[NV Greens] Fwd: Mother's Day Call to Action (Reno)

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>Subject: Fwd: Mother's Day Call to Action (Reno)
>Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:06:46 -0700
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>>From: Laura Fillmore <shuwewe at 775.net>
>>Date: April 15, 2005 7:53:34 AM PDT
>>To: Mary Lee Fulkerson <maryweave at sbcglobal.net>, Polly 
>><pas at 775.net>, TahoWoman at aol.com, John Hadder 
>><hadder at citizenalert.org>, Bob Fulkerson 
>><bfulkerson at planevada.org>, Carol Perry <dameon1 at mindspring.com>, 
>>jenny ring <jring at unr.edu>, LIsa Grayshield 
>><lgrayshield at doe.nv.gov>, Lois kane <lkane at rsic.org>, Claire 
>>Perrault <weavercp at earthlink.net>, DrBabeV at aol.com, greta gard 
>><gretagailgard at yahoo.com>, Jane Detweiler <jad at unr.edu>, Judith 
>>Katz <judithkatz at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Fwd: Mother's Day Call to Action
>>
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>>Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>>From: Laura Fillmore <shuwewe at 775.net>
>>>Date: April 15, 2005 7:52:15 AM PDT
>>>To: Lee Dazey <ldazey at mindspring.com>, Ireri Rivas <quatrepneu at msn.com>
>>>Subject: Mother's Day Call to Action
>>>
>>>A Call to Action,
>>>
>>>Friends, Neighbors, Allies:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Mother's Day is just around the corner and the phone companies, 
>>>florists and chocolate makers are gearing up for their biggest 
>>>sales of the year. Last Tuesday, a group of women got together in 
>>>hopes of addressing the real issues our mothers and mothers around 
>>>the world face.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The origins of Mother's Day had little to do with chocolate and 
>>>flowers. It was born out of social reform and peace activism by 
>>>people such as Anna Reeves Jarvis. In 1858, she organized Mother's 
>>>Work Days in West Virginia to improve sanitation in the 
>>>Appalachian Mountains. During the Civil War, her group tended the 
>>>wounded on either side of the conflict and led a campaign in 
>>>reconciliation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>She was not the first woman to feel the burden of war, and the 
>>>poverty and injustice that often begets war and follows war. On 
>>>Mother's Day, May 8, 2005 we are hosting an event,   "Arise all 
>>>women who have hearts!"  to celebrate women and mothers as social 
>>>reformers and peace activists. A mother's heart extends beyond the 
>>>needs of her own family into the community and the world at large. 
>>>Mothers stand with their children on the front lines of protests, 
>>>pickets, food lines knowing all too well that war, poverty, 
>>>injustice all beget violence.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The focus for the event will be the issues raised in the Mother's 
>>>Day Proclamation written in 1870 by poet and philanthropist Julia 
>>>Ward Howe, as a call to women to end war. We will highlight the 
>>>historic efforts of women and mothers, such as Julia Ward Howe and 
>>>Jeannette Rankin, and  those who are doing the work today in our 
>>>community organizing for an end to war, injustice and poverty. We 
>>>invite all women and men, people of color, and workers advocating 
>>>for human rights to come, share, and inspire us to identify modern 
>>>parallels to the ideas in the Proclamation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Our first meeting was a brainstorming session full of energy and 
>>>passion. We want our community to be honored through our mothers, 
>>>but our mothers must be honored for EVERY single struggle they 
>>>face. We  developed a rough outline for the event at our first 
>>>planning meeting. We hope to open with a song and opening prayer 
>>>from Washoe youth, reading the Mothers Day Proclamation to be 
>>>followed with speakers, singers and performers and end the event 
>>>with a circle dance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>We will make space at the event for everyone to have an 
>>>opportunity to speak. The Mothers Day event on May 8th will be 
>>>held at Brick Park beside the Java Jungle on First Street from 2 
>>>pm to 4 pm.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Mothers Day is still three weeks away. We invite you to be part of 
>>>planning this event.  If you sympathize with our efforts, please 
>>>come to our next meeting at 7pm on Tuesday April 19, 2005 at the 
>>>PLAN office (1101 Riverside Dr. Reno) call 348-7557 for 
>>>directions.  As always, we are open to suggestions and would love 
>>>to hear from you,
>>>
>>>Laura Fillmore, Ireri Rivas  and Lee Dazey


-- 
Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand
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