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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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August 31, 2023
What is Paid Leave? And How Do We Make it Work for Everyone?
Nearly everyone needs time to recover from a serious illness or care for a sick loved one, themselves, or welcome a new child. The majority…
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August 24, 2023
RNC Debate – They Weren’t Speaking to Me
Written by Makeda Scott, Communications Associate at Family Values At Work On August 23, I, like many individuals, tuned in to the Republican presidential candidates…
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August 15, 2023
All Moms Can’t Win the Job Lottery and Shouldn’t Have To
By Linda Garcia Barnard, Director of Finance and Administration at Family Values @ Work August 15th, 2023 marks moms Equal Pay Day where full-time, year-round…
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August 2, 2023
America the (Not So) Beautiful for Caregiving
Sammy Chavin-Grant, Federal Strategy Director Just a few weeks ago, I represented Family Values @ Work at Women Deliver 2023. This was FV@W’s first time…
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July 20, 2023
Here We Go Again: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2023
Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director You know what I’m tired of? Every year, I write the same letter to the universe: it’s incomprehensible that women still…
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