Maternal Justice

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Parenting & Families

October 10, 2023

Eleven years ago, my youngest child, {Z} came rushing into this world like nothing I had ever seen. I wasn’t shocked. I had a feeling she would grace us early. I knew, a mother always knows. I was a high-risk pregnancy, with both of my girls. Unfortunately, signs were missed by my OB and their...

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Melissa Cote

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

September 26, 2023

On the radio show this week, we cover why the national budget is also a moral document that shows the deep priorities of our country – and where kids stand in that budget; we uncover the latest with Fox News, dive into double standards and false equivalencies in the media, and learn tactics to get real news; we hear about the #ChildCareCliff why it impacts businesses too and hear how we can help our nation avoid it; and we close the show discussing tactics to get every member of Congress on the bus… the Momnibus!

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MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave

September 13, 2023

Within the past year, there has been some progress in the area of maternal mental health in the United States and there appears to be more on the horizon. The FDA has recently approved the first, and only, oral medication for postpartum depression (PPD). Zurzuvae (zuranolone) is a 14-day treatment...

MomsRising Education Fund

Gina Arias

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

July 25, 2023

It's music to our ears - HUGE WINS for New Hampshire moms and families in 2023 including: child care, maternal health care and more! Wow. What a year it's been! Since January, our MomsRising members have been speaking at press conferences and roundtables, testifying at hearings, and standing up for...

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MacKenzie Nicholson

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Maternal Justice MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave

July 7, 2023

Introducing our new cohort of powerful and dynamic Washington State MomsForce fellows!

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

May 25, 2023

SIGN NOW to protect WIC! WIC is getting attacked from all angles. The House Republican budget not only holds our families hostage by calling for across-the-board cuts to programs like WIC in order to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default in the next two weeks, they also want to gut fruit and...

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Sue Anne Reed

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising

May 16, 2023

Valoramos nuestras libertades. La libertad de estar con nuestros hijos y familias cuando más nos necesitan, de escoger lo que es mejor para nuestras familias, de enviar a nuestros hijos a escuelas en las que cada niño sienta que pertenece y donde pueda prosperar y la libertad de tener igualdad...

MomsRising Education Fund

Linda Stone

Maternal Justice MomsRising

May 12, 2023

This is a special Mother’s Day edition of #5Actions! We are looking forward to celebrating with all the moms and like-moms in our lives on Sunday and we hope you are too! But we all know that Mother’s Day is about more than brunches, flowers, and chocolates – it's a time we take to honor the moms...

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Taylor Austin

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

May 12, 2023

El Día de la Madre es un GRAN día... un día de celebración, de amor, de recuerdo, de flores y tal vez de un poco de baile mientras reímos, nos abrazamos, lloramos y posiblemente incluso nos enojemos... y también un día en el que cada una de nosotras juntas podemos tomar alguna acción rápida,...

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Xochitl Oseguera

Maternal Justice

May 1, 2023

It is often the stories that we don’t share that are amongst the most important ones. I know that after I gave birth to my son 21 years ago no one knew that I was hardly eating and regularly crying both in private and in public. It was only years later that I felt comfortable sharing that with...

MomsRising Education Fund

Gina Arias