March MAUs go out like lionesses...

Opportunities abound for community building, here are three THIS WEEKEND.


One) TODAY 3/30 MAU's regularly scheduled Mobilizing the Mamas Playgroup.

Friday 10-noon; Centennial Park Playground.

Bring sunscreen, outdoor toys (sidewalk chalk, trikes, beach balls, parachutes), snacks to share, your knitting or other craft if you like, ideas for Mother's Day op-eds & costumes, friends, family and welcoming attitudes.


Two) TODAY 3/30 One in a series of field trips to visit our state representatives along with Tennessee's Peaceable Assembly & Instruction Project, itself part of the national Occupation Project.

Friday 2:45-- outside Representative Cooper's office, downtown, Church Street.
These field trips are wonderful forays into civic and political egnagement In which which we lobby / advocate and appeal for / to our representatives to vote for peace. MAU’s role in this capacity is to show up passionate about our children’s welfare, ALL our children’s welfare, and to put real faces and bodies to Rep. Cooper’s constituency, as he is the person we visit today. MAU families and friends will gather in front of Cooper’s office (it’s inside the downtown public library, accessed from Church Street between the library’s main entrance and Provence) on the sidewalk at 2:45. I’m asking folks to bring with them their children, grandmothers, friends, welcoming spirits, homebaked cookies… whatever it takes to graciously thank Cooper for voting against appropriations last week, and to ask him to continue to vote for peace, thereby giving all children a bigger piece of the pie.

(NOTE: the next scheduled MAU group field trip was April 3-- this visit is in the process of being rescheduled! Write to Paige for details: paige@mothersactingup.org)


Three) Planning Meeting for Nashville MAU's Second Annual Mother's Day Parade for Peace.

Sunday afternoon. Write Paige for details: paige@mothersactingup.org