32 Quotes by Joan Blades

Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

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.

Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.

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.

People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

We are mortgaging our future.