Skip to main content

Together

VP Debate Bingo! Who scores better: Palin or Biden?

October 1, 2008
After watching the Vice Presidential debate, tell us how the candidates scored on your MomsRising Debate Bingo card! (Don't have a Bingo card yet? Get yours by clicking here.) What scores did you get? Let's hear how the candidates did on family-friendly issues. We'll be sharing scores with the media and candidates as well.
MomsRising Together
Kristin's picture
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Paid Sick Days

Green Collar Jobs Now, Please

October 1, 2008
I am consulting for an environmental organization in Oakland called Green For All . I am helping the group spread the word on a new book by Green For All’s founder and president Van Jones.
MomsRising Together
Elisa Batista's picture
Elisa Batista

What Does Your Child's Education Mean To You?

September 29, 2008
I was driving a friend and his daughter home after a playdate with my son and the conversation drifted to kindergarten and the utter panic this dad experienced at the parent orientation meeting he'd gone to a short time back.
MomsRising Together
Dana Glazer

Free Online Workshop: Learn How to Negotiate Your Salary

September 26, 2008
WORK$MART: Pay Negotiation for Women (Two-Part Series) Did you know that men are four times more likely to initiate salary negotiations than women? And that a worker stands to lose more than $500,000 by age 60 if she fails to negotiate her first salary?
MomsRising Together
Melanie Ross-Levin

Not a Bad Mother, But Bad for Other Mothers

September 26, 2008
Governor Sarah Palin has been bad news for those fighting for better work/family balance on two counts. She has unleashed a torrent of criticism, even from progressives, that amounts to old-fashioned sexist discrimination.
MomsRising Together
Phoebe Taubman's picture
Phoebe Taubman

Governor Palin's office refused to accept our letter!

September 24, 2008
NEWS RELEASE: For press contact see www.momsrising.org/press Governor Sarah Palin’s Office Refuses to Accept Letter from America’s Moms MomsRising.org Attempts to Deliver Letter Asking Governor’s Positions on Family-Friendly Issues See pictures of the attempted delivery here
MomsRising Together
Katie Bethell's picture
Katie Bethell

Governor Signs Budget With Cuts to Children’s Health; SCHIP Reauthorization Needed in Early 2009

September 24, 2008
After months of stalemate, a state budget is finally in place. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, the significant cuts to children's health care in the 2008-09 budget will reverse a decade of progress in covering our state's children and cause much costlier problems down the road.
MomsRising Together
Jenny Kattlove

Moms Walk their Blocks in Washington!

September 20, 2008
Moms across Washington State are walking their blocs today to help make sure friends and neighbors are registered to vote. This simple and fun activity is a little thing that can make a big difference. Did you know nearly 1 in 12 women in America aren't registered to vote? And, the best way to get people to register, and vote, is to ask them!
MomsRising Together
Katie Bethell's picture
Katie Bethell
Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

Paid Sick Days in Washington DC

September 20, 2008
Our work to bring paid sick days to Washington DC is just getting started! So far, our 4,880 members in the Washington, DC area sent in over 3400 letters to the DC City Council. We've teamed up with the DC Paid Sick and Safe Days Coalition, led by the DC Employment Justice Center, to get the word...
MomsRising Together
Katie Bethell's picture
Katie Bethell

California Legislature Passes Budget That Would Reverse a Decade of Progress in Covering Uninsured Children

September 18, 2008
On Tuesday morning, the California Legislature approved a budget for fiscal year 2008-09 that reverses years of progress in covering children by including provisions that will result in nearly 300,000 children being dropped from health coverage – increasing the number of uninsured children in California by almost 40 percent.
MomsRising Together
Jenny Kattlove

Pages

RSS