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

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

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

  • Transformational Change in Motion - MOMibuster!
    On the radio show this week, we hear about transformational change in motion to lower family costs and lift families, find out what’s happening in Congress and how your story makes a difference, hear about the Mother’s Day Weekend MOMibuster (!), and get the inside scoop on the importance of supporting Critical Race Theory (and hear what it really is!).

     

    *Special guests include:  Jenn Stowe, National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers; U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene, @RepDelBene; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; Taifha Alexander, CRT Forward - UCLA School of Law, @CRSatUCLA  
    58 min
  • Taking a Victory Lap! #SCOTUS!
    On the radio show this week, we cover the nexus between culture and legislative change, we celebrate the victory of the new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, hear about the importance of voting this year more than ever as we cover the power of the AAPI voting block, and get the details on the latest victory in advancing the fair treatment of immigrant families as well as discuss the continued need for imigration policy reform so every family can thrive.

     

    *Special guests include: dream hampton, award-winning filmmaker and writer, @dreamhampton; Namatie Mansaray, MomsRising @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; Shekar Narasimhan, AAPI Victory Fund, @AAPIVictoryFund; and Claudia Tristan, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder
    58 min
  • Best Of: Raising Change!

    On the radio show this week, we cover whats 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
     

    58 min
  • Moving forward Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Mothering Honestly, and the Fifth Trimester
    On the radio show this week, we cover the spectacular nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court (and how you can help get her confirmed); what’s happening with disinformation online and how you can help stop it; and we also cover the growing movement of moms and caregivers — including Mothering Honestly, the Chamber of Moms, and the Fifth Trimester — rising up to demand a care infrastructure.  

     

    *Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet, @UltraViolet; Blessing Adesiyan, Mother Honestly, @mother_honestly; and Lauren Smith Brody, The Fifth Trimester & Chamber of Moms, @Laurensbrody @chamberofmoms
    58 min
  • It’s Time for Equal Pay, to Stop Anti-Asian Violence, and to Build Paid Leave for All!
    On this show we cover why Equal Pay Day isn’t yet a day to celebrate, but is a day to agitate, what’s happening with women in our economy, the importance of working to stop anti-Asian violence in America, and the fight for paid family and medical leave so that we are no longer the only industrialized nation without this critical policy in place.   *Special guests include: Emily Martin, National Women’s Law Center, @NWLC; Dr. C. Nicole Mason, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, @IWPResearch; Yvonne Hsu, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, @NAPAWF; Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave for All, @PaidLeaveforAll.
    58 min
  • Your Voice, Your Power
    On the radio show this week we hear directly from US Senator Patty Murray about how your voice can make a difference and what’s going on inside the U.S. Capitol; we also address the importance of creating a path to citizenship; and cover the growing power of women in our democracy as we push the policies that matter the most to our families. 
    *Special guests include: U.S. Senator Patty, Murray, @PattyMurray; Greisa Martinez Rosa, Executive Director, United We Dream (UWD), @UNITEDWEDREAM; Joclyn Frye of National Partnership for Women and Families, @NPWF; Amanda Brown Lierman of Supermajority, @supermajority   
    58 min
  • The State of Women #StateOfWomen #WeDemandMore
    Join us for the Womens Community Response to the State of the Union brought to you by the United State of Women (USOW)! The Black Womens Roundtable, Girls for Gender Equity, Justice for Migrant Women, MomsRising, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Partnership for Women and Families, National Womens Law Center, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, She Will Rise, Supermajority Education Fund, Voto Latino, YWCA USA and the gender justice community all came together with Alexi McCammond of Axios to share a virtual response to the Presidents State of the Union Address. (usow.org/stateofwomen#response) 

    Taped March 2, 2022
    58 min
  • #SheWillRise!

    DESCRIPTION: On the radio show this week, we celebrate the new U.S. Supreme Court nominee; dive into the latest in the (winning!) fight for free Pre-K and affordable quality child care; hear about the recent Care Cant Wait Summit that featured President Biden, Vice President Harris, and many more (WATCH: https://www.facebook.com/caringacrossgenerations/videos/380204897438600 ); and get the inside scoop on Social Security in America and why scrapping the cap is so important.

    *Special guests include: Melanie Campbell, Black Womens Roundtable, @coalitionbuildr; Nina Perez, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance & Caring Across Generation, @aijenpoo; Linda Benesch, Social Security Works, @SSWorks 

    58 min
  • Best Of: Making Herstory & Finding Hope in Hard Times
    On the radio show this week we cover the many ways in which we can rattle the windows, make herstory, and find hope in hard times as we talk voting rights, childcare and Pre-K, the Child Tax Credit, Build Back Better and more. Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Rebecca Sive, award-winning author, including of Make Herstory Your Story, @RebeccaSive; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Amy Jo Hutchinson, Rattle the Windows, @ImWalkingItOut
    58 min
  • Fueling Change
    • On the radio show this week we cover the importance of hope to fuel change and the new ways that the Build Back Better agenda is moving forward; we also cover why and how the fight to raise the minimum wage to one fair living wage is gaining momentum (and how you can help); we dive into the latest on childcare access, affordability, and quality; and we close the show sharing an update on what’s going on in the fight for a new US Supreme Court nominee and what to expect with the upcoming State of the Union.

     

    *Special guests include Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @domesticworkers; Saru Jayaraman, One Fair Wage, @onefairwage; Xochitl Oseguera, MomRising and MamasConPoer, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; :Jordan Brooks, USOW, @USOWomen
    58 min

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Fun. Feisty. Relevant. MomsRising Radio hosted by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is talk radio for moms, and for everyone who's ever had a mom. This hour-long show is produced by We Act Radio and airs on…