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

Read Between the Lines, Congress – Fund Care, Not ICE!

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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Tell Congress: Fund Care Not ICE

May 20, 2026
Every month feels like a new exercise in stretching my family budget a little further. With three growing teenagers at home, grocery runs happen constantly, and the total at checkout never fails to leave me shocked at how expensive everyday essentials have become. Now with summer on the horizon,...
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Fund Care Not ICE

May 20, 2026
Every month feels like a new exercise in stretching my family budget a little further. With three growing teenagers at home, grocery runs happen constantly, and the total at checkout never fails to leave me shocked at how expensive everyday essentials have become. Now with summer on the horizon,...
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Add your name to shut down Dilley and end family detention

April 10, 2026
“All you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.” 14-year-old detained child at the Dilley detention center “The only thing they tell you is to drink more water… and it seems the water is what makes people sick.” 12-year-old detained at Dilley These are just a few of the testimonials of...
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Taller de “Conoce tus derechos” Alianza para Sobrevivientes Inmigrantes (AIS) y MamásConPoder

April 8, 2026
El jueves 12 de marzo se llevó a cabo nuestra primera Reunión de MamásConPoder en donde tuvimos como invitados especiales a la organización Alianza para Sobrevivientes Inmigrantes (AIS) para nuestra Reunión Comunitaria de marzo, para el taller titulado “Conoce tus derechos”. Las organizaciones que...
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One Year Later: Tell Congress to Reinstate the National Police Accountability Database

March 4, 2026
One year after the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD) was decommissioned, communities across the country are seeing the devastating consequences of weakened oversight. MomsRising is mobilizing to demand that Congress reinstate this vital tool to protect our families and ensure transparency in agencies like ICE and Border Patrol.
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Hop, Skip, and Jump to it, Congress–Families Demand HHS Unfreeze the Child Care Cuts!

February 26, 2026
When the MomsRising MOMbassador team invited me to attend a Senate hearing on the Hill about child care fund freezes, I thought to myself, what do I as a stay at home mom have to add to this discussion? What can I learn from the experience and how can I move public policy further for families?...
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Cut funding for ICE, not our care!

February 10, 2026
Remember the $1 trillion of funding for health care that Trump and Republicans in Congress slashed over the summer? $170 billion of that funding has since been funneled to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). [1] That’s right—your tax dollars that once paid for our health care are now funding...
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MomsRising member Jean with her daughter at our Mombassador disco-themed event

Sparkling Strategies for Storybook Delivery and Family Activism Success

February 4, 2026
New Year’s is a time for reflection, joy, and moving forward with resolution, with goals in search of realized outcomes. As I was reflecting on this and considering my vision for 2026, I got the invitation from MomsRising to join other Mombassadors in a “Disco Day of Action,” to sparkle, shine, and...
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MomsRising members and staff with Rep. Pramila Jayapal at Mombassador storybook delivery event

“Don't Be Disco-nnected From Families" Mombassador Program Reflections

January 30, 2026
When you are raising young kids who learn at the speed of light, you have to do what you can to keep up with them. You have to evolve, and you have to adapt. You learn very quickly as a parent that taking the weight of the world on your own is not an option. Parents roll up their sleeves, they...
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