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March 13, 2025
Everyone Will Need Paid Leave Someday—So Why Don’t We Have It?
We've all seen the consequences when workers lack access to paid family and medical leave. People return to work before they’ve healed, neglect illnesses until…
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March 5, 2025
Families Thrive with Cross Partisan Support
On February 19th, I spoke on a panel with the Convergence Collaborative, of which I have been a member since 2023. The Convergence Collaborative is…
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March 4, 2025
For the Love of Georgia
On February 18th, 2025, one of Family Values @ Work’s network partners, 9to5 Georgia hosted a lobby day at Georgia’s state capital in Atlanta. Families,…
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March 3, 2025
How I Celebrated Chosen Family Day
Many of us have people in our lives who are not related to us, but serve in the role of family. They love and support…
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February 18, 2025
Breaking the Cycle: Why VDay Must Be a Call to Action
TW: violence, domestic violence, sexual assault The seeds of VDay began with the play, The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. The theater piece centered women…
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February 14, 2025
The Drama of Michigan’s Earned Paid Sick and Safe Time Continues
In 2018, Michigan passed a strong earned paid sick and safe time ballot. Subsequently, the conservative legislature worked to weaken the law, and our Network…
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February 13, 2025
A Birthday & An Anniversary
This week on February 5th we marked the birthday of a young person taken too soon, as well as the anniversary of a life-changing policy.…
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January 17, 2025
Celebrate This Year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Service and Reflection
Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated this Monday Jan. 20th as it is celebrated the third Monday every year. As we prepare to…
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December 1, 2024
Happy 100th, Congresswoman Chisholm!
by Liana Cassar, FV@W Interim Executive Director & OASIS Director “The door is not open yet,” she said, “but it is ajar.” The words of…
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November 12, 2024
DIVE & FV@W Head to Atlanta: GOTV and Election Night Celebration
by Natalia Soler, OASIS Program Coordinator This past week in Atlanta I had the opportunity to dive deep into grassroots organizing, connect with incredible people,…
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