Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)
On the #RADIO show this week we cover the Farm Bill and SNAP; the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon at MIT: how to talk across political differences; and the best tips for organizing.
 
*Special guests include: Ellen Vollinger, FRAC, @fractweets, @emv52; Catherine D' Ignazio and Jennifer Roberts,  Make the Breast Pump Not Suck@EmersonCollege, @kanarinka, @versed_ed; Joan Blades, Living Room Conversations, @LivingRoomConvo, @JoanBlades; and Miram Yeung, author, professor, and organizer, @miriamyeung.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
Direct download: MomsRising_20180428_Ep281_mixdown.mp3
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On the #RADIO show this week, we cover Black Maternal Health Awareness Week; Equal Pay Day; Trump’s #TaxScam and how corporations are benefiting from the Trump tax plan; and the impact of social media, including Facebook, on democracy.
 
*Special guests include: Elizabeth Dawes, Black Mamas Matter Alliance@edawesgay, @BlkMamasMatterRuth Martin, MomsRising, @lawncherub, @MomsRising; Frank Clemente, Americans For Tax Fairness, @clemente_frank, @4TaxFairness; and Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sisters/Sistas Inc., and Stopping Online Violence Against Women, @digitalsista.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
 
Direct download: MomsRising_20180414_Ep280_mixdown.mp3
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On the #RADIO show this week we cover Trump’s dangerous move to increase the detention of pregnant women; the victory of ending the practice of shackling women in prison during labor and what more needs to be done; advancing #CounselorsNotCops in New York State; and how to speak to children and adults about the school shootings.
 
*Special guests include: Katharina Obser, Women’s Refugee Commission’s Migrant Rights and Justice, @Kat_Obser; Omisade Burney-Scott, SisterSong, @Osunsweetnsour and @SisterSong_WOC; Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising and @BeatrizBeckford; Lina Acosta Sandaal, Stop Parenting Alone and parenting expert on Telemundo’s national morning show Un Nuevo Dia, @parentingrelief.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
Direct download: MomsRising_20180407_Ep279_mixdown.mp3
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