[Wamvan] Fwd: Valuing Our Mothers

Thu May 10 15:33:09 PDT 2012

Awesome. Thanks for sharing, Jarrah!

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> I haven't seen much in the mainstream media but I liked this article at
> Colorlines that links to a series of e-cards you can send that represent
> "mamas on the margins" -
> http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/05/mamas_day_e-cards.html
>
> Here's an excerpt:
>
> A group of activists and mothers in Oakland, Calif. have started an annual
> Mother’s Day tradition that would probably put Hallmark to shame. Fed up
> with the mainstream image of mothers as domestic, middle class, and white,
> they’ve made a real effort over the past two years to celebrate who they
> call “mamas on the margins”: all those single, queer, immigrant, and young
> mothers whose stories are often glossed over by corporate card makers.
> [image: Activist-Mama2.png] <http://mamasday.org/>
>
> “I can’t find a Mother’s Day card that looks at our identities in a way
> that is sentimental for me and my mom,” says Shanelle Matthews,
> communications coordinator at Forward Together<http://forwardtogether.org/>,
> an Oakland-based organization that’s leading the e-Card drive through its
> Strong Families initiative. Matthews grew up as one of three kids in a
> single-parent black household, and wants to celebrate her mother’s hard
> work. “This campaign is personally close to be because I can finally say
> something to my mom on Mother’s Day that’s actually of cultural relevance
> and value.”
>
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A great reminder of the very political roots of Mother's Day - a day of
>> action towards furthering mother's rights, not a day of consumption and
>> materialism.
>>
>> Many of the media I've seen this week has done the typical stuff - gift
>> lists and 'what do buy' your mom type columns. Has anyone read anything
>> else?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Miss Representation <Miss_Representation at mail.vresp.com>
>> Date: Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:04 PM
>> Subject: Valuing Our Mothers
>> To: nhill10 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Dear Natalie,
>>
>> This Sunday, in the U.S. and elsewhere, we will take time out of our busy
>> schedules to stop and honor some of the most important people in our lives:
>> our mothers. While this is certainly a moment for celebration, it's also a
>> chance for reflection. How are we treating our mothers the other 364 days
>> of the year?
>>
>> It turns out, we could be doing a lot better. Studies show that if we
>> paid stay-at-home mothers an appropriate salary, they'd make $117,000 a
>> year. And the political debates of the last year have only magnified how
>> undervalued and marginalized our mothers really are.
>>
>> Recently I wrote a piece<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MissRepresentation/d81d2dc9f2/1eb99f04bd/0c578b8b04>for the International Museum of Women
>> * *called "A Revolution, Stalled," in which I addressed how we are
>> especially failing our mothers in the workforce:
>>
>>  "The lack of proper respect and assistance for working mothers is a
>> major factor in the lack of equality for women across the board. The pay
>> gap still exists...Furthermore, even though studies have shown that working
>> mothers pose fewer burdens for employers than their co-workers, the
>> stereotype persists, and women with children make 7 to 14 percent less than
>> their childless female peers."
>>
>>  This Mother's Day we're asking how we can better value all mothers. How
>> can partners and extended family members help out with childcare, elderly
>> care, and household management so that the responsibility doesn't fall 100
>> percent on the shoulders of women? How does your company, your spouse's
>> company or your parents' company(ies) treat working mothers? Find the
>> contact information of their CEO and simply *forward them this email*. Send
>> them the Gender Equity Principles<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MissRepresentation/d81d2dc9f2/1eb99f04bd/44e8bf75bc> for
>> further directions on how to make sure women everywhere are being treated
>> fairly.
>>
>> We all have a responsibility to mothers, and one way we can support those
>> in our community is by raising awareness around these issues. Regardless of
>> whether she works at home or in an office, the greatest gift we can give
>> our mothers is a transformation of our culture's unfair expectations of
>> women as primary caregivers and household managers. By raising
>> consciousness around the issues faced by moms, we are closing the gender
>> gap and expanding the opportunities available to all women and girls.
>>
>> Happy Mother's Day!
>>
>> Onwards,
>>
>> Jennifer Siebel Newsom, CEO and Founder of MissRepresentation.org
>>
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