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Congress should include the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act in the recovery package!

January 13, 2009
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) As a parent, you probably have lots of experience dividing things among more than one child. You might give each child the same number of cookies for dessert. Or you might buy a new jacket for the child who has outgrown hers, but not for her brother whose jacket still fits. But you probably wouldn’t buy new shoes for everyone except the one whose only pair is a size too small.
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Elizabeth Lower-Basch

1.2 Million Children have lost employer-sponsored health insurance!

January 9, 2009
Dear MomsRising.org member, Well, it's official, the recession has hit our kids. An estimated 1.2 million children have lost employer-sponsored health insurance in the past year alone.[1] It's clear that Lehman Brothers aren't the only brothers that need a bail out.
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Donna Norton

I Love Seeing Babies at Work!

January 6, 2009
Envisioning and embracing culture change that enables parents to excel at home and at work is a core goal for MomsRising. Win-win solutions are more accessible than most of us realize. This weekend the New York Times highlighted such an opportunity that far too few businesses are taking advantage of:
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Joan Blades
Realistic & Fair Wages

Fair Pay has a window of opportunity this week!

January 6, 2009
How cool would it be for fair pay to be one of the first things that that President-Elect Obama signs into law? It could actually happen!
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Katie Bethell

Financial Health Education in School Curriculum?

January 6, 2009
Health education is required at my children’s schools. Personal, physical, sexual, and even environmental health is all part of the curriculum. But what about financial health? While some high schools offer elective courses in investments and banking, most do not. The assumption is that kids will learn about money along the way and that their parents will guide them.
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Elizabeth Cox

Forget the two front teeth, families need economic security!

December 22, 2008
Wait a minute! Hold the Fa La Las, stop the dreidel spinning, and halt the snowball fights because there is one thing we need you to do before you start the holiday merriment. Right now, yes today, Congress is putting together an economic recovery package and we need you to take a brief moment to tell them not to forget about the economic security needs of families (that's us!).
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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The MomsRising e-Exchange for Aligned Organizations

December 22, 2008
The MomsRising.org e-Exchange "A Dialog Among Organizations Working to Build a Family-Friendly America" What is the MomsRising.org e-Exchange? The e-Exchange distribution list brings together some of the nation's strongest women's organizations, family advocacy groups, mothers' organizations, child...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
Health Care

Our voices were heard: No wait-list for Healthy Families!

December 18, 2008
Congratulations! Last week California MomsRising.org members sent over 3,600 letters to Governor Schwarzenegger and our legislators in Sacramento to oppose a proposed wait-list for kids' healthcare coverage. Our voices were heard!
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Julia Goodman
Environmental Health

The air outside your kids' schools - toxic or not?

December 16, 2008
Like many parents, when I saw the huge front page articles in USA Today about the possible health risks related to toxics in the air around schools across the country, I immediately used the online search tool in the article to check out how my daughter's school ranked. The result? Not so good.
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Mary Olivella

Moms and the Unemployment Crisis: Is Federal Help on the Way?

December 15, 2008
by Judy Conti, National Employment Law Project Today’s employment crisis is having a devastating impact on workers from all walks of life, but especially those mothers taking care of their families while also struggling to cope with the loss of their job.
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