INSPIRE A MIND. INSPIRE A FUTURE.

Written by Legal Momentum attorneys, Women: A Celebration of Strength, highlights the important legal victories in the struggle for women's rights, and reminds us of the continuing importance of the law in the defense of those rights. All proceeds from the sale of this book support Legal Momentum. Buy it and give it to someone you believe in.  BUY NOW AT $25   

NEWS

• 12-29: Legal Momentum and Sugar Law Center Fight Pregnancy Discrimination Against Port Huron Firefighter. More
  
  
• 12-16: Legal Momentum on GritTV with Laura Flanders discussing, "A Gender Agenda: Women and the Financial Crisis." Video
  
  
• 12-18: Legal Momentum Calls on President-elect Obama and Congress to Withdraw New HHS Rule That Threatens Women's Health. More
  
  
• 12-11: Legal Momentum Applauds Passage of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. More
  
  
• Commentaries by Legal Momentum's Attorneys on the U. S. Supreme Court October Term 2008 Cases.  More  

 ACTION ALERTS

Congress will shortly act on a comprehensive economic stimulus package to blunt the impact of the financial crisis and recession. Join us in urging Congress to remember our nation's most impoverished families by suspending the time limit on eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits until the economy recovers.  

• Write to your members of Congress on TANF. 

EXPERT REPORTS

• Reading Between the Lines: Women’s Poverty In the United States, 2007. Tim Casey  (August 2008) Download Report
  
• Young Men Are Still Better Off Than Young Women. Tim Casey (September 2008) Download Report
  
• From the Ground Up: Building Opportunities for Women in Construction. Jennifer K. Brown and Francoise Jacobsohn.
  (July 2008) Download Report