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

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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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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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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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 how YOU can get healthcare coverage through healthcare.gov before Dec. 15th; the ways in which gun safety legislation is moving forward and how you can help; why a best-in-the-nation paid family/medical leave bill is changing our nation for the better; and get the inside scoop on ending voter suppression.
 
*Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Josh Horwitz, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, @CSGV;  Clare Delong, @PaidLeaveWA; and Barbara Arnwine,
Transformative Justice Coalition, @BarbaraArnwine.

 

 
featuring music from bensound.com
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Category:general -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

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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On the #RADIO show this week we cover how YOU can get healthcare coverage through www.healthcare.gov before Dec. 15th; the ways in which gun safety legislation is moving forward and how you can help; why a best-in-the-nation paid family/medical leave bill is changing our nation for the better; and get the inside scoop on ending voter suppression.
 
*Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Josh Horwitz, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, @CSGV;  Clare Delong, @PaidLeaveWA; and Barbara Arnwine,
Transformative Justice Coalition, @BarbaraArnwine.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
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On the radio show this week, we hear about power of YOUR word and YOUR story; how to stop voter suppression and voter intimidation, the fight to end gun violence, and what you can do to stop human rights abuses on our southern border.
 
*Special guests include: Jamia Wilson, award-winning writer and executive director of The Feminist Press, @jamiaw Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, @LawyersCommGloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising, @MomsRising.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
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This is a re-broadcast of the 11/10/18 episode. The show will return next week.

On the radio show this week we cover what’s happening in the race for Governor of Georgia and how you can help address voter suppression; the record breaking numbers of women winning seats in Congress; how moms made wins happen; and how you can protect your ability to vote in the future. 
 
Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers@aijenpooChristine Pelosi, Chair CA Democratic Party Women’s Caucus, @sfpelosiMonifa Bandele, @MomsRising, @monifabandeleMarcia Johnson-Blanco, @LawyersCommco-director of our Voting Rights project Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
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This is a re-broadcast of the 9/6/18 episode. The show will return after Thanksgiving.
 
On the #RADIO show this week we cover #SCOTUS, birth control, and choice; the power of art, music and politics intertwined; immigration and corporate accountability: and the power of your VOTE (so make sure you’re registered to vote!)!
 
*Special guests include Dr. Colleen McNicholas, Physicians for Reproductive Health, @prhdocs; Kirstin Larson; Daniel Altschuler, Make the Road New York, @MaketheRoadNY, @altochulo; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising.
 
featuring music from bensound.com
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