Author: Family Values @ Work
November 8, 2023
Reflecting on the 2023 Elections
By Safiya Simmons, Communications Director at FV@W Care and human rights were on the ballot in many of yesterday’s races. We are encouraged by the…
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October 31, 2023
For Many Women Workers, There Is No Time to Heal, Care or Recover
By Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director, Family Values @ Work I recently watched a television commercial about breast cancer awareness month, and thought, “How do workers…
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October 31, 2023
Domestic Violence Survivors Need Paid Safe Time Now!
By Preston Van Vliet, State Organizer Trigger Warning: mentions of domestic violence, mentions of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, and safe time October is End…
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October 25, 2023
#TimeToCare: Navigating Distance and Duty
By Luis Larin, Digital Organizer “Ring me ASAP.” Even amidst her wedding plans, my sister's four words hit me like a freight train. Followed by…
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October 25, 2023
FV@W Commends President Biden’s Child Care Funding Request
FV@W’s Network has been steadfast in our demand for federal investments in the care economy with a specific focus on paid leave and childcare. We…
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October 17, 2023
The Fifth Little Girl: Honoring Sara Collins Rudolph on International Day of the Girl
By Makeda Scott, FV@W Communications Associate For this year’s International Day of the Girl, I pay tribute to Sara Collins Rudolph, the forgotten survivor of…
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October 5, 2023
Why I’m Leading DIVE
By Staci Bryant, State Lead Imagine a Democracy where the people have a voice in the decisions that are made about them, their families and…
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September 28, 2023
Looking Back on the Bash of All Bashes
By Safiya Simmons, Communications Director at FV@W Honey, I’m still tired. Last week, Family Values @ Work brought together its partners from across the nation…
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September 28, 2023
Tuning in for Families
By Sammy Chavin-Grant, Federal Strategy Director at FV@W Last night I joined millions of Americans in watching the second Republican National Convention Presidential debate. While…
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September 28, 2023
Congress must act now to prevent America’s working families from falling off the ‘child care cliff’
At the end of [September], America’s working families who rely on affordable child care are going to be in a free-fall when Congress pushes them…
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