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

On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the power of the Oscars to move forward justice; we cover the power of YOUR story, cover a new National Academy of Sciences MAJOR report on child poverty and how to end it, and discuss the nutrition/NAP crisis hitting Puerto Rico if Congress doesn't take action in the coming weeks and how you can help.

*Special guests include: Jessica Morales Rocketto, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers; Justina Chen, bestselling author and story strategist to leaders, @JustinaYChen; Cara Baldari, First Focus, @First_Focus; and Laura Esquivel, Director of National Advocacy for the Hispanic Federation, @HispanicFed

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Category:politics -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the power of YOU, how YOU can help get the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passed through Congress; tips for doing big things; how access to early learning & childcare is finally catching fire (thank goodness!); and how you can help save lives!
 
*Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers; Cheryl Contee, Do Big Things, @ch3ryl; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Nadia Hussain, MomsRising, @MomsRising
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Category:politics -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover how to help stop the fake national emergency; why (and how) we need to address the childcare and Pre-K crisis in our nation; how you can help one fair wage move forward so tipped workers aren’t stuck earning only $2.13 per hour; and cover how  the Paycheck Fairness Act is finally moving forward!
 
*Special guests include: Felicia Burnett, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Marquita Davis, Gates Foundation, @gatesfoundation; Saru Jayaraman, Restaurants Opportunities Centers United, @rocunited; and Emily Martin, National Women's Law Center, @nwlc.
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Category:general -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

RE-AIR: On the #RADIO show this week, we covered the Women's March on January 19th and how you can march; why even businesses love the new Washington Paid Family/Medical Leave law; the powerful win relating to Cyntoia Brown regaining freedom; and get the inside scoop on how a bipartisan bill for universal background checks for gun purchases is moving through the US Congress.

*Special guests include:: Linda Sarsour, Womens March, @Womensmarch, @lsarsour; Julia Gorton, Washington Hospitality Organization, @WAhospitality; Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising,
@MomsRising; and Chelsea Parsons, Center for American Progress, @amprog 

Originally aired January 14, 2018  

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Category:politics -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the shutdown, the re-opening, and the power of older women; we also cover the introduction of the Paycheck Fairness Act and FAMILY Act in Congress (Yay!); and we close the show covering how to help prevent Muslim youth from being bullied in our communities.

*Special guests include: Elyssa Koidin Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Deborah Vagins, AAUW, @AAUW; Dr. Madiha Tahseen, The Family and Youth Institute, @TheFYI_org; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising

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Category:politics -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the government shutdown, re-opening, and what’s happening next; we get the inside scoop from a structural engineer about the literal faults in Trump’s ridiculous wall; we hear the impact of using children’s access to healthy food as a political football; and get inspired by some moving legislation that will improve our democracy and help make sure every vote counts.


*Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Amy Patrick, structural engineering consultant, @TunedMassDamsel Jim Weill, FRAC President, @fractweets; and Daniel Weiner, Brennan Center, @BrennanCenter.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
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This is a rebroadcast of our January 7 show.

On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the many reasons to celebrate that historic numbers of women and people of color just took office in the U.S. House and what it could mean to our daily lives; get the inside scoop on when, where, and why to march this January 19th from the co-President of the Women’s March, Tamika Mallory; hear from dream hampton about her new docu-series that is breaking viewer records, Surviving R. Kelly; and find out about a newly released report on the overly high levels of discrimination against #Breastfeeding workers.


*Special guests include:  Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Tamika Mallory, co-President, Women’s March, @womensmarch, @TamikaDMallory; dream hampton, award-winning filmmaker, producer, author and MomsRising team member, @dreamhampton; and Jessica Lee, Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, @WorkLifeLawCtr.
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On the #RADIO show this week, we covered the Women's March on January 19th and how you can march; why even businesses love the new Washington Paid Family/Medical Leave law; the powerful win relating to Cyntoia Brown regaining freedom; and get the inside scoop on how a bipartisan bill for universal background checks for gun purchases is moving through the US Congress.

*Special guests include:: Linda Sarsour, Women’s March, @Womensmarch, @lsarsour; Julia Gorton, Washington Hospitality Organization, @WAhospitality; Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising,
@MomsRising; and Chelsea Parsons, Center for American Progress, @amprog

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Category:politics -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the many reasons to celebrate that historic numbers of women and people of color just took office in the U.S. House and what it could mean to our daily lives; get the inside scoop on when, where, and why to march this January 19th from the co-President of the Women’s March, Tamika Mallory; hear from dream hampton about her new docu-series that is breaking viewer records, Surviving R. Kelly; and find out about a newly released report on the overly high levels of discrimination against #Breastfeeding workers.


*Special guests include:  Donna NortonMomsRising, @MomsRising; Tamika Mallory, co-President, Women’s March, @womensmarch, @TamikaDMallory; dream hampton, award-winning filmmaker, producer, author and MomsRising team member, @dreamhampton; and Jessica Lee, Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, @WorkLifeLawCtr.
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

This is a re-broadcast of a recent episode. The show will return after New Years. Have a wonderful holiday season!

On the #RADIO show this week we cover some spectacular recent wins in Congress, like the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act and SNAP in the Farm Bill, and how real people made them happen; we also cover a new report on uninsured kids and the importance of children having access to healthcare; then we close the show with the latest on the childcare emergency that our nation is facing and what YOU can do to make change.
 
*Special guests include: Nadia Hussain, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Ellen Teller, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), @fractweets; Edwin Park, Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University; Katie Hamm, Center for American Progress, @amprog 
 
featuring music from bensound.com
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Category:general -- posted at: 10:00am EDT