The MomsRising Education Fund (MREF) educates and engages people about the importance of advancing family economic security and ending discrimination in the US.

Our movement building is focused on working toward a nation where moms and families can build good lives.

Motherhood shouldn’t be impossible. But too often it is. It doesn’t have to be this way. Together, we can move forward:

• Healthy Lives - Health care for all from birth through aging and disability; maternal health access; and nutritious, affordable food.
• Affordable Community - Child care for everyone; affordable housing, groceries, utilities, transportation; and fair taxes that allow families and our economy to thrive.
• Economic Security - Good jobs and economic opportunity for all families; fair pay for women; paid family and medical leave; and earned sick days.
• Strong & Safe Communities - Safe schools, focused on success and free from gun violence; and dignity, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and justice for all people.
• Freedom, Democracy, & Dignity - Free speech, and unshakeable protections of the right to vote; reproductive autonomy; and immigration policies that are secure, compassionate, and respectful.

Women are 50% of the labor force for the first time in history--and 3/4 of all moms are either the primary or co-breadwinner. Our labor force has changed, but our public policies haven’t caught up. Because of this, being a mom is now a greater predictor of wage and hiring discrimination than gender—and over 80% of women become moms, so most women hit this wall. Women of color experience an amplified impact.

This lack of family economic security policies causes serious financial problems with rippling negative consequences to our families, businesses, and economy. Nearly a quarter of young families are living in poverty and 1 in 5 children in our nation don’t get enough nutritious food to eat because of family budget limitations. Child care costs more than college. And now, 50% of people can’t afford healthcare.

On the other hand, lifting families lifts us all, particularly because our economy is now based on consumer-spending and women make most of those decisions.

The good news is that solutions are possible. Studies show that when these policies pass; we all win.

These are the policies that are at the core of the MomsRising Education Fund mission.