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Pittsburgh Moms to Hold Back-to-School Mutual Aid Event Saturday

August 29, 2025
Pennsylvania

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Moms Will Tell Lawmakers: Don’t Erase Our Kids’ Futures

Amidst unprecedented threats to federal education funding, Medicaid, and SNAP, Pittsburgh moms and families will gather at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – East Liberty branch on Saturday for a back-to-school mutual aid event organized by MomsRising and Mother Forward. At the event, families are invited to "give what you have, take what you need" as the new school year begins and back-to-school costs continue to soar. Organizers will distribute bags with school supplies. Parents will also write postcards to state and federal leaders with messages about the urgent need to fully fund public schools, Medicaid, and SNAP. 

The event is free and open to the media. It is one of 40 similar events taking place across the country this month, organized by MomsRising. 

  • WHO: Pittsburgh-area MomsRising and Mother Forward members and their children

  • WHAT: Moms Mutual Aid Back-to-School Event to Send Messages to Our Leaders

  • WHERE: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – East Liberty, Room 2, 130 S Whitfield St

  • WHEN: Saturday, August 30, 11am-2pm ET

  • RSVP for Media: Email Magen Eissenstat at magen@momsrising.org

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: www.MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.