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Family Activists

People Marching on the streets
October 6, 2015

Yair Buendia, Oregon

Yair was a high school student and member of Juventud Faceta, a Latino youth group in Eugene, when he learned of the paid sick days…
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October 6, 2015

David Deary, Rhode Island

Life changed dramatically for David and his wife when their second son, Caleb, was born with a rare genetic brain malformation that left him profoundly…
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October 6, 2015

Nancy Yarbrough, Wisconsin

Nancy Yarbrough knew exactly where she should be when her mother’s health deteriorated – at her side in the hospital. That meant a month without…
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October 6, 2015

Natasha West-Baker, Seattle

Natasha learned about the Seattle paid sick days campaign while working at a major grocery store in 2010. Although workers earned paid sick days, she…
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October 6, 2015

Kim Schofield, Georgia

Kim first heard of the Family Care Act, which would ensure those who earn paid sick days can use the time to care for family…
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October 6, 2015

Sara Orris, Connecticut

Sara Orris, a teacher for 14 years, has an 11-year-old daughter Natalie with a rare genetic condition. Last year after a grueling surgery and hospital…
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October 6, 2015

Safiyyah A. Muhammad, New Jersey

Safiyyah remembers walking by a NJ Citizen Action table at a NJ Black Issues Convention, where she was receiving an award for peer support to…
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October 6, 2015

Emanuel McCray, Baltimore

Having cancer is stressful enough – but it’s even worse when you have no paid sick days to see a doctor or receive treatment without…
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October 6, 2015

Inneshia Hart, New York

Inneshia first heard about the paid family leave insurance (PFLI) campaign in New York at an 1199 SEIU conference for home health aides. When an…
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October 6, 2015

Fabiola Gonzalez, Denver Colorado

Fabiola had been working at her retail job for four years when her dad became ill. She took a week when he had surgery, but…
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