Mon, 24 August 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover a critical important movement to invest in kids and divest from youth prisons; hear the latest on the efforts to get police out of schools and use those funds to support kids instead; learn about the history of the defund movement and police violence in America; and get the lowdown on the most recent COVID-19 relief package thats in the US Senate.
Direct download: MomsRising_2020705-Ep363-REAIR_mixdown.mp3
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Mon, 17 August 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover the fight for extended Unemployment Insurance (UI) and what you can do to help get the U.S. Senate moving on UI; the current childcare crisis, Head Start, and the incredible return on investments in childcare for our nation; unfair pay and the impact of COVID-19 on women’s wages, including how women of color are experiencing the most extreme wage discrimination due to structural racism, and what we each can do to help move toward fair pay; and also what you can do to help increase access to healthcare coverage. (Also don’t forget to text DoYourJob to 747464.) *Special guests include: Elyssa Schmier, MomsRising,@MomsRising; Tommy Sheridan, National Head Start Association, @NatlHeadStart; Jen Klein, Time’s Up, @TIMESUPNOW; Jessica Schub
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Mon, 10 August 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover why getting police out of schools is so important; the history of the powerful strategy of defunding and divesting from policing and investing in communities; an upcoming news film that breaks through in the childcare conversation; and the US Supreme Court victory with DACA and why its so important to vote and request a vote-by-mail ballot for November right now.
Direct download: MomsRising_2020622-Ep361-REAIR_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:13pm EST |
Mon, 3 August 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover the ways that the US Senate COVID-19 relief package under consideration is falling short on UI, nutrition, and housing, which hurts families and our economy — and what you can do to help get a bolder, more effective package through Congress: then we cover the current childcare crisis, including where there is hope and opportunity for change. Next up we get an update on the family separation crisis created by the Trump administration and what you can do to help keep families together. The show closes with tips and advice on how to address the social emotional needs and development of children during COVID-19 *Special guests include: Dr. Donna Pavetti, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, @CenterOnBudget; Lauren Hogan, National Association for the Education of Young Children, @NAEYC; Paola Luisi, Families Belong Together, @domesticworkers, @
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