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

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

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  • #ElectionDay2014 #CriminalJusticeReform #VeteransDay #NetNeutrality

    You may have missed it: There was just an election debate on criminal justice reform — and change happened.  We talk about it on the #RADIO show this week. Don’t miss out. Our next segment takes a close look at children and healthcare—and why kids health is being used as a political football.  Again.  Then in the next interview we discuss net neutrality, and ask the question: How important is having free flowing information at your fingertips to you? Last but far from least, in honor of Veteran’s Day we talk about how mission readiness includes having healthy people in our nation.

    *Special guests include: Lenore Anderson, Executive Director, Californians for Safety and Justice; Ed Walz, First Focus; Malkia Cyril, The Center for Media Justice; Amy Dawson Taggart, Mission: Readiness.

    1 hr
  • Mid-Term #Election2014 Analysis!

    A historic background check for gun purchases initiative overwhelmingly passed in Washington state, marking a new trend for the nation.  We talk about it with experts — and also look at the growing number of economic security measures—like increasing access to sick days, affordable childcare, and raising the minimum wage—that passed by wide margins in both red and blue states across the nation.  We also get the inside scoop about what the new mix in Congress means for women’s issues.  And, last but not least, we hear about Baby Gate and learn how to navigate workplace maternity/pregnancy issues.

    1 hr
  • #GoFightWinVOTE
    Living Room conversations, how to have them and why they are important, launch this radio show.  Our next segment takes a close look at the situation with housing discrimination against moms, a recent settlement with Wells Fargo bank, and what to do if you think you're being discriminated against.  Voter suppression and the importance of voting is the core of our next segment.  And the show closes with an update on gun safety measures, background checks for gun purchases, and the diminishing power of the NRA.
     
    *Special guests include: Joan Blades, of LivingRoom Conversations, MoveOn, and MomsRising;  Secretary of HUD Julian Castro; Zach Silk,  Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility; Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
    1 hr
  • Rise Up
    The radio show starts off this week with the inside scoop on how some in Congress are gambling with children's health -- and what you can do about it.  
    Stand your ground laws and the sexist way they are used is next up on the show.  Then we hear from the Health Program director from the NAACP about the how politics and policy passage impacts community change and visa versa. Then last but far from least we cover the dizzying day of court filings that ended with a federal judge nullifying the ban on same sex unions in North Carolina that everyone's talking about. Wedding bells are ringing and people are celebrating.  Find out why!  
     
    *Special guests include: Ashley Boyd, MomsRising; Andrew Knapp, journalist at The Post and Courier; Niiobli Armah, NAACP; and Ashley Broadway,  American Military Partners Association.
    1 hr
  • #RaiseTheWage #PaidSickDays #DrAmerica #NunsOnTheBus
    The #RADIO show this week starts out by getting the inside scoop on the minimum wage, which for tipped workers is stuck at $2.13 an hour!  We discuss how this impacts you and our economy.  Then in the next interview we cover just how many people do have access to paid sick days, and how many don't, as dangerous viruses make the front pages across our nation.  Next up we hear from Dr. America, not Captiain America, but doctor.  And yes, the doctor is in!  Then the show closes with nun other than the superstars from…. Nuns on a Bus!
     
    *Special guests include:  Indivar Dutta Gupta, Director of the Project on Deep Poverty, Senior Fellow at Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University, as well as author of Improving Wages, Improving Lives: Why raising the minimum wage is a civil and human rights issue; Ruth Martin, MomsRising;  Sanjeev K. Sriram, AKA Dr. America;  and Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director of NETWORK and Nuns on the Bus.
    1 hr
  • #RaiseTheWage #EqualPay #JusticeForMikeBrown #ImmigrationFairness #SisterVote #YourVoteMatters

    Special guests include: Elianne Ramos,  Speak Hispanic Communications.; Justin Hansford, FergusonOctober.com, SLU LAW faculty, founder of The Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives; Kara Lynum, immigration law attorney; and Melanie Campbell, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network.

    1 hr
  • Schools Not Prisons - #DoTheMath, #NoMorePregnancyDiscrimination, #StepUpNFL, and It's Time 4 America 2 #LeadOnLeave
    This show starts by covering how to break the cradle to prison pipeline in a country, our country, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our next segment how people across the country are fighting back against pregnancy discrimination.  Hear the story of one mom-to-be, a police officer, who after her gun belt wouldn't fit anymore was denied light duty and put on unpaid leave.  And hear how she's fighting back.  Then in the next interview we're tackling the NFL and getting the inside scoop on a meeting that just happened with NFL executives. Last but far from least, we hear from Latifa Lyles of the U.S. Department of Labor about their new campaign, It's time for America to #Lead on Leave

    *Thank you to special guests, including: Mary Lou Fulton, The California Endowment; Elizabeth Edgemark, A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center;  Monifa Bandele, MomsRising; and Latifa Lyles, Director of the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor.
    1 hr
  • Off the Sidelines!

    We come Off the Sidelines this week with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.  Then our next segment covers voting-- and why your vote, your neighbors vote, your friends and families votes, matter.  Then the next interview is with the award-winning author of many books, including most recently, A Blind Spot for Boys.  Hear how to be a good story teller and keep people riveted in conversations, speeches, and at the dining room table.  Last but far from least, we discuss ROCK STARS, yes Rock Stars, with Rock the Vote.

    1 hr
  • #BuildUpKids - #ChildrenShouldGrowNotGlow - #WorkingMother - #JusticeForMikeBrown
    First up, we talk about moving GIANT ABC building blocks on the front lawn of the US Capitol, along with Democrat and Republican members of Congress.  You don't see that kind of working together very often these days.  Find out why!  #BuildUpKids  Our next segment covers how some local moms in Missouri are fighting a toxic waste dump that's smoldering underground near nuclear waste and harming their children. Hear the lowdown. #ChildrenShouldGrowNotGlow Then the next interview is with the editor-in-chief of Working Mother Magazine about the best places for moms to work and why!  #WorkingMother  Last but far from least, Dream Hampton joins us to talk about her latest films and to share her insight on how Mike Brown's murder in Ferguson matters to us all. #JusticeForMikeBrown
     
    *Special guests include: Sarah Francis, MomsRising and Percolator Consulting;  Dawn Chapman, Just Moms STL; Jennifer Owens, editor in chief of Working Mother Magazine;  Dream Hampton, author,  filmmaker, activist, MomsRising consultant, board member of Color of Change, and frequent public commentator. 
    1 hr
  • #EqualPay - #NFL - #PaycheckFairness Act - #Education!
    On the #RADIO show this week, first up we hear from the researcher whose data sparked a New York Times article with this title: "The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus --- A Child Helps Your Career, if You’re a Man." Our next segment covers former Raven's player, Ray Rice, domestic violence, and masculinity with NFL veteran, media commentator, college football Hall of Famer, and all around super star, Don McPherson. Then the next interview covers the historic vote that recently happened on the Paycheck Fairness Act: Get the inside scoop on what happened and next steps! Last but far from least U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, will join us to talk early learning, education, tips for parents, and…. bus rides.  You're not going to want to miss that segment.

    *Special guests include: Dr. Michelle Budig, University of Massachusetts; Don McPherson, NFL veteran, media commentator, advocate, educator, and college football Hall of Famer; Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women (AAUW); and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.  
    1 hr

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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…