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Mother's Day originated as mothers' day, a celebration of mothers' moral concerns beyond the home, especially their civic roles and services to the nation, rather than their private roles and personal services to the family.
In that tradition, for 6 years MOTHERS has used Mother's Day to bring attention to a multitude of issues that affect family caregivers. This year we're proud to present TOP 10 MOTHER'S DAY GIFTS WE REALLY WANT. In our society mothering is one of the least supported jobs around. Why do so many more women live in poverty then men? The answer -- motherhood.
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MOTHER'S DAY 2008
Top 10 Mother's Day Gifts
We REALLY Want
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Family Leave
- Safe affordable accessible child care
- Part time jobs with proportionate pay and benefits
- Educational opportunities to facilitate re-entry into the paid workforce after caregiving breaks
- Easy access to information about maternal health and child development
- Unpaid family caregiving valued as productive work by society
- A maternal voice in public policies & practices
- A Mothers' Center in every community
- Membership in the NAMC to make these changes happen.
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Put the MOTHERS list
on your Mother's Day list!
International Mothers' Center
Mile for Mothers Campaign
Show solidarity with mothers around the world. One way to publicize the kinds of Mother's Day gifts mothers really could use is to join in the International Mothers' Center Mile for Mothers Campaign.
- Measure out a mile in a visible area of your community (local sports field or school track or local road, etc.)
- Invite mothers with children, carriages, and strollers to walk that mile ideally on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11th or sometime that weekend at a specific time.
- Send a pre-event press release.
- Make some home made signs with your favorite items from the gift list to carry on your march.
- Bring along some handouts of the Top 10 List to distribute to observers and those who might join the march.
- Take plenty of pictures and/or video.
- Upload your videos to You Tube.
- Share your pictures and videos with MOTHERS.
- Plug in your local information and send the attached post-event press release to state and local media including newspapers, radio & TV. Including a few great pictures might increase the possibility of coverage.
- Send MOTHERS the details of your event and any publicity you receive.
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