FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Mother's Day actions against the war

[Barbara Weatherhead (barbweather]

It sounds like a great idea to me!

Barbara Weatherhead
barbweather [at] comcast.net  

-----Original Message-----
From: Rev. Kendyl Gibbons [mailto:uukendyl [at] interaccess.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:36 PM
To: Barb Weatherhead
Subject: [sa-talk] Mother's Day actions against the war

Hi, folks;

 

Is this something we want to participate in?

 

  _____  

From: Sara Sautter [mailto:dre [at] smuuchurch.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:50 PM
To: 'Sara Sautter'; 'Nancy Heege'; Phillip Lund
Subject: Julia's Voice

 

 

 

 

Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

 

                                Julia Ward Howe, 1870

 

 

 

Dear Prairie Star UU Ministers,

 

As you know, the very first Mothers Day was created by a Unitarian woman
to
give mothers a voice against war.   By 1870 Julia Ward Howe had lived
through the Civil War and when she saw the approach of yet another armed
conflict, she organized an event to give mothers and women a voice to
speak
out - this was the first Mothers Day.

 

Julia's Voice, a peace and anti war group affiliated with Shawnee
Mission
Unitarian Universalist Church, is the modern voice for Julia Ward Howe.

 

On May 11, Mothers Day 2008, Julia's Voice will begin its mission to
return
Mothers Day to its original intent.  Our Mothers Day event, Moms Against
the
War, will honor Howe's work by promoting peace and speaking out against
the
War in Iraq.  While the main event will be held in Johnson County
Kansas,
Julia's Voice will provide organizing tools for churches across the
nation
to sponsor similar Moms Against the War events in their own communities.

 

Julia's Voice recently received funding from the Unitarian Universalist
Funding Program to organize and promote our Moms Against the War event.
This is a strong endorsement by the denomination for our vision.

 

Moms Against the War will make our faith a strong voice for peace in the
Prairie Star District and beyond.

 

We need your help to make this event a success.  Here's how:

 

*       Sign on as a sponsor for our event.  Join our effort to plan and
organize this event.  Sponsors will agree with our mission, will provide
us
with volunteer or financial help and will allow their name to appear on
our
website as a sponsor.

 

*       Come and stand with us!  Make this an event to take notice of!!!
Send a few car loads of congregants to attend our march on Mothers Day,
May
11 at 3:00.  Join our Peace Choir!  Help us ensure this event will be
successful and will proudly represent our faith, our churches and our
commitment to peace.  Mothers and ALL others are welcome!  Let us know
if
you will need home hospitality in the KC metro area. 

 

*       Can't make it to Kansas?  Organize an event in your community.
Log
onto our new website after January 30 and click "Tool Kit" to find all
that
you need to organize a Moms Against the War march in your local
community.

 

*       Open doors -- Do you personally know a prominent mother
sympathetic
to the cause of peace who could promote our event by serving as a media
focus?    Do you personally have any media contacts in your area?   Help
our
effort with your contacts.  

 

*       Visit our site - See us at www.JuliasVoice.org
<http://www.juliasvoice.org/>  after January 30 or post to our blog at
www.juliasvoice.blogspot.com <http://www.juliasvoice.blogspot.com/> 

 

*       Buy merchandise  -- Support our cause at
www.cafepress.com/juliasvoice

 

Help us return Mothers Day to its original intent; a voice for mothers
and
others against war.

 

Reply to this email today!

 

Sincerely,

The Julia's Voice Steering Committee

 

Sara Sautter

Nancy Mays

Kay Heley

Katrina Bruce

Tod Meyers

Jennifer Byers

 

Our Mission: 

 

Mission Statement: "We call upon women to rise up and oppose war in all
its
forms; to come together across national lines; to recognize that what we
hold in common unites us above that which divides us; and to commit to
finding peaceful resolutions to all conflicts."  Julia Ward Howe, 1870




* Yes!  We will stand with other Unitarian Universalists for peace and
will
be sponsors of this event.  We understand our name will appear on all
printed materials.  Our name should appear as follows:
_____________________________________.

* We are committed to sending _________ members to the event.  Please
keep
us posted as details evolve.

* We would like to join the Peace Choir!  Let us know how.


* We would like to help organize the event.  Please contact

 

 _________________________ at     _____________________________ 

Name                                                   Email

 

 

_________________________ at      _____________________________ 

Name                                                   Email

 

 

_________________________ at      _____________________________ 

Name                                                   Email

 

 


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