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

On the #RADIO show we cover the epidemic of loneliness and tips for you to use that are included in the new book, Together; we also cover how you can get access to unemployment insurance and the new paid leave laws as well as healthcare coverage; hear about UltraViolet and a new powerhouse coalition of women’s organizations called We Demand More; and we close the show getting the inside scoop on why childcare is in peril and how you can help.

*Special guests include: Dr. Vivek Murthy, former U.S. Surgeon General and author of Together, @vivek_murthy; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Shaunna Thomas, Ultraviolet, @UltraViolet; and Katie Hamm, Center for American Progress, @amprog

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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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On the #RADIO show this week we cover how you can get access to the new unemployment insurance provisions; steps you can take to help stop the dangerous increase in racist and xenophobic discrimination targeting Asian Americans; how to access the new federal emergency paid sick days and paid leave; and hear about the crisis in Detroit and how to lend a hand.

*Special guests include: Elyssa Koidin Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; John Yang, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, @AAAJ_AAJC; Tanya Goldman, CLASP, @CLASP_DC; and Monica Lewis Patrick, We The People of Detroit, @WeThePeopleDet 

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On the #RADIO show this week we hear from #HealthCareVoters about the Our Lives On the Line digital Town Hall Tour, and get tips for ways to effectively fight for access to prescription drugs and healthcare during the coronavirus pandemic; we then learn about what’s in the Congressional #COVID19 relief package for you and what we still need to do; we hear from Masks for America and find out how YOU can help get masks to healthcare providers; and we close the show covering the One Fair Wage relief fund for restaurant and service workers, including how you can help and how you can apply.  
 
*Special guests include: Rosemary Enobakhare, Health Care Voter, @HealthCareVoter; Elyssa Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Bob Bland, @bobblanddesign, Masks for America, www.Masks4America.organd Nikki Cole, One Fair Wage, @onefairwage, www.OFWemergencyFund.org.
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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 Trumps administrations dastardly attack on the healthy school lunch program; how positive proactive policy for families and businesses is moving at the state level " and what you can do to help; hear about the impact of the State of the Union and impeachment process and what it means for November 2020; and close the show with the inside lowdown about the Presidential primary in New Hampshire.

*Special guests include: Colin Schwartz, Center for Science in the Public, @CSPI; Rep. Tana Senn, @TanaSenn; Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; Christina DAllesandro, MomsRising, @MomsRising 

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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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