On the radio show this week we cover why and how the care infrastructure is getting on center state in the 2024 elections, what happened at the DNC and with childcare in the news, the Care Can’t Wait Bus Tour, and how democracy is rising – and what you can do to help protect our democracy. 

SPECIAL GUEST INCLUDE: Ai-jen Poo, award-winning author, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @domesticworkers @caringacrossgen; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations, @CaringAcrossGen; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising

On the radio show this week, we hear the inside scoop on working with Governor TIm Walz in Minnesota (and how fun it is!); we get tips on combating disinformation in our lives and communities, we find out how moms are getting out the vote and hear about Vice President Harris’ record of standing up for parents; and we close the show hearing about why the far right is attacking LGBTQ rights and what we can all do to fight back 

*Special guests include: Minnesota House of Representatives Kristi Pursell, @Pursell4MNHouse; Andrea L. Alford, Media Matters for America, @mmfa; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising @MamásConPoder; Imara Jones, TransLash Media, @imarajonesGovernor Tim Walz!  Combating DisInfo! Vice President Harris!  LGBTQ Rights!

On the radio show this week, we cover the dramatic change in the election, the rising energy, what’s happening and what’s happened.  We also touch base on National Breastfeeding Month as well as how the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and PUMP Act can help you!

*Special guests include:  Ai-jen Poo, Senior Advisor, @aijenpoo; Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet, @UltraViolet; Ailen Arreaza, ParentsTogether, @ptogetheraction; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising and @TinaShermanNC.

Moms’ Equal Pay Day is not a day to celebrate, it’s a day to activate!  It’s the day in 2024 that moms have to work until in order to earn what white dads earned in 2023 – which means moms have to work more than 18 months to earn what dads earned in 12 months.  Not okay!  So Moms Equal Pay Day is the day we use to shed light on the persistent wage gap experienced by mothers in the workplace. On average moms earn just 63 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic dads. Of course, the averages alone don’t tell the whole story because, due to structural racism, moms of color face much larger wage gaps when compared separately. Not okay! It doesn’t have to be this way.  Solutions are possible!!  And we talk about solutions and more on this radio program!!

*Special guests include: Beverly Neufeld, PowHer New York, @PowHerNY; Felicia Burnett, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Martha Susana Jaimes, Institute for Women's Policy Research, @iwpresearch; Taylor Austin, MomsRising, @MomsRising

On the radio this week we cover the latest with the attack on our reproductive freedoms; dive into intersectionality and movement building; learn why Trump’s tax plan hurts the economy; and hear the latest about our changing political landscape. 

*Special guests include: Carol McDonald, Planned Parenthood Southeast and Planned Parenthood SE Advocates, @PPFA; Manju Rajendran, Facilitator and trainer for movement building organizations at Team Justice; Adam S. Hersh, Economic Policy Institute Action; Jenny Byer, MomsRising, @MomsRising

On the radio show this week, we cover how the far right, astroturf extremist group, Moms For Liberty, is negatively impacting our schools and why our votes at every level matter more than ever; we also cover why and how maternal morbidity is rising and what can be done to save lives; we dive into the importance of an assault weapons ban; and we cover Black Maternal Mental Health Week. 

*Special guests include:  Mary Kusler, National Education Association, @NEAToday; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Nadine Smith, Equality Florida, @equalityfl; and Kelly Davis, KINSHIFT, @_kinshift_

The radio show this week comes to you direct from Netroots Nation 2024 in the Baltimore Convention Center with leaders lifting up the importance of reproductive freedoms, including abortion access; sharing how the care infrastructure is essential to everyone, and businesses too; diving into going viral on IG with some tips that can’t be missed; and covering the ways contraception is under attack and how to advocate to keep access open for all.

*Special guests include: Lizz Winstead, Abortion Access Front, @AbortionFront; Carol Joyner, Family Values at Work Action, @FamValuesAction; Sylvia Salazar, Tono.Latino, @contonolatino; and Laura Packard, Americans for Contraception, @AFContraception.

On the radio show this week, we cover the Fellowship for Liberated Futures to support the healing, wellness, and wellbeing of Black women and femmes who are on the frontlines leading justice-focused work across the social sector – and dive into the importance of rest to rise (and also share some tips too!); next up we cover how guaranteed basic income lifts families and the economy alike; after that we cover the terrific new changes in WIC, how people can access WIC, and also touch on the expanded summer nutrition programs for kids; then, last we cover how Republicans are attacking access to birth control and IVF – and how we can fight for our rights together.

*Special guest include: Chera Reid, Co-Host & Co-visionary @ Fellowship for Liberated Futures, instagram.com/liberatedfuture; Aisha Nyandoro, Springboard To Opportunities, @SpringboardToOp; Stacy Dean, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, @USDANutrition; Elyssa Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising."

On the radio show this week we cover what’s going on with the attacks on abortion, birth control, IVF, and reproductive healthcare – and what to do to help turn the trend around; we dive into how sharing your story changes policy; we get tips on supporting LGBTQ+ people in our family and communities; and we hear how the far right is using wedge issues and disinformation to pit voters against each other.

Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Mansie Meikle, Parent/Advocate & MomsRising Riser; Alexis Bleich, Therapist; Nadine Smith, Equality Florida, @@equalityfl

On the radio show this week, we cover Pride Month, why equality for all is essential, and how it’s past time to end gun violence; then we hear the latest from the Women’s March about the fights for our rights and how you can get involved; next we get the inside scoop about the current state of childcare in America; and we close the show with important information about the gaps in LGBTQ+ rights and how we can close them.

*Special guests include: Brandon Wolf, Human Rights Campaign & National Leader on Gun Violence Prevention, @bjoewolf, @hrc; Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Women’s March, @womensmarch; Dr. Sandra Bishop, Ph., Child Care Aware of America, @ChildCareAware; Shiwali Patel, National Women's Law Center, @nwlc.