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

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