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News release HARTFORD – Supporters of the EverybodyBenefits.org campaign for paid sick days gathered in the Legislative Office Building to hand-deliver apples bearing messages from Connecticut residents urging state legislators to pass legislation guaranteeing paid sick days (SB 217). Online grassroots and on-the-ground organization, MomsRising.org, helped coordinate the effort to generate the messages.  

Statement MomsRising is a fast-growing online grassroots organization that works to promote and advocate for family-friendly policies. The policies that form the core of MomsRising’s agenda are spelled out the word MOTHER.   “M” is for paid maternity and paternity leave “O” is for open flexible work “T” is for technology we choose and other afterschool programs “H” is for healthcare “E” is for excellent childcare, and 

News release They disagree about who should be the next President, but all the Democratic presidential front-runners do agree on expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act, ensuring a minimum number of paid sick days, increasing funding for child care and after-school programs, and raising the minimum wage, according to a survey released today by Take Care Net (TCN) and several other organizations that work to promote family-friendly policies. The survey addressed five major areas: education and child care; family and medical leave; family caregivers; paid caregivers; and general

News release MomsRising, a national online grassroots organization that promotes family-friendly policies, has joined forces with the highly-trafficked and prestigious Huffington Post to launch “A Peaceful Revolution,” a new series of blogs featuring leading thinkers in the fields of work life and balancing work and family. Bloggers include MomsRising President Joan Blades and Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner; Robert Drago, Professor of Labor Studies and Women’s Studies at Penn State, co-founder of the Take Care Net, and author of Striking a Balance; Irma Herrera, Execu