Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.
From Joan Blades
Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.
I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.
I'm a mediator by training and inclination.
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.
When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.
We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do.
A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.
What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.
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