FUSsa-talk Mailing List: UU peace/Mother's Day resources

[jojane (jojane]

Hi, all - got this info from a MUUSJA member - passing it along in case
anyone is interested in using the info & resources to develop something
for FUS on Mother's Day, and/or connecting with local peace groups re:
what they may be planning in the month of May...  - Jo

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 after January 30 or post
to our blog at  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     _____________________________ 
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