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

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Mon, 25 May 2020

On the #RADIO show this week we cover how you can get access to the new emergency paid sick and leave programs — and what you can do to help make these programs cover everyone for always; we hear about the recent National Black Child Development Week and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Black children; find out why healthcare is still under threat (even during a pandemic!) and how you can advance healthcare coverage for everyone; and we close the show talking about hope in hard times and what you can do to build hope and change.

*Special guests include: Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Cemeré James, National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), @NBCDI; Tara Straw, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, @CenterOnBudget; and Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn

Direct download: MomsRising_2020525-Ep359_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EST

Mon, 18 May 2020

#HEROES

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the #HEROES Act & what you can do to help it pass; find out more about the rise in racist hate crimes and how you can stand up against racism; get the details on why we can’t reopen America without investing in our broken early learning and childcare system; and find out where are the COVID-19 tests -- and how President Trump's lies about testing is costing lives.

*Special guests include: Tamara Fucile, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, @CenterOnBudget; Gerald Givens Jr., Wake-Apex NAACP, @geraldgivensjr; Catherine White, National Women’s Law Center, @nwlc; Lizzy Price, Accountable.US, WhereAreTheTests.com, @accountable_us;

Direct download: MomsRising_2020518-Ep358_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EST

Mon, 11 May 2020

#MothersDay #MomsVote #MothersRise

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

Direct download: MomsRising_2020511-Ep357_mixdown.mp3
Category:politics -- posted at: 4:00pm EST

Mon, 4 May 2020

#Together

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

Direct download: MomsRising_2020504-Ep356_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EST