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November 8, 2022
Grounded in Faith: The Right To Choose
For many states, this election was a referendum on a woman’s right to choose. Whether abortion access was on the ballot explicitly, or indirectly through…
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September 26, 2022
National Family Day
by MaKeda Scott Family Values @ Work and our state partners are happy to celebrate National Family Day today. Family is not always who you’re…
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September 1, 2022
Labor Pains: Birthing While Black in America
by Staci Lowry No recognition, awards, or accolades exist for those who birth a child. In the United States, most mothers would probably agree that…
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July 21, 2022
Rest Is a Movement Strategy: Why We’re Taking the Week Off, Together
By Josephine Kalipeni I haven’t set a great example for my team. Nine months into becoming the executive director of, but almost two years with,…
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July 14, 2022
New Faces at Family Values @ Work
This year––and the past few years––have been tough for so many. With what feels like attacks on our freedom left and right, it can be…
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July 12, 2022
Who is leading the fight around time to care in your community?
Every year Family Values @ Work honors worker activists on the frontline of the movement for equitable policies that value workers and their families. Honorees…
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July 5, 2022
Still Fighting For Independence
By Josie Kalipeni On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies that would become the first states declared independence from Great Britain. Members of the Continental…
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June 29, 2022
Implementation Day 2022: Grieving Our Losses, Celebrating Our Wins
By: Marianne Bellesorte We live in a country where heartbreak surrounds us: the loss of over 1 million lives to COVID-19, the desolating toll of…
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June 14, 2022
The Father I Want to Be
by Preston Van Vliet TW: transphobic parent, mention of disownment The written plan, now crumpled in my lap, forecasted the routes this conversation could go…
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June 14, 2022
Juneteenth 2022 and That Damned Ice Cream
by Safiya Simmons I was aghast when I heard the news: Walmart was selling a Juneteenth-flavored ice cream in its stores. Moreover, the company had…
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