On the radio show this week we cover the massive momentum pushing transformative policies forward, some of which have been stuck for over 50 years! Learn whats happening, how to get involved, and the ways we can make change together!

*Special guests include: Namatie Mansaray, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations, @CaringAcrossGen; Caitlin Breedlove, Womens March, @womensmarch; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising. 

On the radio show this week we cover capturing the moment to Build Back Better via Congress, including to finally pass a national paid family/medical leave policy; we hear about whats at stake in the U.S. Supreme Court with Roe v. Wade under fire and how you can help protect reproductive rights; we get the inside scoop on inside the beltway; and we close the show turning the tables on interviewer and interviewee!

*Special guests include: Josephine Kalipeni, Family Values at Work, @FmlyValuesWork; Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet, @UltraViolet; Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising and MamasConPoder, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder 

On the radio show this week, we cover the transformational changes in the Build Back Better package, how it needs to move through Congress ASAP, and how if passed as written now: Working people will finally have four weeks of paid family/medical leave, child care bills will be cut in half for most families, free pre-school will be open to every three- and four-year old, 35 million families will receive the fully refundable Child Tax Credit, access to high-quality home care will be expanded for older Americans and people with disabilities, measures to address racial health disparities and end the Black maternal health crisis will be put in place, health care access will be improved and prescription drug prices reduced, millions of good jobs will be created, wages lifted for care workers, and lasting protections finally put in place for immigrants.  

On the radio show this week we cover how our nation is FINALLY changing for the better as the #BuildBackBetter agenda moves through Congress and advances paid family/medical leave, childcare for all, home- and community-based services, living wages and a path to citizenship for care and essential workers, an extended expanded Child Tax Credit, and more. We also cover Hispanic Heritage Month and the continued fight to end pay discrimination and to reach fair pay.

*Special guests include: Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Katie Hamm, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development, Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD), @ECDgov; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRIsing; and Xochitl Oseguera, MamasConPoder / MomsRising, @MamasConPoder, @MomsRising. 

*Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, 

; Elizabeth Keenan, award-winning author, including of her latest book Rebel Girls, @badcoverversion; Monifa Bandele, Times Up Now and MomsRising, @MonifaBandele; and Laura Guerra-Cardus, Children’s Defense Fund, @CDFTexas

On this radio show we cover Juvenile Justice Month and the importance of getting police out of schools and counselors in schools; the movement to build a care infrastructure, including paid family/medical leave, childcare, maternal health, home-and community-based services, and living wages and a path to citizenship for care workers; the importance of childcare so parents can work, children can thrive, and childcare workers can earn living wages; and finally we cover the importance of paid family/medical leave and what you can do to help it pass now.

*Special guests include: Essence-Jade Gatheright, Chicago Freedom School, @ChiFreeSchool; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Fatima Goss Graves, National Womens Law Center, @NWLC; and Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave for All, @PaidLeaveForAll 

On the radio show this week we hear about champions in Congress, in film writing, and around us " and find out what we each can do to help build a nation where everyone can thrive! We also hear whats happening with the reconciliation bill and how your voice can add up with others to help pull our nation forward.

*Special guests include: Congresswoman Jackie Speier, @RepSpeier; dream hampton, award-winning filmmaker and author, @dreamhampton; Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, @RepDean; and Xochitl Oseguera, @MomsRising, @MamasConPoder

On this radio show we cover Juvenile Justice Month and the importance of getting police out of schools and counselors in schools; the movement to build a care infrastructure, including paid family/medical leave, childcare, maternal health, home-and community-based services, and living wages and a path to citizenship for care workers; the importance of childcare so parents can work, children can thrive, and childcare workers can earn living wages; and finally we cover the importance of paid family/medical leave and what you can do to help it pass now.

*Special guests include: Essence-Jade Gatheright, Chicago Freedom School, @ChiFreeSchool; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Fatima Goss Graves, National Womens Law Center, @NWLC; and Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave for All, @PaidLeaveForAll 

On the radio show this week, we cover the week of childcare action as Congress considers a proposal for childcare for all; the latest with the Womens Health Protection Act; the rising power of the AAPI vote; and what happens when the Vice President of the United States of America visits your home.

*Special guests include: Nina Perez, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Sara Outterson, Center for Reproductive Rights, @ReproRights; Varun Nikore, AAPI Victory Alliance, @aapialliance; and Jamie Davis Smith, author and member of Little Lobbyists, @LittleLobbyists 

On the radio show this week we hear about champions in Congress, in film writing, and around us " and find out what we each can do to help build a nation where everyone can thrive! We also hear whats happening with the reconciliation bill and how your voice can add up with others to help pull our nation forward.

*Special guests include: Congresswoman Jackie Speier, @RepSpeier; dream hampton, award-winning filmmaker and author, @dreamhampton; Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, @RepDean; and Xochitl Oseguera, @MomsRising, @MamasConPoder

On the radio show this week, we cover the week of childcare action as Congress considers a proposal for childcare for all; the latest with the Womens Health Protection Act; the rising power of the AAPI vote; and what happens when the Vice President of the United States of America visits your home.

*Special guests include: Nina Perez, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Sara Outterson, Center for Reproductive Rights, @ReproRights; Varun Nikore, AAPI Victory Alliance, @aapialliance; and Jamie Davis Smith, author and member of Little Lobbyists, @LittleLobbyists 

On the radio show this week we cover the persistent power of YOUR voice to help advance paid family/medical leave for everyone, universal childcare, lift our democracy, and to help build a nation where everyone can thrive!

*Special guests include: Julie Kashen, The Century Foundation, @TCFdotorg; Ruth Martin, @MomsRising, MomsRising; Gloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Lauren Hogan, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), @NAEYC  

On the radio show this week we cover the MomsRising early learning and childcare month of action; how to get up to $300 per month per child through the Child Tax Credit (and how to help make it a permanent benefit); what options are available to families facing evictions and the ways in which we can address the housing crisis; and we touch base with All Our Kin about the 6 Principles to Support Family Child Care.

*Special guests include: Nadia Hussain, MomsRising, @MomsRising: Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), @CLASP_DC; Sarah Saadian, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), @NLIHC; and Jessica Sager, All Our Kin, @AllOurKin

The economy, families, businesses " and the urgent need to build a care infrastructure ASAP; why home- and community-based services for people who are aging and with disabilities are critical; how to help build momentum for paid leave for all; and whats the Momnibus and how to get on board!

*Special guests include: Fatima Goss Graves, National Womens Law Center, @nwlc; Nicole Jorwic, The Arc, @TheArcUS; Dawn Hucklebridge, Paid Leave for All, @PaidLeaveforAll; and Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising 

On the radio show this week, we cover the campaign for One Fair wage, getting rid of the tipped minimum wage, and moving to a $15 minimum wage for everyone; we also cover how you can help save democracy; as well as the fight for paid leave for everyone and what you can do to help pass this national policy; and we close the show covering youth and family justice and the steps we need to take to move toward justice.

*Special guests include: Saru Jayaraman, One Fair Wage, @onefairwage; Ria Thompson Washington, Center for Popular Democracy - Declaration for American Democracy, @popdemoc; Dawn Hucklebridge, Paid Leave For All, @PaidLeaveforAll; Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising 

On the radio show this week, we cover the latest with Planned Parenthoods past, present, and future; hear about the new Made to Save campaign to make sure everyone has access in an equitable way to the COVID-19 vaccine; dive into new polling that shows Democrats, Republicans, Independents and more strongly support building a Care Infrastructure ASAP; and we cover Black Maternal Health Week, historic happenings, and the changes that are needed now.

*Special guests include: Alexis McGill, President & CEO of Planned Parenthood, @PPFA; Chris Wyant, Made to Save, @civicnation; Rebecca Rewald, Oxfam America, @OxfamAmerica; and Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising

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• The Child Tax Credit (People can qualify even if they make zero income!!)
• Extended Unemployment Insurance benefits
• Child care assistance
• EITC expansions & stimulus checks
• Who qualifies for pandemic leave and how
• How to get access to the expanded healthcare coverage
• Home and community-based care services

On the #radio show this week, we cover why the care infrastructure is part of our nations basic infrastructure " and how #CareCantWait; we dive into the power of your story; discuss how you can support the AAPI community and work to stop anti-Asian violence; and explore whats in the #AmericanRescuePlan for families, including those in search of childcare.

*Special guests include: Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @domesticworkers; Justina Chen, award-winning author and Chen & Cragen,@JustinaYChen; U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu, @RepJudyChu; Katherine Gallagher Robbins, CLASP, @CLASP_DC

Recorded April 1,2021 

On the radio show this week we cover whats in the American Rescue Plan for YOU and how you can access those benefits; the Equality Act thats moving forward in Congress and what you can do to help make this critically important bill pass; how you can help stop anti-Asian hate and violence; and we hear about a new initiative called We As Ourselves and discuss the importance of the invest and divest frame as we advance public policies.

*Special guests include: Laura Peralta-Schulte, The Network Lobby, @NETWORKLobby; Kierra Johnson, National LGBTQ Task Force, @TheTaskForce; Jennifer Wang, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, @NAPAWF; and Monifa Bandele, TimesUpNow, We As Ourselves, MomsRising, @TIMESUPNOW, @MomsRising

Date Recorded 3/18/21 

On this radio show we cover how policy relating to the fair treatment of all immigrant families is moving forward and what you can do to help; whats in the American Rescue Plan for YOU!; how and why were finally going to get to paid leave for all; and the ways in which the American Rescue Plan can help businesses.

*Special guests include: Xochil Oseguera, MomsRising MamsConPoder, @MomsRising @MamsConPoder; Amy Matusi, National Womens Law Center, @NWLC; Dawn Hucklebridge, Paid Leave for All; @PaidLeaveforAll; and Ron Busby, US Black Chambers of Congress, @usblackchambers

Date Recorded: 3/11/21 

On the #radio show this week, we cover the power to make change at the city and local levels and how to build the capacity of municipal leaders to develop and sustain early childhood systems that support young children, prenatal through age three and their families; the latest priorities for the Womens March and how YOU can get involved; new polling about the priorities of women and what that means in terms of change in motion at our nations capitol; tips on activism, engagement, and power building with UltraViolet

*Special guests include: Jammie Albert, The National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, @leagueofcities; Tabitha St. Bernard Jacobs, Womens March, @womensmarch; Dr. C Nicole Mason, Institute for Womens Policy Research (IWPR), @IWPResearch; Sonja Spoo, Ultraviolet, @UltraViolet 

On the radio show this week we cover the importance of a caring infrastructure like childcare, paid leave, and longterm care, along with the continued need for fair pay; we also dive into where we were four years ago, where we are now, and what needs to happen to move forward transformative change; next up we discuss the COVID-19 relief package that Biden is pushing and whats in it for you; and we close the show covering the fair treatment of all immigrant families, whats moving in our nations capitol, and what you can do to help.

*Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @domesticworkers; Monifa Bandele, @TIMESUPNOW @MomsRising; Elyssa Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Kamal Essaheb, National Immigration Law Center, @NILC.

DATE RECORDED: 1/21/21

On the radio show this week we cover women, the economy and the policies we all need to advance gender justice, racial justice, and economic justice; key opportunities for change in this critical moment in history; and why building democracy is still important, as is keeping our voices raised! 

*Special guests include: Dr. C. Nicole Mason, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), @IWPResearch; Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation for Women, @msfoundation; and Jess Morales Rocketto, Care in Action and National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers

DATE RECORDED: 2/11/21

On the #RADIO show this week we cover how you can help save democracy and stop voter suppression; we cover the equitable distribution of the vaccine and The Peopless Vaccine project; how you can help increase the minimum wage and move forward paid leave for everyone; and talk about the importance of ending structural racism in policing and getting counselors in schools, not cops.

*Special guests include: Jana Morgan, Declaration for American Democracy, @DFADCoalition; Robbie Silverman, Oxfam America, @OxfamAmerica; Sara Alcid, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising.

On the #RADIO show this week, we cover white insurrectionism, the ties between white supremacy and gun violence, and analyze what happened at the U.S. Capitol and why we need still accountability including for Trump to be convicted by the US Senate; then we cover the wins in Georgia, how the state was flipped, and what you can do to protect democracy; hear about the road ahead with the Biden administration, the solutions we can help push through together, and why its important to stay engaged; and talk about the importance of ending structural racism in policing and getting counselors in schools, not cops.

*Special guests include: Joshua Horwitz, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, @CSGV; Tamieka Atkins, ProGeorgia, @TamiekaAtkinsGA; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising. 

Originally Aired December 7, 2020

On the radio show this week, we talk about how much emergency relief from Congress it will take to revive the U.S. economy; then jump into the need to extend paid leave and sick days; uncover whats going on with after school care and how to get support for children during a pandemic; and we close the show discussing how to best support a loved one if they come out as trans.

*Special guests include: Mark Paul, Assistant Professor of economics and environmental studies at New College of Florida and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, @NewCollegeofFL, @MarkVinPaul; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance, @afterschool4all; Alexis Bleich, Co-Director of the Clinical Services at Kip, @kiptherapy