by Vyckie Garrison, No Longer Qivering

December 21, 2012 - 7:31 am

But I’ve come to recognize the value of apprehension – because fear which is not squelched or pacified by the mental hocus pocus of pious devotion can be a great motivation for necessary change. Without the thought-stopping effect of 365 biblical “fear-nots,” these days, when I am afraid, I have no other option than to actually figure out: What is so terrifying? Why am I scared? What should be done to prevent my fears from materializing in reality? What do I need to do differently?

by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International

June 11, 2012 - 9:51 pm

Every single country in the world except for the United States and Somalia, have agreed that spanking is wrong, at least in principle.

by Aimee Santos-Lyons, Western State Center

and Strong Families, Strong Families

May 22, 2012 - 11:49 am

What if all the grassroots groups who work with the families who are consistently pushed to the margins and thrown under the bus talked about their causes as if they were all connected? What if we worked as if we were facing the same stigma and hate? What if I, in my parenting, felt connected to immigrant mamas fighting to reclaim their community? What if I, in my resistance, understood deeply my relationship to mothers who lose their children to juvenile justice, foster care systems, and/or incarceration?

by Laura Jiménez, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ)

and Melanie Tom, Forward Together

and Strong Families, Strong Families

May 20, 2012 - 11:22 am

A part of keeping families safe and secure is making sure that in times of misfortune, children and their parents are able to communicate.

by Strong Families, Strong Families

and Kirsten Moore, Reproductive Health Technologies Project

May 15, 2012 - 7:37 pm

Let’s recognize that the way to honor motherhood is to respect and support a woman’s decision about whether she is ready to be a parent. That means making sure that every pregnant woman, regardless of her ability to pay, has health care insurance coverage for all of her medical needs, including abortion.

by Bernadette Brown, Strong Families

May 15, 2012 - 3:32 pm

If you ever want to sleep at night, don’t try raising a black boy in America, because it means not having the luxury of the safety bubble that other parents have around their children, and never having the luxury of being able to sleep at night.

by Phyllida Burlingame

and Strong Families, Strong Families

May 13, 2012 - 9:05 am

Nearly ten years ago, I made one of the toughest parenting decisions of my life: I terminated a much-wanted pregnancy.

by Strong Families, Strong Families

and Mari Rose Taruc, Strong Families

May 11, 2012 - 7:45 am

All this burning of fossil fuels ends up in our lungs, or in the sky warming our planet. I growl at the statistics. My blood boils at seeing mostly kids of color wheezing in the emergency room right alongside of us. We need a big transition.

by Strong Families, Strong Families

and Beata Tsosie-Peña, Strong Families

May 11, 2012 - 7:40 am

My daughters! Remember that the secret of eternity is being in the moment, connected to everything real while breathing the dreams of the past and the future.

by Katie McCall, Strong Families

and Strong Families, Strong Families

May 10, 2012 - 8:24 pm

This Mama’s Day, I encourage all women to stand up and say, “Mamahood by Choice!” Becoming a mama should always be a decision that a woman makes with her partner—and not because she doesn’t have access to family planning.