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

On the radio show this week we cover the many ways in which we can rattle the windows, make herstory, and find hope in hard times as we talk voting rights, childcare and Pre-K, the Child Tax Credit, Build Back Better and more. Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Rebecca Sive, award-winning author, including of Make Herstory Your Story, @RebeccaSive; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Amy Jo Hutchinson, Rattle the Windows, @ImWalkingItOut 

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On the #RADIO show this week we cover what is at stake for health care in the SCOTUS fight and the upcoming SCOTUS case; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy; hunger in America and the P-EBT/COVID hunger program wins; along with voter suppression and what people can do right now to help get out the vote.
 
*Special guests include: Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care, @ProtectOurCare; Lena Zwarensteyn, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, @civilrightsorg; Robert Campbell, Feeding America, @FeedingAmerica;  and Barbara ArnwineTransformative Justice Coalition, @TJC_DC
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On the #RADIO show this week, we hear from a champion for women and families in the U.S. Congress, Representative Pramila Jayapal; get tips on supporting your kids social and emotionally during this pandemic; we cover how despite being more likely to die from coronavirus, incarcerated people were completely left out of the first Congressional relief package in an effort to benefit big businesses & what you can do about it; and we close the show talking about election protection and how you can help save democracy. 
 
*Special guests include: U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, @PramilaJayapal; Lina Acosta Sandaal, Stop Parenting Alone, @parentingrelief; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and 
Barbara Arnwine, Transformative Justice Coalition, 
@Barbs73,@TJC_DC
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On the #RADIO show this week we cover how you can get access to healthcare if you don’t have job-linked healthcare; the latest data on women, the workforce, and COVID-19; what’s happening with Unemployment Insurance and how to apply; and we close the show discussing Earth Day, environmental justice, and the climate crisis, 

*Special guests include:  Felicia Burnett, MomsRising@MomsRising; Dr. C. Nicole Mason, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), @IWPResearch; Elyssa Koidin Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Jacqueline Patterson, NAACP, @NAACP.
 
 
 
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On the #RADIO show this week we cover how conservative leaders are trying to roll back reproductive rights while all eyes are on the pandemic; hear how you can get access to unemployment insurance and also get the latest on the direct cash payments; find out what you can do to support access to high quality, affordable childcare and how the whole system is under threat due to the coronavirus outbreak; and get the inside scoop on the resources available to small businesses and how you can help. 
 
*Special guests include: Kelley Robinson, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, @PPFA; Elyssa Koidin Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Shaun Rose, Rock Spring Children’s Center, @ShaunMRose, @RSChildCenter; 
Geri Aglipay, Small Business Majority, @SmlBizMajority
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DESCRIPTION: On the #RADIO show this week we cover the #COVID19 pandemic and what you can do to help including: Lifting up the needs of loved ones and families who are vulnerable due to mass incarceration and detention; pushing Congress to do more for relief for families; moving forward help for childcare providers and people who need childcare; and advancing gun safety for everyone.  We also touch on tips you can use for stress. 
 
*Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; Lauren Hogan, National Association for the Education of Young Children, @NAEYC; and Igor Volsky, Guns Down, @GunsDownAmerica  
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On the #RADIO show this week, we talk about the urgent importance of ending police brutality and of advancing criminal justice reform; learn about the high impact of cultural change and how YOU are more powerful than you think; hear about Super Majority and the movement for women to rise in 2020; and find out more about #BlackBreastfeedingWeek and how you can get the information you need year all round.

*Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, Senior Vice President MomsRising, @MomsRising; Dream Hampton, award-winning filmmaker, writer and organizer, @dreamhampton; Cecile Richards, Super Majority, @supermajority; and Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, @MomsRising

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On the #radio show this week we cover the latest Trump tax scam and whats next after impeachment; get tips from the best on how to lobby effectively; find out how the ERA is moving forward and what you can do to help; and hear from Representative Batch about why womens leadership and YOU are so key right now.

*Special guests include: Melissa Boteach, National Womens Law Center, @nwlc; Roco Carrin, MomsRIsing, @MomsRising; Carol Jenkins, ERA Coalition and The Fund for Women's Equality, @ERACoalition; Representative Sydney Batch, North Carolina District 37, @friendsforbatch. 

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 On the #RADIO show this week we cover the Harvey Weinstein verdict and the powerful impact of the #MeToo Movement; get the latest with the Helping Moms Act and criminal justice reform; discuss Super Tuesday and the candidates; and hear about in home childcare providers.
 
*Special guests include Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center, @nwlc; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; and Jessica Sager, All Our Kin, @AllOurKin.
 
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On the #RADIO show this week we cover the impeachment trial and the state of democracy; we address the childcare crisis and how you can fix it; find out about President Trumps disastrous attack on disability insurance (SSDI and SSI) and how to help stop it; and we close the show sharing the excitement about how its no longer IF but WHEN paid family medical leave will finally pass so all of us can use it.

*Special guests include: Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; Elliot Haspel, author of Crawling Behind: America's Childcare Crisis and How to Fix It, @ehaspel; Rebecca Cokley, Center American Progress, @amprog; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising. 

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