May Mothers Day Action
Multi-Cultural-Presentations In May
IMN declares May as ‘Mothers Month’ and will support a global initiative highlighting the activities of mother's groups throughout the month of May annually.
Activities can and will take place on different dates, simultaneously and separately throughout the month May.
Claiming public space for Mothers and Families across the world prioritizes children and highlights the acts of mothers, influences corporate and public policy, and creates a global citizenship that values matriarchal influences and affects positive change with the intention of benefiting all.
The entire month of May will serve as an open collective forum for gatherings; social, political, economic, artistic and academic, highlighting some of the key issues facing women, mothers and families free of race and socio-economic differences.
We are all for one and one for all, welcoming festivals, concerts, poetry bashes, walkathons, sit-ins, peaceful activism, literary and theatrical presentations, economic summits, athletic demonstrations, artistic celebrations and multi-cultural group gatherings of all kinds.
Send us links for May gatherings for posting here: joy@mamapalooza.com or info@internationalmothersnetwork.org.
Multi-Cultural-Presentation Listings and Links for May
International Events Include:
MAMAPALOOZA April 11-June 15th 2009, coordinates large-scale free festivals and events that put mothers and families at the forefront of their communities, activating the voices of women and amplifying maternal health, social and activist issues. MAMAPALOOZA has created a generation of Mom-Branded culture and entertainment.
MAU is working with Global Action for Children on a campaign, Stand for the World's Children, to mobilize mothers and others to voice grassroots support for the Emergency Presidential Initiative for the World's Children. This initiative calls upon President Obama to appoint a Children's Ambassador to oversee and prioritize funding for programs that serve children internationally and the US Congress to fully fund programs that benefit orphans and vulnerable children. As part of this campaign, MAU is training and equipping 100 mothers to organize in their communities (Mother's Day gatherings), engage the media and visit their Member of Congress. For more information: www.standfortheworldschildren.org
Uganda
Mile walk to act as an official launch of IMN in Uganda. This will involve moving around Yumbe town while displaying the emblem of IMN and its Ugandan network.
Girl Child education support in the Northern Ugandan district of Yumbe which will involve giving materials like mattresses, stationery, bed sheets and sanitary facilities for the best performing school girls in the just released 2008 Primary Leaving Examinations.
Display of women's Art Crafts during the launch in Yumbe town in Northern Uganda.
Traditional dancing activities.
Women foot ball competition will act as the fianl part of the activities.
USA
Thousands of mothers & families gather; raising voices, sharing ideas at multiple Mamapalooza events April - June
Spend Mother's Day with Literary Mama! Editors and contributors Caroline Grant (coeditor, Mama, PhD: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life), Sybil Lockhart (Mother in the Middle: A Biologist’s Story of Caring for Parent and Child), Sophia Raday (Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of An Unlikely Marriage), Rebecca Kaminsky, Sarah Kilts, Ursula Ferreira, and Marian Berges will read from their recent work.
Sunday, May 10, 2009, 2 PM
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 927-0960
www.bookpassage.com
Literary Mama is hosting a Mother's Day book signing at the Barnes and Noble in North Charleston, SC for Mother's Day Month!
Welfare Warriors Photo Bus Tour of Milwaukee's $120 MILLION Child Protective Empire. More here.
Mothers Uniting Mothers or M.U.M.
Four cities in the U.S. will hold M.U.M. events on March 8th at 5PM:
Ashland, Oregon; Spokane, WA; Austin, TX; and Richmond, VA
Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center
Annual Mother’s Day Celebration
May 12, 2009
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Click here to see the flyer!
Peace X Peace celebrates International Women's Day - March 12, 2009
blue milk is supporting Australia's push for a paid maternity leave scheme for Internationl Womens' Day.
This year the National Association of Mothers’ Centers (NAMC) will join with other members of the global Mothers Center International Network for Empowerment (MINE) in promoting and sponsoring “Mile for Mothers” events in the USA. We plan to have one venue here on Long Island (NY) and to also encourage our centers throughout the country to organize events in their own communities. Our event will be on Saturday, May 9th 2009 a 5k Run/Walk/Stroller-Walk Event in conjunction with one of our partner organizations “The Sounds of Silence Foundation” and the Post Partum Resource Center of New York. We collaborate with the Post Partum Resource Center to do “Circle of Caring” discussion groups for women who are affected by post partum and maternal depression.
The slogan for our walks will be “Value Children?... Cherish Mothers!” We hope many of our centers will hold walks in their communities and will be encouraging them to share stories and photos with us that we can share with you after the events.
