Taking Action

Here are some of the ways members can participate in Mothers & More’s consciousness-raising and advocacy work.

• POWER Loop — A members only e-mail loop that explores mothers’ lives, realities and issues through topical discussions and interactive interviews with guest authors and experts.
• Annual Mother’s Day Campaign — members can participate in activities at both the chapter and national level, in order recognize the social and economic value of the caregiving work all mothers do, beyond the cards and flowers and breakfast in bed.
  
  Many chapters host special programming at meetings, conduct activities in their communities and connect with local media to talk about what their chapter and Mothers & More in general does to improve the lives of mothers. At the national level, there are “virtual events” in which members can participate, and national media outreach to publicize mothers’ issues and the value of caregiving work.
• Web-based events and activities — members nominate outside entities, from time to time, for Apple Pie in the Face awards and Apple of Our Eye awards. And we also conduct web-based surveys of members and the public, on occasion, to get data on mothers’ thoughts, concerns and lives. Many of our virtual events also include email-writing campaigns.
• Local advocacy & community outreach — chapters and their members connect with others in their communities to talk about and work on the issues that mothers face, and to connect with other groups of mothers in their communities, around mothers’ needs and issues.
• Advocacy & Community Outreach Resource Loop — this email loop is available to members who are their chapter’s advocacy and community outreach chair, or anyone who is interested in advocacy and community outreach activities in their chapter, to exchange ideas, challenges and best practices.