Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)
On the #RADIO show this week we cover what is at stake for health care in the SCOTUS fight and the upcoming SCOTUS case; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy; hunger in America and the P-EBT/COVID hunger program wins; along with voter suppression and what people can do right now to help get out the vote.
 
*Special guests include: Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care, @ProtectOurCare; Lena Zwarensteyn, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, @civilrightsorg; Robert Campbell, Feeding America, @FeedingAmerica;  and Barbara ArnwineTransformative Justice Coalition, @TJC_DC
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Category:politics -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the power of the Latinx vote and MamasConPoder; how you can make a voting plan, check your voter registration, get a vote-by-mail ballot, or find out where to vote locally, and more  https://action.momsrising.org/signup/ballotready_future/ ; hear about what issues are at stake in the 2020 elections including decarceration and ending police brutality and why your vote has an impact; and find out tips for social media posts, dealing with trolls and how to get the new book by Sili Recio, If Dominican Were a Color.
 
*Special guests include:  Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; Gloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Monifa Bandele, @MomsRising; and Sili Recio, author and @MomsRising.  
Direct download: MomsRising_20200921-Ep370_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover a newly launched LGBTQ anti-poverty campaign; protecting and getting kids' access to back-to-school nutrition programs in the time of COVID-19 — and what you can do to make sure children don’t go hungry; the need for Congress to pass a robust COVID-19 relief package and to advance healthcare for everyone; and how you can help get out the vote!
 
*Special guests include: Tyrone Hanley, National Center for Lesbian Rights, @NCLRights; Crystal FitzSimons, FRAC, @fractweets; Frederick Isasi, Families USA, @FamiliesUSA; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising.org.
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Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover what needs to be on the table relating to childcare the “room where it happens” in the US Senate; #JusticeForVanessaGuillen and sexual assault in the military, as well as the #FreeTheFamillies campaign;  how voting rights are under attack and what you can do about it right now; and how to save our democracy.
 
*Special guests include: Katie Hamm, Center for America Progress, @amprog; Xochitl Oseguera,  MomsRising, @MomsRising; Barbara Arnwine, Transformative Justice Coalition, @Barbs73,@TJC_DC; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising
Direct download: MomsRising_20200907-Ep368_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

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, @fams2gether; and Lina Acosta Sandaal, Stop Parenting Alone, @parentingrelief 

Direct download: MomsRising_20200803-Ep366-REAIR_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:05am EDT

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