Dearest Nashville area MAU families,Thanks to the many of you who came out to enjoy 2008's Mother's Day Peace Parade-- our 3rd Annual local reclaimation celebration!! It was a very beautiful event.
Gale force winds (up to 30 miles per hour) rather radically altered our plans. Two trees were felled during the time we were at the park to set up. We opted not to put up any of the tents or do our carefully planned actions, and we also put off the children's activities and presenatation of the 2008 Julia Ward Howe Award. All of that was fine: Mother Nature was to be respected and lived with in all her wonder. We opted to go out for coffee instead of setting up, then gathered for our parade and cake and a spirited reading of the proclamation. We had a surprisingly large crowd, given the weather. It was wild and great and we went from one stilt walker last year to two this year. We nearly blew away. But didn't. The remarkable Contrarian Ensemble played anyway, just for love and cake and lemonade. It was a really wonderful day. We'll do the actions and award ceremony and our raffle and everything else on Friday night at our post parade potluck instead. Free raffle tickets for all mothers who attend!!!
YA'LL COME!! Bring your mothers, friends, sisters, children, neighbors....we'll be celebrating, feasting, and acting up....
Friday May 16, 6 PM: Post Parade Mother's Day Potluck Social & Salon
at the Nashville Friends Meeting House, 530 26th Ave N
Bring a dish to share, wear festive attire (parade hats encouraged!) and prepare to revel in our community. Sherry Knott will receive the 2008 Julia Ward Howe Award, actions and activities will take place. We're a welcoming community for ALL kinds of families, including those with or without children. $3 suggested donation goes to the Meeting House for utilities and upkeep.
And....
Saturday May 17 is People's Day at Compass!! (Early registration deadline and pricebreak has been extended to today!!)
Nashville MAU Organizer and MAU National Outreach Coordinator Paige La Grone Babcock will be on the afternoon panel for the Democracy in the Media Track where she-- along with a group including Liberadio's Mary Mancini, Stand for Children's Andy Spears, and Gathering to Save Our Democracy's Bernie Ellis-- will address the topic Crafting Your Message And Making It Heard.
A great event, not to be missed, Tennessee Alliance for Progress puts together the annual Compass Conference as a means to mobilize, inform, and network our state and region's progressive community. As they say: We're all in this together.
See you this weekend!!
The Nashville MAU Mavens
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