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We have a huge problem that reveals itself on sidelines across America every weekend. In today’s youth sports culture, sideline brawls and screaming matches are increasingly becoming the norm. And kids, wisely, are choosing to leave. They are dropping out of sports at an alarmingly high rate. They cite not having fun, the stress of…

We receive beautiful and heartbreaking emails everyday. Thank you for trusting us with your stories. Today, we are sharing Jessi’s story with you. Jessi is a warrior sister and daughter facing incredible loss. Jessi wrote to us because she desperately wants to help her mom. Jessi’s sister, Jami, died recently in a car accident. Jami…

You – the beloved people of the impossible – are incredible. 45,537 of you beautiful people, over a period of 7 days, gave Together Rising $2,632,558.79 to provide children who are being detained in atrocious conditions across this country with emergency relief, and to fund long-term legal accountability to end this disaster. Every penny of…

Two Million Dollars. You raised $2,052,301 in two days for emergency response to, and long-term legal accountability for, the child detention crisis.Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I love us. I have a vision of myself at eighty, sitting on my porch, thinking about how much good we did together, how much we laughed and…

When scary things happened on the news, Mister Rogers’ mother would say: “Look for the helpers, son. There are always helpers.” In the future, when history looks for the helpers of these times, History will find you. History will point to this army of fierce hearted strangers who linked arms and marched toward the world’s…

How You Can Help End Child-Detention Horrors TODAY There are 13,100 children imprisoned right now in federal custody — alone, without their families — facing horrifying neglect and abuse. These kids need and deserve a defender and protector. Today, we will give them a defender who will step in front of the abuse they are…

Did you know that tampons and pads are not covered by food stamps or WIC, and are taxed at normal state tax rates? Did you know that – even though the majority of individuals in homeless shelters are women and children – some of the hardest supplies for homeless shelters to stock are feminine hygiene…

Every year 440,000 children — most impacted by abuse, neglect and trauma — spend time in the foster care system. The world is a hard place, and pain is everywhere. The world is also a beautiful place and love is everywhere. May is National Foster Care month. Last week you showed up for 32 kids…

UPDATE!!! YOU DID IT. YOU DID IT AND THEN YOU DID MORE.   You never stop showing up. Thank you for always showing up — for people you don’t know — to help heal the world by doing right by one precious person at a time. Thank you.   We needed $110,500 to give 19…

It’s been 9 weeks since we crossed the border with 29 families to reclaim their children who were taken from them and to pursue their asylum claims. Most had been separated from their babies for at least 10 months, had been deported without them and had little hope of ever seeing them again. As of…