Together

April 11, 2008

Great news this week -- thanks to your hard work, New Jersey is poised to become the third state in the nation with paid family leave. The NJ State Senate passed the bill 21-15 after receiving over 63,000 (yes that's 63 THOUSAND) letters as part of a major MomsRising campaign. That's what I call "naptime activism" in action! Learn more about the campaign behind this success story here on MomsRising.org, and I also wrote about it on my Mojo Mom blog

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Mojo Mom -- Amy Tiemann

April 9, 2008

Technorati Profile I was driving the other day and suddenly thought how luxurious it felt to focus on one task. All I had to do was drive safely! In fact, it’s the law that I pay attention to the road at all times. What a cakewalk!

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Anita Sarah Jackson

April 3, 2008

Hey there! It's been a while since I've blogged here but here's something worth sharing. I don't usually quote from comments people leave when they join our project's mailing list, but the one we received this morning was so eloquent and heartfelt, it really needs to be shared. Even more importantly, it comes from a mom who 'gets it.'

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Dana Glazer

April 3, 2008

At my baby shower, a friend gave me a onesie that says "I love you Mommy!" She explained, "Your baby won't be able to say it yet, but you'll need to hear it!"

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Anita Sarah Jackson

March 31, 2008

The image of Silda Wall Spitzer--corporate lawyer, mother of three, and wife of now former New York Governor--standing silently next to her husband as he publicly confessed is now etched in our national consciousness.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

March 21, 2008

"It is not possession of a womb that now holds women back, but its use." That's a line from a brilliant article published earlier this week in the British magazine New Statesman. As journalist Richard Reeves explains, in Britain the pay gap between men and women is virtually gone, until they become parents.

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Marc and Amy Vachon

Paid Family Leave

March 12, 2008

In New Jersey, a broad coalition of organizations including MomsRising is in the final stages of passing Family Leave Insurance. This is terrific news that has important national implications.

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Katie Bethell

Childcare & Early Education

March 12, 2008

The following is the first of a series of essays which discuss the 5 founding principles of Mothers Acting Up , a national non-profit organization which exists to inspire and mobilize mothers to advocate on behalf of the world’s children.

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Ms. Booty Homemaker

Paid Family Leave Health Care

March 11, 2008

On International Women's Day Saturday, I started thinking about moms around the world and then moms in our own United States of America. As the mother of four children, I've spent a lot of time over the years breastfeeding babies, and so I wondered: Why do moms in the U.S. still lack a guarantee of some paid maternity leave so they have time to bond with their bundles-of-joy?

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