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Our movement grew in 2010 with
Stand for Peace actions held across the nation to
Take Back Mother's Day.
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Kansas City Metro Area
Third Annual Mother's Day
Stand For Peace
Overland Park
95th Street in front of the
Oak Park Mall
Music by Emily Tummons
Julia Ward Howe re-enactor
Public reading of the Mother's Day Proclamation
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Golden, Colorado
The Congregation of the Jefferson Memorial Church combined with The Women in Black, a group of women who regularly, silently stand for peace at busy intersections in the area. Members stood for peace after each worship service along the sidewalk in front of the church.
Jefferson Unitarian Church
14350 W. 32nd Ave.
Golden, CO 80401
303-279-5282
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Grass Valley, California
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains246 South Church StreetGrass Valley, CA 95945
The UU Women’s Study Circle dressed in period costume and had several customized bonnets made.
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Cincinnatti, Ohio - Clifton
Stand for Peace
Sunday, May 9, 1:00 PM
Clifton, Burnett Woods at Intersection of Ludlow and Clifton;
Contact: Rev. Frank Carpenter rev.carpenter@fuse.net
Cincinnatti, Ohio - Hyde Park
Stand for Peace
Sunday, May 9, 1:00
Hyde Park Square
Contact: Jane Masters janemasters@cinci.rr.com
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Broome County (NY)
Veterans For Peace and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton present a
Celebration of Mother's Day and the Julia Ward Howe Proclamation.
Broome County Court House corner of Court and Exchange Streets.
Music by Colleen Kattau and Some Guys
Dramatic reading by Local actor Patricia Donohue and an historical interpretation by Binghamton University Graduate student Carol Linskey.
| Links to local press coverage of this second annual event:
WICZ
WBNG
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Brookfield, Wisconsin Area
Mother's Day Peace Celebration
Peace Pole Dedication
Unitarian Universalist Church West
13001 W. North Ave. Brookfield WI
For more information contact bsteffes@wi.rr.com
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Newport, Rhode Island
Julia Ward Howe’s Mother's Day Proclamation
Sunday, May 9, 2010 – Mother’s Day.
Channing Memorial Church
135 Pelham Street, Newport, RI
Julia Ward Howe was an activist, a Unitarian, suffragette and mother of six. One hundred and forty years ago she called mothers to action by proclaiming the first MotherÂ’s Day. On Sunday, May 9th , Susan VanDerhoof, dressed in period costume brought Julia Ward Howe to life again in the pulpit of her own church, Channing Memorial Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Howe's decendents attended the service.
Natick, Massachusetts
Stand for Peace
Saturday, May 8, Noon,
Natick Center, Intersection of routes 27& 135.
contact: Deborah Pope-Lance <revdpl@gmail.com>
Worthington, Massachusetts
Peace Cairn
Reclaiming Mothers' Day at the Cairn in honor of Julia Ward Howe and her mission.
Sunday, May 9, 3:00-5:00 pm
Glenwood Farm in Worthington, MA,
For more information call 413-238-4240 or e mail info@earthspirit.com
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| Reading the proclamation in Natick Massachusetts |
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