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Following the first-ever mom-centered Congressional hearing on affordability, MomsRising members are bringing the "receipts" to demand that leaders prioritize child care and health care over reckless spending.
While we celebrate the moms in our lives, heavy challenges like rising costs and threats to voting rights remain — join us in turning that exhaustion into power by pledging to vote this November.
The Moms Next Door May Dispatch Key Takeaways Share Your Story: Help leaders understand the impact of rising costs by sharing how child care, health care, and grocery prices affect your family. National Day Without Child Care: Join parents and providers on May 11th to demand universal Child care. Mother's Day Mutual Aid: Organize a Mother’s Day supply drive to help families bridge the "summer hunger gap" as school meal programs pause. Happy Mother’s Day — Welcome to the May Dispatch! Thank you...
This post centers the unfiltered truths of Black mothers, exploring the intersection of maternal health, systemic justice, and the radical necessity of joy. It serves as a call to action for policymakers to move beyond survival-based systems and invest in community-led, culturally responsive frameworks that allow Black families to truly thrive.
On World Maternal Mental Health Day 2026, we at MomsRising stand with all the mothers worldwide that are struggling with mental health conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth. In the United States alone 800,000 women experience perinatal mental health conditions, making these conditions the most common complication of pregnancy and birth. Instead of moms having what they need, we are forced to fight to protect the programs that keep moms and babies alive. The numbers from a recent CDC...
Across the country, the government is increasingly interfering in the most private medical decisions of pregnant women — from court-ordered surgeries to criminal prosecutions for pregnancy outcomes. We must demand federal protections to ensure every person has the right to manage their own health care without the threat of incarceration or judicial overrule.
On April 15, 2026, MomsRising National Director Tina Sherman joined Gov. Josh Stein , legislative champion Sen. Natalie Murdock, Sen. Minority Leader Sydney Batch, the NC Legislative Black Caucus , perinatal providers, and maternal health advocates, to recognize Black Maternal Health Week . The mission is clear: end the preventable crisis claiming the lives of Black mothers.
Attention PA Mamas! We have a rare and exciting opportunity to make our voices heard at the highest level of state government. Governor Shapiro’s Advisory Commission on Women has launched the “State of the Woman” survey, and they want to know what it’s really like to live and work in the Commonwealth today. This survey will help shape the Shapiro Administration’s future policies, so we need to make sure one issue is front and center: Paid Family and Medical Leave. Why This Matters for Our...
Public schools provide the foundation for our communities, yet a federal voucher scheme currently siphons vital resources away from neighborhood classrooms to line the pockets of wealthy donors. Sens. Mark Kelly and Mazie Hirono recently introduced the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act (S. 4297) to repeal this unaccountable program and return those dollars to our children. Your advocacy forces Congress to prioritize neighborhood schools, protects resources for teachers and counselors, and ensures that students with disabilities receive the specialized support they deserve.
