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

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 

Direct download: MomsRising_20210926-Ep410-mixdown.mp3
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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.
Direct download: MomsRising_20210919-Ep409-mixdown.mp3
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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  

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On the radio show this week, we cover what’s going on in the fight to finally, FINALLY build the care infrastructure that we all need (and what you can do to help make that happen!); the latest in the devastatingly bad trend of limiting access to abortion care and the recent US Supreme Court decision; hear about breastfeeding rights, the Momnibus, and the steps you can take to back up moms; and get the inside scoop from U.S. Representative Suzan Delbene about the Child Tax Credit of up to $300 per child per month and how you can help make this benefit permanent.
 
*Special guests include:  Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @domesticworkers;  Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, @PPFA; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, 
@MomsRising; U.S. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, @RepDelBene
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