Kindred Spirits

This just in from our friends at MomsRising.org! Last month, several members of our Nashville MAU community painted onesies for MomsRising's Power of ONEsie campaign. This campaign champions paid maternity and paternity leave, and was a big part of why Washington state is now the second state in the US with paid family leave.

The idea behind the campaign: "Imagine a beautifully presented long chain of decorated baby onesies stretching all around your state capital as a visual representation of the real people who need the policies being debated inside the imposing buildings. Each onesie signifies one person--mother, father, child, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, or other--who cares deeply about building a family-friendly America, but can't take the time off work, or away from kids, to actually be at the capital. You."

"One by ONEsie," says MomsRising, "working together, we can show the nation that we are a creative and powerful force for good family policy, as well as help our politicians to pay attention to issues which have long been ignored." If they're not Mothers Acting Up, I don't know who is! Check out the ONEsie photo gallery for a peek at some of the fabulous onesies sent in from folks like us, all across the country. My "Children deserve a bigger piece of the pie" onesie even made it onto the gallery!