Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

Wake up!  This show covers the wake up call that's spreading across America about the need to marriage equality; getting junk food out of schools, along with how to support USDA regulations for better vending mating foods;  safer cosmetics and the Safe Cosmetics Act; and "Sequester Watch!" about how the national budget fiasco impacts you.


Thank you to special guests, including: Jody Huckaby, PFLAG National; Joan Entmacher, National Women's Law Center; Anita Sarah Jackson, MomsRising; Betting Elias Siegel, lawyer, freelance magazine writer and blogger; Janet Nudelman,  Breast Cancer Fund. 
Direct download: MomsRising_033013_Ep47.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:16pm EDT

On this show we showcase why women's voices, contributions and needs must incorporated into immigration policy reform as we move forward.  We talk with ColorofChange.org about recent victories and about their work to get the show "Cops" off the air.  And we cover "Sequester Watch," reviewing how the national budget talks impact you.
*Thank you to special guests Miriam Yeung, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF); Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorofChange.org; Jo Comerford, Executive Director, National Priorities Project.
Direct download: MomsRising_032313_Ep46.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:07am EDT

Top Topics:  NRA calls police on moms trying to deliver messages.  Sequester watch: The latest & how it will impact you.  "Lean In" vs. "Leaning Together," the controversy.  Sexism in legislatures.  Media madness.

*Thank you to special guests, including Gloria Pan, MomsRising; Joel Friedman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Nanette Fondas, award-winning author; Claire Moshenberg, MomsRising; Madeline Di Nonno, See Jane and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 
Direct download: MomsRising_031613_Ep45.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:24pm EDT

Food Power! Fighting for food justice & against obesity. Inside new radio. Sequester! Latest on the Hyatt Boycott. New CDC data on breastfeeding & what you can do.

*Special guest include Monifa Bandele, MomsRising superstar; Rich Webster, We Act Radio;  Alan Jenkins, Opportunity Agenda; Cathy Youngblood, UniteHere; Dr. Sahira Long, DC Breastfeeding Coalition 

Direct download: MomsRising_030913_Ep44.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:27pm EDT

What!? Yahoo's CEO ends remote work options for employees.  Next up: Immigration reform and what it means for women.  The national budget disaster and how it impacts you. $2.13 per hour for restaurant workers is not enough.  Looking forward at next steps in equal rights for women!

*Thank you to special guests, including:  Joan Blades, author and co-founder of MomsRising, MoveOn, and Living Room Conversations; Juhu Thukral Director of Law and Advocacy, Opportunity Agenda;  Jo Comerford, Executive Director, National Priorities Project; Saru Jayaraman, author of Behind the Kitchen Door, and co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United; Ellie Smeal, President of Feminist Majority.
Direct download: MomsRising_030213_Ep43.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:37am EDT

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