009
Here’s what Hanna Rosin is missing in "The Case Against Breastfeeding" : Moms are being urged to breastfeed but set up to fail.
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Bettina Forbes
Family Economic Security

White House Council on Women and Girls

March 16, 2009
Yesterday the President announced the formation of the White House Council on Women and Girls. This is a very high level group comprised of Cabinet Secretaries and the directors of numerous federal agencies.
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Valerie Young

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