BURBANK, Calif. – Jessica Stamen is passionate about the issues that matter to her, but with three small children, she found it difficult to be as involved in activism as she wanted to be.

“Finding ways a) that I could where I didn’t have to be necessarily paying for childcare," Stamen said, "and b) I really felt like I wanted my kids to be involved in the things that I was involved with.”

Fellow mom Alisa Angelone was in a similar boat. For her, the 2016 election was a wake-up call.

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“I realized that I kind of sat back and been a little complacent in my politics, in my activism and that I needed to do more," Angelone said.

To address that need Angelone founded Momtivist, which she describes as a community for progressive parents.

“Where you can engage in activism with your children and not need a babysitter to be an activist," Angelone said, "And we provide that space.”

Roughly once a month, sometimes more, the group hosts what they call Progress Playdates, where they gather in someone's living room or backyard for a serious discussion about a specific issue.

“We do things around climate change," Angelone told a first-time visitor. "We do things around gun violence prevention.”

While the grown-ups stay inside, outside the kids craft and learn about things like empathy and conflict resolution.

“They learn about new people, new places, new things," Angelone said, "and we do it in a really age appropriate kind of way.”

The meetings aren’t all talk. Parents and kids also take part in an action, like putting together postcards to encourage people to get out and vote.

“The kids love postcarding! They get to color," Angelone said. "I think the people who receive them get this beautiful little piece of art and we hope it motivates them to vote.”

So far the original Momtivists say the response has been amazing and they expect that interest will peak as the election season kicks into high gear.

“We meet so many people who say I really wanted to get involved, I wasn’t sure where to start and it’s nice that we can give people a place to gather," Stamen said. "We’ve got snacks. We’ve got crafts. We’ve got coffee and we have just a very welcoming community.”

A community of people looking to take on the issues of the day while raising activists to tackle the issues of tomorrow.