Family Economic Security

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

February 6, 2026

Washington lawmakers are sitting down and considering massive budget cuts to our state’s child care and early learning programs while families are making very difficult budget decisions at our own kitchen tables.

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising MomsRising Near You Parenting & Families Politics & Policy

February 4, 2026

This week, a meaningful opportunity for Washington State to fix its inequitable tax code and stabilize our state’s overall health was introduced in the legislature. This Millionaires Tax (HB 2725/SB 6346) will be a major structural shift in the direction of fairness and tax justice. It asks millionaires to pay a little more while we bolster sufficient funding for essential programs and become less reliant on regressive taxes like the sales and property tax.

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

August 28, 2025

Pop Quiz: How many additional months in a year do Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women have to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men make in one year? If you said 8 months, you’re sadly correct. It’s unfair, yet true: NHPI women make just 65 cents on the dollar compared to white...

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Diarra Diouf

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Moms stand in front of the Capitol holding signs in support of health care

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

July 17, 2025

On Saturday, July 26th, families in every corner of the country will come together in peaceful marches, rallies, gatherings, and actions to say: Our families come first, and we will continue to come together, and rise for each other. Save the date so you can join us on July 26th in this mass...

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Felicia Burnett

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

July 10, 2025

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Join in on the action by calling on Congress and the Trump Administration to pass policies that close the wage gap! Right now, Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and are among the most educated groups! ( Yet we are largely...

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Diarra Diouf

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

June 17, 2026

Right now, the City of Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards is surveying Seattle residents and workers on potential amendments to the city’s paid sick days law for City Council consideration. We know you’re busy celebrating Pride Month, so we compiled our best recommendations for updates to Seattle’s paid sick days law. YOU’RE INVITED to sign on to our guidance letter so Seattle can see the hundreds of residents and workers that support strong paid sick days updates!

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Sara Alcid

A breakthrough documentary film: Motherhood Manifesto! - MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

June 16, 2026

The Motherhood Manifesto is a 58-minute documentary film that explores the systemic obstacles facing mothers in America while illustrating solutions with mixed media, humor, moving personal stories, and star power. Directed by Laura Pacheco and produced alongside PBS veteran John de Graaf, the film...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

June 9, 2026

You’ve experienced the life-changing impact of public programs built to nurture all families, like Washington State paid family and medical leave. You've navigated the gauntlet of the “affordable” housing and child care search. Now, you're feeling the weight of rising costs at the grocery store and the gas pump. Picture yourself turning these experiences – and your lived expertise navigating them – into real policy change, at the state capitol and in your community.

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

May 22, 2026

Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer, which can mean a break from schoolwork for children and more time together and outdoor activity for families. But finding safe, enriching summer activities for children is one of the greatest challenges many working moms face. A new study from the...

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Jodi Grant

MOMbassador Jean with her daughter at the "Fund Care, Not ICE" DC event

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration

May 21, 2026

MomsRising MOMbassador and mom-of-three Jean Nguyen brought her family to join children and family detention as well as immigration advocacy groups and organizations in Washington D.C. for the “Fund Care, Not ICE!” event on May 20, 2026, speaking out against family and child detention centers and to push for Congress to fund care, not ICE!

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