On the radio show this week we cover the attack on parents and teachers through ugly, divisive legislation designed to undermine public education by bringing censorship, bigotry and strife into our schools. This legislation may be masquerading as a bill of rights but it is actually a blueprint for censorship, bullying, division and book bans. It is all wrong for America’s moms, kids, families, and educators.  Find out more about it, what’s happening in the states, and how you can help right now.  Also learn about the horrifying breach in child labor laws and what you can do to protect children, workers, and families.

*Special guests include: Randi Weingarten, President at American Federation of Teachers, @AFTunion; Nina Perez, MomsRising, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; Carol Joyner, Family Values @ Work Action, @FamValuesAction; Mark Lauritsen, United Food and Commercial Workers International @UFCW. 

On the radio show this week, we cover direct democracy, ballot initiatives, and how you can help shape our nation; we also hear the latest in the fight for fair immigration policies and how you can help; discover how build the bench of local leaders and why that’s so important; and we hear about tactics for supporting LGBTQIA+ students and rights.

*Special guests include: Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, Ballot Initiative Strategy  Center, @ballotstrategy; Claudia Tristan, MomsRising, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; Kalisha Dessources Figures, Civic Nation, @ChngeCollective; Willie Edward Taylor Carver, LGBTQIA+ Advocate, Poet, Kentucky Youth Law Project, and University Press of Kentucky, @willieETcarver

SHOW TAPED ON: March 16, 2023

On the radio show this week, we cover the harmful effects of the recent attacks on Black studies and literature – and what you can do to help stop them; and we also cover the debt ceiling debate and how it could impact programs moms care about, including healthcare, SNAP, child care, and more; how tax reform and fair taxes can lift our entire nation; and why compassion can help make the world go around.

*Special guests include: Professor Leslie Alexander, historian, professor, author, and activist, @lesliemalex; Kathleen Romig, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, @centeronbudget; Frank Clemente, Americans for Tax Fairness, @4TaxFairness; Rick Hanson, President at Global Compassion Coalition, @CompassionMvmt, @drrhanson

On the radio show this week, we cover the power of advancing jobs with justice; we hear about the #CareCantWait momentum that’s growing for fair pay for care workers, paid family/medical leave, childcare, and home- and community-based services; hear about our power at the ballot box, as well as about our collective narrative power to shift frameworks and make much-needed systemic changes through the stories of our lives; and we touch base on why we need to protect Medicaid coverage along with Medicare and Social Security.

*Special guests include: Denise Diaz, Jobs with Justice, @jwjnational; Jenn Stowe, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers; Monifa Bandele, MomsRiising, @MomsRising; and Joan Alker, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families; @GeorgetownCCF