From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This message is from Tori and Carrie, two Pennsylvania moms. We promise this is important. We are both working moms with sons with exceptionalities, so we know what being overbooked, overworked, and overtired looks like! We … Continued
From Family Values @ Work (https://familyvaluesatwork.org/): This week, the US House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee gave shape to President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. We were proud to see paid family and medical leave for all as its … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Washington, DC, August 11—Today, the United States Senate passed a historic $3.5 trillion budget resolution to initiate a budget reconciliation process that stands to create the most consequential legislation for people with low incomes in decades. The … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The American Rescue Plan, signed by President Biden in March, made substantial investments in children, youth, and families―cutting child poverty in half. But these investments only last one year. A coalition of partners has come together … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): You’re busy, so we’ll get right to it. Congress is FINALLY poised to take much-needed action on childcare, paid leave, taxes, living wages and more; but we need to send in as many signatures as possible to help … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Let’s make this the summer we finally, FINALLY win paid leave for all of us. We know you’re busy. We know it’s still hard right now. And we also know that members of Congress ARE RIGHT … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Because of President Biden’s American Families Plan, we have the best chance to win nation-wide paid family and medical leave that we’ve ever had before. If we keep the pressure on Congress, we could win paid … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The coronavirus is surging and we’ve hit a grim milestone: Over 400,000 lives lost. We know that paid leave helps reduce the spread of COVID-19, helps moms and caregivers, and can help end this pandemic sooner … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s a back to school season like none we have ever experienced before. Instead of reviewing school supply lists, we’re dealing with a lot of uncertainty and scrambling to figure out what to do if (!?!?) … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Farmworkers who grow, pick, and pack the food that ends up on our grocery store shelves have been deemed essential workers who are critical to our country’s infrastructure during the coronavirus pandemic. But right now, … Continued