Nashville Mothers Acting Up (MAU) hosts
Sunday May 13, 2007
12:30 - 3:30 PM
@ Fannie Mae Dees (Dragon) Park; 2400 Blakemore Ave.
Reclaim Mother's Day with
Festive dress, big hats, aprons, colorful costumery, stilts, unicycles, handheld instruments, joyful signage celebrating peace and mother leadership are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Please bring friends and family members with you. This event is wholly appropriate for EVERYONE.
12:30 - 1:15 readying for the parade w/ trike, stroller, wagon & wheelchair decorating; face painting; sign making.
1:15 Julia Ward Howe (on stilts!) delivers the Mother's Day Proclamation
1:30 Parade!! (3/4 mile sidewalk parade through the heart of
2:00 Brief address to kick off postcard action to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and presentation of the Julia Ward Howe Award.
Free cake! Juice! Cookies! Picnicking and play on the lawn & playground…. Big bubbles, children's crafts, acoustic jam session for those who bring instruments.
Activities, literature & sponsorship provided by local MAU supporting and partnering businesses & organizations including Bramble Hill Farm, Baby Bear Shop, the Artsy Mamas, Earth Matters TN, Nashville Peace & Justice Center & the Peace Coalition, More than Warmth, Code Pink, etc.
Thank you to Publix, Kinkos, Village Realty, Posh Boutique, Pangaea, Walgreen's, Target, Costco, Wild Oats, Tennessee Environmental Council, & Red Rover for sponsorship.
Limited edition Nashville MAU T shirts available in a variety of sizes, colors & styles. Suggested donation $8 each.
www.nashvillemau.blogspot.com
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Paige La Grone Babcock, National Outreach Coordinator & Community Organizer, MOTHERS ACTING UP: celebrating Mother Leadership in 2007
303.474.1286
Mobile mama 615.495.1879
MAUs are reclaiming Mother's Day across the land.... join the festive revolution!! www.mothers-acting-up.blogspot.com
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