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August 21, 2024

Honor Marsha P. Johnsonโ€™s Birthday by Staying in the Fight

Jennifer Morales, (any human pronoun) August 24 marks the birthday of the late Marsha P. Johnson, the legendary LGBTQ+ rights activist who played an iconicโ€ฆ
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July 3, 2024

Californiaโ€™s Paid Family Leave Law Celebrates 20 Years of Implementation

by Jenya Cassidy, Director @ California Work & Family Coalition, (she/her) On July 1, 2024, we celebrated 20 years of Californians taking Paid Family Leaveโ€ฆ
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June 27, 2024

LGBTQIA+ Communities Need Paid Time to Care

By Preston Van Vliet Weโ€™ve been celebrating and reflecting on Pride this month. Youโ€™ve probably seen our content about safe days for LGBTQIA+ communities, chosenโ€ฆ
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June 26, 2024

Finding a (Gay) Room of Oneโ€™s Own Wherever We Are

Pride 2024: Seeking Safety Together Is Self Care and Activism By Marie Lindberg Last month, I was in a very conservative state for a funeralโ€ฆ
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May 9, 2024

Celebrating Motherโ€™s Day as a Daughter

By Marianne Bellesorte, daughter of Maggie Bellesorte This Motherโ€™s Day, I celebrate ten years of being a mother - 10 years of reading stories beforeโ€ฆ
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April 17, 2024

Elizabeth Valles Shares her FMLA Journey

Elizabeth Valles interviewed by Elaine Shelly  Elizabeth Valles cleans and prepares the west Texas apartment that serves as her familyโ€™s second home. Her husband, Cesar,โ€ฆ
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April 9, 2024

The Indomitable Impact of Black Women in Shaping Our Democracy

by Staci Bryant, Family Values @ Work  I had the pleasure of attending the America Votes Conference in Washington D.C. last week. Folks across theโ€ฆ
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November 14, 2023

The 3rd RNC Debate Let Us Down Again

By Sammy Chavin-Grant, Jaida Jenkins, and Staci Bryant Watching last nightโ€™s debate, we were thankful to be participating in the FV@W live chat. In theโ€ฆ
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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 yesterdayโ€™s races. We are encouraged by theโ€ฆ
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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, โ€œHow do workersโ€ฆ
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