Parenting & Families

Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

May 14, 2024

Our school systems should be environments that encourage children to grow in both their mental and emotional abilities. Safe school settings should inspire children to express themselves and grow. Four years ago, the pandemic exacerbated the mental and emotional crisis among our young people,...

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Kelsey Reyes

Rep. Porter, Rep. Pressley, and Rep. Bush Introduce the Community Safety Agenda

Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

May 10, 2024

On April 16, 2024, in partnership with the Community Safety Working Group, MomsRising stood with Representative Cori Bush (D-MO), Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) to present the introduction of the 2024 Community Safety Agenda. This press conference...

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Kelsey Reyes

Parenting & Families Social & Emotional Development

May 10, 2024

Watch and Share! Moms. Are. Powerful. In honor of #MothersDay, we’re celebrating YOU and our wins together. From the streets to the ballot box, moms are making our voices heard and inspiring our kids and communities. Talk about mom power! This year, help us mobilize moms to vote for the future we...

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Sue Anne Reed

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

April 15, 2024

Hoy es el Día de los Impuestos (¿Te acordaste de enviar tu declaración de impuestos? Tienes hasta la medianoche de hoy.) y queremos enviar un mensaje alto, fuerte y poderoso al Congreso de EE.UU. para decirles que deben entrar en acción hoy para asegurar que las personas y las corporaciones ricas...

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 15, 2024

The battle for mom votes broke through in our national consciousness again last week with a dystopian State of the Union response by Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt. She centered herself in a kitchen that looked like a stage set, using her motherhood to peddle her fear-based vision of America. Rife with misinformation, Britt used words and a delivery that served to increase viewers' anxiety in an already anxiety- and despair-saturated America. A place where women's freedoms are evaporating.

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages Reproductive Justice Social & Emotional Development

March 6, 2024

Join us for #CareCantWait #SOTU BINGO at 9pmET/6pmPT on Thursday, March 7! Get your card, check off important victories for the care movement as President Joe Biden speaks, and celebrate as policies that are important to us make it onto center stage during the State of the Union! Download your...

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

February 26, 2024

On the radio show this week, we cover the outrageous Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision and the fight for access to IVF, abortion care, birth control, and to not have fewer freedoms than our children; the incredible power of Ai-jen Poo’s care infrastructure vision and how you can make a difference; the latest with the inside the Beltway battles for WIC and the CTC; and how corporations can (and must) work to build a care infrastructure too in order to retain employees and prosper.

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Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy

February 7, 2024

Is this a school board meeting or did I inadvertently join the worst kind of book club? It is a Tuesday evening in December in Duval County, Florida. I am here with fellow members of a local advocacy group, Public School Defenders, to speak to our school board members and community-at-large. Our...

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Gamble Scott

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Parenting & Families

February 6, 2024

Durante el último año he estado hablando con padres y cuidadores de niños pequeños en todos los rincones de nuestro estado, ¿y sabes qué tenían en común todos? Que el programa preescolar voluntario (VPK) y el sistema de cuidado infantil en nuestro estado no funcionan para las familias. Esa es la...

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Jeannina Perez

A child reading a book sitting under a larger book that is covering them like a tent.

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising MomsRising Near You Parenting & Families Politics & Policy

January 19, 2024

Across the country there have been efforts to ban books in schools. This is happening here in Washington State, too. We have the chance to ban book bans in public schools by passing SB 6208 and HB 2331. Sign on now to ban book bans in Washington State! These bills would prohibit the banning of...

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