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Join our VIRTUAL Teach-In: Supporting Immigrant Students and Families in Hostile School Environments!

May 21, 2025
In today’s polarized political climate, supporting immigrant students in public schools is more critical than ever. As national debates around immigration grow increasingly heated, schools, which should be safe places of learning and belonging, can unintentionally mirror the hostility, fear, and...
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Diarra Diouf
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Families Affected by Substance Use Need Holistic Healing and Recovery Support

September 30, 2025
The thread between parent and child should be one of love and stability. But too often, substance use tears at that thread until it frays. Sometimes the fraying goes beyond repair, leaving behind wounds and loss that no one can fix. This crisis hits home for me. The generational cycle of addiction...
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Teon Hayes
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Downright Dangerous Misinformation about Tylenol and Autism, Parents and Teacher Unite, Workplace Protections, Victory for Pregnant Workers

September 29, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the downright dangerous misinformation the President is spreading about Tylenol and autism, and the many ways his administration is undermining public health. We hear about how cuts to the Department of Education are impacting our classrooms, and how parents...
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Premature baby.
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RFK Jr’s Vaccine Policy Changes–Unsound Science and Uncalled for Costs

September 23, 2025
Over the course of the last six months, I have watched and listened with bewilderment as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a vaccine skeptic, has made increasingly scientifically unsound statements and policy proposals. As a parent who looks to science for sound...
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Jean Nguyen
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Free To Be, Saving WIC, #Trumpflation, GOP Burning Down Reproductive Health Care

September 22, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into Dr. Jack Turban’s new book Free To Be and how to bust the myths and disinformation about the trans community. We hear about what is happening with the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program WIC and how you can help make sure that does not sunset. We...
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Beacon Hub Leader Anna Knapp dropped off a MomsRising storybook at Rep Tony Wied’s office (WI-08).
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy

Back-to-School Rewind: MomsRising Members Take Action in Their Districts to Defend Schools, Medicaid, SNAP, and More

September 22, 2025
Across the country, MomsRising gathered this summer to push back against the Trump administration and GOP-led Congress’s “Big Bad Budget Bill.”
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Ruth Martin
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

How Trump & RFK Jr. Are Making the Child Care & Health Care Crisis Worse, Why Humor Breaks Partisan Divides

September 10, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into Trump's inconsistent policies on child care, which exacerbate the child care crisis by creating uncertainty and underfunding programs. We discuss the role of humor and storytelling in breaking partisan divides and fostering empathy. We hear about the harmful...
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Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

Fighting Back Against Health Care Cuts, Education Under Threat, Pushing Back Against False Crime Narratives, National Breastfeeding Month

August 18, 2025
On the radio show this week, we cover the cuts to our health care pushed through by Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, with many of the most harmful cuts delayed until after the midterms. We dive into Trump’s cuts to public education -- and tips on fighting school funding cuts and...
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Protecting & Supporting Immigrant Children & their Families in Early Learning Spaces

August 12, 2025
Spanish Language Version/En Español Note: This post is intended as a clearinghouse for early learning/child care and immigration resources, especially for providers, activists and parents. The links and information included here are informational only and should not be considered a substitute for...
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S. Nadia Hussain
Childcare & Early Education Immigration MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

Protección y apoyo a los niños inmigrantes y a sus familias en los espacios de educación temprana

August 12, 2025
Nota: La intención de este artículo es suministrar información sobre los recursos disponibles para educación temprana, cuidado infantil e inmigración, en especial para los proveedores, los activistas y los padres de familia. Los enlaces y la información que aparece a continuación son solo para...
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S. Nadia Hussain

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