Monday, November 23, 2009
Report Finds Girls' Schools in Afghanistan Face Highest Risk of Violence; Suggests Steps for Preventing Attacks
Friday, November 20, 2009
Festive Social Action: Living Room Concerts

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to host a
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Shopping this weekend? Support CARE at the same time!
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Springfield, Illinois 350 International Climate Day's Activities









On 10/24, the International Day of Climate Action, there were thousands public events throughout the world. Springfield held two of events: a faith focused program with activities for children at Jubilee Farm; and BIKE!350: Biking into Clean Energy, a bike ride and rally at the Old State Capitol. Around twenty bikers circled the downtown area to illustrate the joy of sharing a communal bike ride while emitting zero carbon gas. Afterwards, over fifty people gathered to hear rally speakers UIS Professor Stefano Longo emphasize the importance of social movements in making significant change in the world and the potential of the voice of the people in calling for strong environmental positions from their leaders; union activist Al Pieper relate the importance and power of green jobs; and Wes King address the reality of 350: the amount of carbon emissions in parts per million that is compatible with human life (currently that level is at an incompatible 389 ppm), and individual and community ways to get involved in reducing our carbon footprint.
Voices are still needed to apprise our leaders of the public urgency for more dramatic policies, including those that put a high price on carbon emissions while ensuring that poor countries have an opportunity for development.
You can still join with thousands calling on leaders for a clean energy future!
Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3 1 2 1
Ask for your Senators' and Representative's offices.
Tell them to represent you by contacting
President Obama & supporting policies
that will lower carbon emissions to 350 ppm or below
Call the President's comment hotline at 202-456-1 1 1 1
Say that you want him to represent you
at the December UN Climate Conference
in Copenhagen with proposals that
reduce carbon emissions below 350 ppm.
Here are Some Tips to take you to the next level in reducing your C02footprint…
To idle or not to idle: Ten seconds of idling can use more fuel than turning off the engine and restarting. Parking or in line for more than 30 seconds? Turn off the engine! www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/idling.html
A room with a (warmer) view: Window films can cut energy costs up to 10%. See www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/consumer/buildings/homes/windows/films.htm
Decisions, decisions: Uninformed? Read The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice - Union of Concerned Scientists, Brower & Leon (copy soon to be available at Lincoln Library)
Hold the C02: Contact the CWLP Energy Services Office for info on local carbon credit purchasing: www.cwlp.com or 789-2070; and for general info on carbon offsets: http://www.co2offsetresearch.org/ consumer/index.html
Thanks to Diane Lopez-Hughes for the 350 update and photos. Way to ROCK it Springfield!
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Should you CARE about climate issues?
Swinging weather patterns are creating disasters on a scale that human civilization has never before witnessed. For the world’s poorest people – the ones least equipped to deal with its effects – climate change is devastating their crops, livelihoods and communities.
"Climate change is worsening the plight of those hundreds of millions of men, women and children who already live in extreme poverty – and it threatens to push hundreds of millions more people into similar destitution," says CARE International’s Secretary General Robert Glasser. "A concerted international response to this unprecedented challenge is required if we are to avoid catastrophic human suffering."
CARE is working toward a world where poor people can create opportunity out of crises like climate change. But the current reality is that climate change makes poor people even more vulnerable.
For instance, agricultural production will likely decline in the poorest countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Less reliable rainfall will likely affect planting seasons, crop growth and livestock health – and lead to increased malnutrition. In other parts of the developing world, flooding will likely further diminish the quality of already-marginal soil and could cause outbreaks of water-borne diseases such as cholera and dysentery.
Climate change also is hurling many poor families into “Catch-22” situations. For example, they may select crops that are less sensitive to rainfall variation, but also less profitable. As incomes decline and people are not able to eke out a living, children are forced to leave school, assets are sold off to afford essentials, malnutrition rates increase and large-scale migration ensues. The end result? Deepening poverty for tens of millions of people around the world.
What Must Be Done?
At the international level, negotiations to develop a new treaty to guide global efforts to address climate change will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in just a couple weeks. The United States must help lead those efforts, and forge a strong agreement that caps emissions, stops global warming and responds to the effects already in motion. We must do this for the sake of all of humanity.
What can I do to help?
First, you can make a tax-deductible donation to CARE to help poor families access the tools and education they need to adapt to the effects of climate change, make efficient use of their existing resources and overcome poverty for good.
Second, if you live in the Unites States, you can write your senators and urge them to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a critical step toward U.S. leadership in tackling climate change. U.S. leadership is critical to making the Copenhagen negotiations a success.
Third, you can join the CARE mailing list to be kept up to date on CARE’s activities and other ways you can take action in the days counting down to Copenhagen.
To donate, take action and join our e-mail list, please visit www.care.org/climate
Thanks to CARE for guest blogging for MOMSthatROCK! today. We'd like to remind you that if you have any doubt about CARE's track record about them putting money where the issues is-- check their Better Business Bureau rating which is linked on their website. Their track record speaks for itself.
Today's entry is part of Blog Action Day '09: www.blogactionday.org
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Blog Action Day 2009
Join bloggers around the world to speak out tomorrow about urging action on climate change in preparation for the Copenhagen meetings.
It's painless. It's free. Come on Bloggers. Speak your minds.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Where will you be on October 24th?
Get with it.
Join the rest of the world on October 24th to take a stand.
See post below for what we're doing in Springfield.
Go to www.350.org to see what other cities are doing . . . around the world.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Springfield: let's live up to our "green" reputation on October 24
11:00 am to Noon, Saturday, 10/24/09
Sponsoring organizations in formation: Avrom Systems; Illinois Native Plant Society, MomsthatRock! (www.momsthatrock.com) Pax Christi Springfield (www.paxchristispfld.org) ; Sangamon Valley Group Sierra Club (www.illinois.sierraclub.org/sangamon); SCORCH, St. Joseph Parish Environmental Justice Committee;
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Fight Against Terrorism

What is the most effective way to fight terrorism?

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Women Changing the World, One Village at a Time. Join Us.
Here is a bit more about the Join My Village project and OUR village Zumani. Check it out!!!
- Answering a quiz question $1
- Joining a village team $1
- Inviting friends to join $1
Up to $3 per person, per day can be unlocked, and you can return each day to unlock more dollars until your village team’s Contribution Goal is reached.
The remaining $15,000 available to each village team takes the form of matching donations. General Mills will double the impact of your personal donation through a dollar-for-dollar match, up to $15,000 per village team ($150,000 in total). Donations must be at least $10 and are processed via credit card at CARE.org (a secure site). Match ceiling of $50 per donor.
Zumani
VILLAGE MZATI: Agnes Ntenje“I want to be highly educated. So that I'll become a teacher or the president of this country.”
The leap from teacher to president seems a small one in the world of Agnes, who is still in awe of “Madam teacher,” who taught her last year.
“We were listening to whatever she was saying. She was inspiring me. She is the one who made me want to be a teacher.”
The daughter of Zumani's charismatic headman, Agnes Ntenje could be something of a local princess. But the quiet, gangly girl with a mischievous twinkle in her eye has the same heavy load of chores as most girls in town: she sweeps the family compound, helps bathe her younger brothers, cooks, carries water from the well several miles away and helps in the fields. And Agnes and her little sister walk an hour and a half to school every day, just like other kids in Zumani.
It is Agnes' super-sized ambitions that really set her apart. And her persistence.
Agnes has repeated just about every grade. Some twice. At 14, she is still in fourth grade.
“She is too playful!” shouts her little sister, Angelina.
“I play on the days when there is no teacher,” Agnes murmurs, looking down at her hands.
There are three teachers to teach the 590 students in grades one through seven of Agnes' and Angelina's primary school. They simply don't have time to teach everything in the curriculum. More often than not, come exam time, Agnes fails. She dreads this. “It is painful because they give us what we did not learn.”
Asked how it would be if more female teachers came to teach in Zumani with the support of Join My Village, Agnes thinks for a moment about how she ought to put it.
“We will be better children. We will be admired. It can be a beautiful school... and we would be the happiest students.”
“In the past the government had built a fence to keep people from hunting animals in the forest but, in Zumani, they felt this was a prohibition and they kept hunting.” – David Ntenje, group village headman, Zumani
Some 60 kilometers along the dusty track that leads from the nearest paved road, the vista of yellow-dry rolling fields suddenly closes in and turns green. Gnarled acacia throng the road. You have finally arrived in Zumani.
In the aftermath of a drought-driven famine that killed thousands of Malawians in 2002, while other agricultural communities relied on luck, prayer and aid to avert further disaster, the people of Zumani took matters into their own hands. Three acres out of each villager's eight acre plot would be planted with trees to nourish Zumani's soil and counteract destruction of Malawi's forests.
“We wanted our children to know the natural forest,” says David. “The children who are born here will find these trees and call them by their names.”
It wasn't always like this. In the 1980s and '90s, elephants from a nearby national park trampled crops and poked their trunks through thatched roofs to devour the year's harvest. People struck back, poaching animals and stealing trees for kindling.
Since the famine all of that has changed. A sturdy new fence surrounds the area. People keep bees in the trees outside the park.
Now, in spite of its distance from paved roads and trading centers, Zumani is a coveted place to live. Many here share the feelings of Mercy Chifundo, a farmer who has shifted several times across hundreds of miles in search of a good place to raise her two boys. As secretary of the School Management Committee, Mercy has helped mold bricks and carry water and sand for the construction of a new school block.
Mercy for one, wants to spend the rest of her life in Zumani.
“I like this place very much,” Mercy said. “This is the place where I will die.”
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Join My Village Video
I am honored to be the Village Leader of Zumani for this project. Please help me and my 14 year old Village Mzata, Agnes, and join team Zumani.
I implore you to spread the word to your friends and also ask them to join our team.
Click right HERE right now to join; it's effortless and costs you nothing but 5 minutes of your time.
"Women are changing the world, village by village. Join Us.”
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Join My Village Press Release


Becky is honored to have been chosen to be one of the 10 Village Leaders for this innovative project, that was announced at the Clinton Global Initiative today.
Join My Village (www.JoinMyVillage.com) -- a partnership between General Mills and the humanitarian organization CARE -- is an innovative, online community that enables Americans to release up to $500,000* to increase economic and educational opportunities for women and girls in approximately 75 villages in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa.
We believe women and girls everywhere are a powerful force for change
We're hopeful that through our partnership with CARE, this initiative will demonstrate how small actions can make a real difference for women, families and communities in Malawi.
Nearly four decades of global microfinance experience have shown us that when poor people - primarily women - have access to basic financial services, they can change their lives and build stronger communities. When women make an income, they typically spend it improving the education, nutrition and health of their families.
Join My Village builds on the strengths of these initiatives and will help us do even more to nourish lives in these communities
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) September 23, 2009 -- Today, at the Clinton Global Initiative Fifth Annual Meeting, President Clinton introduced a unique commitment between General Mills and CARE called 'Join My Village,' an innovative online community that is fighting poverty in Malawi through the empowerment of women and girls.
Naomi Chibwe, 39, is the Mzati (m-ZAH-tee) for the village Kaisi. Visitors to Join My Village can join Naomi's village, or select from nine others, and track their progress. These women are setting out on a path of change and they are hoping you will follow them on their journey.
Naomi Chibwe, 39, is the Mzati (m-ZAH-tee) for the village Kaisi. Visitors to Join My Village can join Naomi's village, or select from nine others, and track their progress. These women are setting out on a path of change and they are hoping you will follow them on their journey.
General Mills is ready to donate up to $500,000* to increase economic and educational opportunities for women and girls in approximately 75 villages in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa. Through simple and fun online activities - answering a quiz question, telling a friend about Join My Village, or joining a village team - $1 will be unlocked by General Mills and will go to CARE's poverty fighting programs in the Malawi villages (limit of 3 activities per person per day, and unlocking up to $15,000 per online village team or $150,000 in total). Additionally, General Mills will match personal contributions dollar-for-dollar for up to $50 per donor, $15,000 per village or $150,000 in total.
"We believe women and girls everywhere are a powerful force for change," said Chris Shea, senior vice president of External Relations and president of the General Mills Foundation. "We're hopeful that through our partnership with CARE, this initiative will demonstrate how small actions can make a real difference for women, families and communities in Malawi."
Visitors to Join My Village will be invited to join one of ten villages on the site that represent the approximately 75 villages in Malawi supported through Join My Village. Village team members will get to know the women and families in Malawi through frequent updates, photos and stories. They also can track how dollars are creating change and improving lives in Malawi.
CARE will distribute all funds raised directly to Malawi to provide economic opportunities for women and increase access to quality education for girls. Join My Village is setting out to drive measurable and long-term positive impact with women and families in Africa by tapping into the inherent power of women to connect with, and provide strength for, other women.
According to Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE, "Nearly four decades of global microfinance experience have shown us that when poor people - primarily women - have access to basic financial services, they can change their lives and build stronger communities. When women make an income, they typically spend it improving the education, nutrition and health of their families."
Join My Village has its roots in General Mills' One Million Meals for Malawi initiative that began in 2007. That effort to export meals to school children in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, quickly evolved into much more.
In 2008, the General Mills Foundation allocated $3 million to the African Women and Children's Hunger project in Malawi and Tanzania to fund a variety of economic development initiatives. Then, the company's technical community began volunteering its skills to lend a hand. And this year, General Mills formed a partnership with COMACO, a Zambia-based food company whose mission is to curb the illegal poaching of animals and destruction of forests by creating an alternative way for people to earn a living. "Join My Village builds on the strengths of these initiatives and will help us do even more to nourish lives in these communities," said Shea.
Listen to what Ken Powell, CEO of General Mills has to say about Join My Village.
To learn more about Join My Village, log onto www.JoinMyVillage.com and help unlock funds to empower women and girls in Malawi.
(*$500,000 maximum donation, $200,000 minimum donation)
About General Mills
One of the world's leading food companies, General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen, and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., General Mills had fiscal 2009 global net sales of US$15.9 billion, including the company's $1.2 billion proportionate share of joint venture net sales.
About CARE
Founded in 1945, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Working side by side with poor people in more than 65 countries, CARE helps empower communities to address the greatest threats to their survival. Women are at the heart of CARE's efforts to improve health, education and economic development because experience shows that a woman's achievements yield dramatic benefits for her entire family. CARE is also committed to providing lifesaving assistance during times of crisis, and helping rebuild safer, stronger communities afterward. We advocate for policies that defend the dignity of all people and promote the eradication of poverty.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thank You Michael Franti-- for everything you do!

What a great night.
Earlier in the week we got a call from CARE-Chicago folks inviting us to a reception with Michael Franti before his performance at Ravinia and to his concert (which happened to have G. Love and Special Sauce and Joseph Israel sidelining).
This was a good news/bad news scenario. Anna was on the road in Seattle so she couldn't attend, but we had some teenage boys that were more than willing to stand in and sacrifice themselves by taking the tickets.
I cannot even express what a wonderful human Michael Franti is in the way he gives himself to individuals, causes and his audience. Michael serves as a CARE Ambassador and an excellent one at that.
Michael is reaching a massive multigenerational audience that listens to his message and sends thunderous applause in response to his appeals for world peace, spreading the love and the empowerment of girls and women in marginalized countries.
This trip was such an educational and, I believe, life-altering experience for our boys. We had Luke who is a musician heading off to college in Chicago next week and not positive about the direction his life will take but loves music, art and social justice and has currently claimed marketing as his major.
Then there is Keegan, our fifteen year old that is hanging in that cusp where it feels like ions until your adult life will start and prime time to see the example of how an adult can follow his art and passion while making a positive impact on the world's brothers and sisters. And our twelve year old birthday boy who is glowing from the entire experience.
It was a rainy night and it wasn't looking like there would be a big crowd. By the time Michael and Spearhead got on stage the place was absolutely packed, inside and out, and this man who was fighting for his life a mere 4 weeks ago, having walked around with a ruptured appendix for a week, kept the audience dancing and jumping and waving and clapping and dropping their jaws at his moon walk. It was clear that a shining star was in the house, albeit a humble one that would rather highlight the audience--pulling them on stage, or talk about his band members or social causes than shine the spotlight on himself.
And then I realized as I watched Michael's hand pumping in rhythm towards the sky-- bless his heart, he was wearing the MOMSthatROCK! All. Ways. Peace. bracelet I had given him at our meeting. Sweet.
Check out Power to the Peaceful-- a peace-loving music festival produced by Michael in September that you don't want to miss if at all possible. We need one in every state, every month.
Check out his website.
Follow him on FaceBook.
Follow him on MySpace.
LISTEN to him. (he has a song skyrocketing on the top 40: Say Hey! try not to be happy while you listen- impossible)
THANK him for making a difference to so many lives throughout the world.


Michael sharing information with the group
Michael- across the table from CARE advocate and Becky's husband and boys


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Please check out the Colbert Report interview-- hilarious as usual!
photo by Kelly MartinPlease peruse the below emails from the movement 350 which is described in detail below in the order these emails were sent out. This is important information regarding our planet's future so please, share the information. You can Twitter and FaceBook from the links. The Colbert Report link is in the middle email. Enjoy!
Be the Change we Need to See . . .
Anna and Becky
Dear Friends,
I'm back home with my family for a few days, after the third long organizing trip of the past few months.
In a way, this trip was the most extraordinary, because it took me to places where you wouldn't necessarily expect climate organizing to be going full force. But it is--people everywhere are figuring out that 350 is the most important number on earth, that October 24 is going to be the most widespread day of climate action ever, and that six weeks before the big UN talks in Copenhagen we'll stand together to change the debate on climate change.
The biggest lesson from my trip? That this movement is building in the most unlikely of places. India, for instance--whose people are not, by and large, big emitters of CO2, and whose leaders have so far been reluctant to even consider taking on international commitments to fight against warming. But from the Rotary Clubs of Mumbai to the temples of Varanasi to the lawn of Delhi's Nehru Museum and Library (where thousands of schoolkids formed a giant 350 and a gorgeous Bengal tiger), I found people gearing up for October 24, and determined to play their part in helping prevent the melt of Himalayan glaciers or the drying of the Ganges.
And in the oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf, I had no idea what to expect. But our friends at IndyAct, the Arab world's climate leaders, connected us with amazing organizers in places like Abu Dhabi and Oman. Some were in chadors or flowing dishdasha; all were eager to spread the word.
And on and on, in every corner of the globe. It's sort of hard to believe until you see it--which is why I hope you'll stay plugged into the campaign in every way the web now allows. First of all, if you're not yet connected to us on Facebook, now's the time--not only does our Facebook page kelp keep track of this global movement, but also lets you connect directly to other 350 advocates and activists all over the world: http://www.facebook.com/350.org
And Twitter--I've only just gotten around to joining up myself. I was deeply skeptical at first, but I'm now starting to understand that Twitter's micro-messages allow a new and interesting kind of conversation. You can follow me at www.twitter.com/billmckibben and the official campaign at www.twitter.com/350
We hope you enjoy watching the movement build online--but moreover we hope that these online channels inspire you to organize an offline action of your own. If your community isn't yet on the map, sign up here: www.350.org/oct24
One of the messages I kept hearing as I traveled was: "we're eager to be heard!" In the developing world, especially, people are excited at the thought that the rest of the planet will be paying attention to them on October 24--that by taking action, photographing their local event, and spreading it online, they'll be collaborating with people spreading exactly the same message no matter where they are on this planet.
It's a beautiful vision--Kansas and Cancun, New York and New Delhi, Boston and Beirut, connecting and collaborating across borders. It's exactly what we need to do with this most global of all problems--thanks for playing your part!
Onwards,
Bill McKibben
Dear Friends,
It's rare that public humiliation and movement building come in one package, but my appearance on The Colbert Report last night was a bit of both.
The interview lasted all of four minutes, but I managed to make my pitch and survive the interview with at least 40% of my dignity intact. If you have friends who aren't necessarily inclined to earnest environmental preaching, this might be a good clip to send them as you try to recruit new activists for the big day of Climate Action on Oct. 24.
You can see my interview with Colbert--and pass it on to your networks--by using the link below:
http://www.350.org/billoncolbert
In the span of just a few years, Stephen Colbert and his Colbert Report have become institutions in the American media landscape. But interesting institutions--the show is comedy, and it's also slightly anarchic. Colbert is brilliant, and more than a little wild: it's not like going on normal, predictable television. That's the drama, and it's why people tune in.
It's also why I was a little more nervous than usual as my evening in the guest's chair approached. i can usually predict the questions I'll be asked--I've heard most of them before. But last night they were coming fast and furious, and out of left field. "What if I start 349.org?"
With a lot of help from friends who'd coached me and psyched me up, I got through just fine--and even made Colbert laugh when I inquired if his self-styled Nation wanted to join the 80 other governments that are backing our target. Best of all, it worked--our servers hummed with thousands of new colleagues.
We're enormously grateful to Stephen and his crew for helping us spread the word-now let's keep this movement moving!
Onwards,
Bill McKibben
P.S. My younger and more technologically adept colleagues assure me that if you click the links below you'll be able to share the video on Facebook and Twitter-give it a whirl:
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Dear friends,
For once, this email isn't asking you to do anything at all. It's merely sharing the news--the amazing news--that arrived about 45 minutes ago at 350 headquarters.
Rajendra Pachauri is the U.N.'s top climate scientist. He leads the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which every five years produces the authoritative assessment of climate science. Their last report, in 2007, helped set the target of 450 ppm (parts per million of CO2) that many environmental groups and national governments have adopted as their goal for Copenhagen.
As you all know, that number is out of date. When Jim Hansen and other scientists looked at phenomenon like the Arctic ice melt of the last two summers, they produced new data demonstrating that 350 is the bottom line for the planet.
But it's been hard to get that news out to the powers that be.
So today it comes as enormous and welcome news that Dr. Pachauri, from his New Delhi office, said that 350 was the number.
"As chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I cannot take a position because we do not make recommendations," said Rajendra Pachauri when asked if he supported calls to keep atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below 350 parts per million (ppm).
"But as a human being I am fully supportive of that goal. What is happening, and what is likely to happen, convinces me that the world must be really ambitious and very determined at moving toward a 350 target," he told Agence France Presse in an interview.
It's your work that has made this breakthrough possible. In fact, Pachauri specifically cited the last big piece of news for 350: the decision of 80+ small island nations and less developed countries to endorse the 350 target.
"I think this is a good development," said Pachauri. "Now people -- including some scientists -- see the seriousness of the impacts of climate change, and the fact that things are going to get substantially worse than what we had anticipated."
This news makes it much easier for all of us to push hard leading up to the International Day of Climate Action on the 24th of October (signup to start or attend an event at www.350.org) , and the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen this December.
It's clear now that science is powerfully on the side of the 350 target. Now we need the political world to follow suit. You will make that happen in the next two months. Oct. 24 is officially 60 days away, and we're building just the momentum we need to make it count.
Thanks for all you do,
Bill McKibben
P.S. Once you've spread this news around your networks (click here to share it on twitter or here to share it on facebook), please go celebrate. And speaking of celebrations, our friends at The Age of Stupid report that the Global Premier of their new epic climate change film takes place on September 21--you can find details on local screenings here: www.ageofstupid.net
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Mourning the loss of a great advocate . . .

MOMS --Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, Senator Ted Kennedy.For nearly five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well-being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts.His ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives -- in seniors who know new dignity; in families that know new opportunity; in children who know education's promise; and in all who can pursue their dream in an America that is more equal and more just, including me.In the United States Senate, I can think of no one who engendered greater respect or affection from members of both sides of the aisle. His seriousness of purpose was perpetually matched by humility, warmth and good cheer. He battled passionately on the Senate floor for the causes that he held dear, and yet still maintained warm friendships across party lines. And that's one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy.I personally valued his wise counsel in the Senate, where, regardless of the swirl of events, he always had time for a new colleague. I cherished his confidence and momentous support in my race for the Presidency. And even as he waged a valiant struggle with a mortal illness, I've benefited as President from his encouragement and wisdom.His fight gave us the opportunity we were denied when his brothers John and Robert were taken from us: the blessing of time to say thank you and goodbye. The outpouring of love, gratitude and fond memories to which we've all borne witness is a testament to the way this singular figure in American history touched so many lives.For America, he was a defender of a dream. For his family, he was a guardian. Our hearts and prayers go out to them today -- to his wonderful wife, Vicki, his children Ted Jr., Patrick and Kara, his grandchildren and his extended family.Today, our country mourns. We say goodbye to a friend and a true leader who challenged us all to live out our noblest values. And we give thanks for his memory, which inspires us still.Sincerely,President Barack Obama
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Give Peace A Chance: Don't miss this FREE Webinar on Peace Day
Free Webinar Global Coherence Initiative
Co-creating a Peaceful World Webinar
Monday, September 21, 2009. Time: 11 a.m. – 12 noon and 6 – 7 p.m. (PDT)
Sign up Today for the Co-creating a Peaceful World: A Synchronized GCI Event with Steering Committee members Deborah Rozman, Howard Martin and Rollin McCraty
Peace among nations begins in each individual’s heart and spreads outward with heart care focus to our families, communities, all the world’s people and Planet Earth itself. As the global community celebrates the International Day of Peace† this year, the Global Coherence Initiative will sponsor a special event devoted to working with one another to create a more peaceful, caring world.
Mark Sept. 21 on your calendar for Peace Day and join GCI Steering Committee members Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., Howard Martin and Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., for GCI’s Co-creating a Peaceful World.
The event will start off with two short presentations by Rozman and McCraty, followed by a Peace Day observance and Care Focus Heart Lock-In led by Martin:
Deborah Rozman, Ph.D. Rozman will discuss planetary peace and envisioning and creating the world you desire. Rozman is president and co-CEO of HeartMath firm Quantum Intech Inc., is a psychologist, educator, author and researcher in the psychology of consciousness.
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. McCraty will discuss "field environments," the energetic fields each individual and everything around us possesses, and the constant influence on them by our thoughts, attitudes and emotions. McCraty is the Institute of HeartMath’s executive vice president and director of research and project coordinator for the GCI’s Global Coherence Monitoring System.
Howard Martin Martin, executive vice president of HeartMath LLC and an international spokesman for the HeartMath System of tools, techniques and technology, will lead participants through a Care Focus Heart Lock-In.
With care and peace,
The Global Coherence Steering Committee
† The International Day of Peace was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 and first celebrated in September the following year, when the 21st day of the month was designated as the official date of the annual observance.
Global Coherence Initiative
Co-creating a Peaceful World: A Synchronized GCI Event
Join us for a Webinar on Monday, September 21, 2009.
Space is limited, so reserve your Webinar seat now.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Don't Miss Tomorrow's New York Times
Everything we have been talking about regarding the need for improving the lives of women and girls in impoverished nations to improve the state of the world will be covered in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine. Don't miss it. Here are some words from Helene Gayle of CARE:The New York Times Magazine this Sunday is dedicated to international women's issues, and places CARE's mission at the center of a national dialogue on solutions to global poverty. The issue's feature article, "The Women's Crusade," highlights CARE's focus on women and girls. Goretti Nyabenda, a participant in one of our village savings and loan programs in Burundi, is featured on the magazine's cover, and her story is told in the audio slide show, "A Powerful Truth."
We are thrilled that The New York Times Magazine is shedding light on the pivotal role that women and girls play in fighting global poverty. As the magazine notes, "The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren't the problem; they're the solution." At CARE, we couldn't agree more. We encourage you to read this issue of The New York Times Magazine, and share it with your friends and family.
A catalyst for the magazine's focus this weekend is the release of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," which will be available on September 8, 2009. This moving book shares poignant tales of women's struggles and triumphs in the face of poverty and discrimination. You'll meet inspiring women in the developing world and even learn more about our friend in Burundi in the book's chapter, "A CARE Package for Goretti." Through these compelling stories, the authors brilliantly illustrate the connections between women's empowerment and social and economic progress.
We're inviting you to read "Half the Sky" with your book club, women's group, alumni chapter or family and friends. Then, start a conversation about the challenges and opportunities women and girls face, and what you can do to help, such as joining CARE in the global movement to end poverty by empowering women and girls.
- Click here to pre-order "Half the Sky" through Amazon. CARE will receive at least 4 percent of revenue when purchases are made through this link.
- Click here to sign up for special updates on "Half the Sky," opportunities to interact with the authors, CARE's "Half the Sky" discussion guide, and creative ideas to help you take action.
Together, we have the power to help women around the world build a better future for all.
Sincerely,
Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE
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Friday, August 14, 2009
A Powerful Noise is now available to YOU!

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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Springfield Business Journal article on MOMSthatROCK!
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WICS News Channel 20 reports on MOMSthatROCK!
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Monday, August 3, 2009
when so little means so much
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Friday, July 17, 2009
PEACE. Begins. Here. Now.

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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Great Illinois Times article regarding tomorrow's event
POSTED ON JUNE 25, 2009:
Rockin’ moms unite for a cause
By Tom Irwin
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When Anna Fermin and Becky Aud-Jennison decided it was time to act upon their humanitarian and philanthropic desires, everything just fell into place. Fermin, a popular singer-songwriter in Chicago and Aud-Jennison, a psychotherapist living in Springfield, describe the formation of MomsthatRock Productions, a homespun charitable organization, as a nearly spiritual convergence, bound to happen as sure as the two fellow moms and activists met.
According to information at www.momsthatrock.com, Fermin and Aud-Jennison felt that coming together on this project seemed almost inevitable and predestined, a slow simmer of four years of friendship that resulted in a burst of energetic organization last spring to develop the program of MomsthatRock and Concerts for a Cause.
Last Saturday in Chicago they held the group’s first event at the Fulton Street Collective, featuring a combination of live music listening with opportunities for participants to make charitable donations and learn about helping decrease the effects of poverty at home and around the world. The fledgling group received a huge boost early on when CARE (www.care.org), one of the foremost humanitarian groups on the planet, came on board to help in fundraising and, more importantly, in distributing the raised funds in a planned and needed direction.
MomsthatRock presents the Springfield inaugural event of Rock for a Cause on Saturday, June 27, from 3 to 8 p.m., at 1402 West Lake Shore Drive on Lake Springfield. Tickets, available at the group’s Web site, are $10 in advance or $15 at the door with all proceeds going to CARE. Kids 12 and under are admitted free with an adult. Folks are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for relaxing and picnic food for munching. Young people can participate in an art project intended to be sent as an inspiration to children in other parts of the world. Featured guests include performers Suzy and the Smokers, Brandon Carnes, and Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel, with local musician and author Dave Cain reading from his new book, Who Stole My Illusion.
The whole event in geared toward families having a good time listening to live music while helping to support CARE so others around the world may share in the bounty we enjoy. You can also donate to Change for Change, an international group aiding in poverty-stricken areas of the world, as another way of offering a helping hand. Aud-Jennison’s daughter, Rachel, is currently in Kenya involved with an orphanage and village as a participant of the humanitarian organization and your donations can directly aid her work.
As they as say on the MomsthatRock Web site, “What could be better than meaningful activism with righteous rocking out! Join us. We dare you.” Who could pass up a dare like that?
In other international relations, The Sangwegians a combination of Sangamon Valley and Norwegian musicians, perform Wednesday, July 1, at Bar None starting around 9 p.m. The quartet features John Brillhart on guitar and vocals and Josh Parr on fiddle and mandolin as the Sangamon representatives, and Paul Kirby on banjo and Frank-Runar Gansmo on acoustic bass holding up the Norwegian contingency. Kirby grew up around Williamsville and during his annual visit to the homeland plans a musical performance with friends to demonstrate the universal appeal of music and to just have a blast. Kirby and Gansmo are both professional opera singers in Norway and rather boldly make the claim of being the “only two motorcycle riding, opera singing, bluegrass pickers in Norway. Probably.”
The pair of musicians are part of an Oslo-based, bluegrass-folk group known as Moving Day!, concerning themselves with standards of the genre and adaptations from all styles of music. Last year the visiting players got together on a Sunday at the Brewhaus and did some mighty fine picking and grinning. They’ll stop by on July 5 for a return Brewhaus engagement as our guests on a Sunday night as The Sangwegians.
URL for this story is: http://illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A10436
p.s. Change 4 Change is actually a MOMSthatROCK! grassroots concept and NOT an international group.
Monday, June 22, 2009
A few photos from Chicago MTHR! event~















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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
CHANGE for CHANGE and CARE
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Letter #2 from Rachel's host mom in Kenya
Oh, how I feel humbled to receive such a kind letter from you.You sound great and very kind. How I wish the whole world would appreciateeach other.I am just from church and I decided to check on whether I have any mailbefore I move on to Nairobi.Every 2 Sundays of the month I have committed myself to give service to agroup of vulnerable Domestic workers whom I empower on Family life skillsso that they can raise their Self Esteem and avoid being exploited.Today's group is in Nairobi an estate called Bahati and we meet for2-3hrs.I also have a patient whom I want to visit in the hospital before I meetthe girls and that is why I had to attend the very early Church service.I left Reachel preparing to go for the last service which they will gowith my daughters.Please relax about her going back to the airport. I have never allowed anyvolunteer to go by her own because she might loose her way or even looseher things.God has given me small car which I always use to take them back.It is veryold but it assists the family very much.Yesterday they had a great day cooking for the orphans and playing withthem.I admire her very much together with another one who has a very sadpast of having being s street child when he was young. It is just amazingto have the volunteers. They touch my heart very much and I always prayfor them and their families who support them to come all this far toassist our people.On Saturday I have requested them to join us in raising funds for thechildren to another primary school where I am a Chairlady of the Mostvulnerable Children. I wish you were able to assist also.I will no doubt give her a warm hug when I get back home in the eveningboth for you and mine.My first born daughter was very excited lastnight to receive a message from you and she made everybody read it.About the web, I will check tomorrow because I don't want to be late forhospital.May the Lord continue working in you as you assist where you can.May He provide to all His people that the all mankind may live one loveand kindness for each other.Pass my love to your family and your colleague Annah my namesake.I loveyou and miss you already.Regards.Annah
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
An email from Rachel's host mom in Kenya~
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Here's our latest e-letter update
Hello Supporters of Global Peace, Love, and Rock n Roll!Here are a few updates from MOMSthatROCK!Anna played a great show the other night at a venue she loves: SPACE in Evanston. Her old friend and great Americana singer/songwriter, Hayseed, opened for Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel. There was a great turnout and a good time was had by all! Here's a quote from Miller Williams (Presidential Inaugural Poet, father of Lucinda Williams)-Hayseed's music is roots music. Not from just one tree but a whole grove: bluegrass, old-time, country, gospel, folk, rock, soul..." Lucinda and Emmy Lou Harris sing duets with him on his albums. We're working on Hayseed opening for Trigger Gospel for a MOMSthatROCK! show in Kenosha and Springfield this fall. STAY TUNED!!!Attached you will find flyers for our June 20th Chicago Inaugural Concert for a Cause Event and our June 27th Springfield Concert for a Cause Event. Even if you cannot attend, please email it to your friends that might be interested. If you are coming to the Springfield event bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs and feel free to bring a picnic. We'll have some packaged snack bar items.Don't forget, if you follow the links on our website www.momsthatrock.com you can order your tickets for these events on line and save money. Click on the Rockin' Events tab on our website.And bring your loose change you've needed to get rid of-- we'll have kids collecting pennies for CARE.If you haven't read our blog updates-- we had an amazing experience at the National CARE Conference in Washington, DC. We met some inspiring activists and we were SO impressed with CARE's organization and the good work they are doing on the front lines as well as the fact they have an excellent record of giving-- 91% of their revenue goes directly into programming for the poverty stricken. Go to www.momsthatrock.com and hit on the blog tab to read all about it and see some video of the event, including our LIVE from DC video diary update.A big thank you goes out to St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield for sponsoring our first Tshirt printing. You'll see them at the events!And thanks to Deb at Graffiti Graphics for hand-holding us through purchasing our printed merchandise and giving us a much-appreciated discount.Thanks to Springfieldmoms.org-- your go-to place to find fun-- for being our official media sponsor.Thanks to Kim and Scott's Gourmet Pretzels of Chicago for donating a LARGE amount of their delicious chocolate dipped pretzels for our events.Thanks to the SOHO Music Festival folks for lots of good information and a lead on some great PR tools-- don't miss the 2 day SOHO Music Festival in Springfield benefitting Mini O'Beirne Crisis Nursery this coming Friday and Saturday. It is sure to rock!Thanks to all the folks at CARE and the Chicago office for your help! We bow to you all.Thanks to Leslie for selflessly donating the momsthatrock.com domain.And thanks to each and everyone of you that has offered expertise, volunteer time, support and spreading of the good word. The serendipitous meetings of such helpful and giving people is NO accident.There's lots more room on this Karma-train so help us keep spreading the word while we all Rock for a Cause!All. Ways. Peace.Anna FerminBecky Aud-JennisonMOMSthatROCK!Concerts for a CausePO Box 11088Springfield, Il 67291217-414-3829Sign up on our website and you'll get our updates in your email box.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
from small acorns . . . mighty agents of change grow

Trying to conserve money- here is what I e-mailed KT. Need to talk to you soon- there is a great need for funds here, all for women's education. The mom I stay with takes vulnerable women from the slums (prostitutes) and works to give them a college education, for free. Anyway, text you when I have a moment and then you should call me.Love- ROK- here is all I can tell as quickly as I can tell it- as I am being charged heavily for a slooooow computer. I am in Thika- a town that is not as rural as where a lot of other volunteers got sent. It is an hour or two outside of Nairobi. There is running water and electricity and I am staying with a GREAT family, a mom and two of her three daughters, they are something like 22 and 24, and super super sweet, I am leaving for church choir with the mom shortly. There are clubs and waterfalls and it should be fun, I am super pumped. I am staying with a boy whose flight from Kansas City, where he goes to school, got in three hours before mine. We were both late and missed orientation which actually was a blessing in disguise as everyone else who stayed at the house we were at the first night complained about having to wait around. Anyway it is just us at our host home for now, there is a girl on holiday but she leaves this week. We are the first to work at a girl's orphanage in a very rural area where noone had ever seen a real live white person. We went to a school today with 1,500 children, mostly from the slums, who laughed and pointed and were happy, I think, to see us. There are only 22 girls in the orphanage we will work at and they are all sweet. It will be lots of fun, more later. Love from Kenya.-R
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All. Ways. Peace.
If one billion people in the world would Think PEACE - we're gonna get it.
-- Yoko Ono, yesterday on Twitter
We get it.
As our song says when you enter our website at www.momsthatrock.com :
Breathe In . . . Still Your Mind
Every morning before you get out of bed, before you begin your list of things to do, BEFORE
Regulate your breath.
Breathe nice even breaths, in and out.
And Think PEACE
Think COMPASSION
Choose LOVE
And send that energy and those thoughts out to to our GLOBAL COMMUNITY
All.
Ways.
Peace.
In your heart.
In your mind.
And out to the WORLD.
Take that action throughout your day.
Every Day.
Today. We choose LOVE.
All. Ways. Peace.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield ROCKS!!!
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Check it out: Playing for Change-- music IS the universal language
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Michael Franti and Spearhead : Say Hey Music Video
ALMOST as good as the live version. ;-)
Choose. Love.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
On Mothers Day-- remember Mothers around the world
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
CARE Conference-- Day 2 report: We laughed. We cried. We laughed again.
"Ain't I a woman?"
Sojourner Truth still ROCKS!
A perfect reminder of the power women have to change the world
Outstanding job by Cicely Tyson-- THANK YOU.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
It's MOMSTHATROCK! live from Washington DC reporting on the CARE conference
(and a card)
and gave a very eloquent acceptance speech.
It all started the moment we got off the Metro in Washington DC and walked to the corner. The sirens blew and there was an amazing blast of energy and President Obama's motorcade went by as we stood with our mouths gaping open. Anna's response, "this is an omen."
And indeed, if she meant that amazing things are going to continue to to present themselves to MOMSthatROCK!, then YES!!! It was an omen.
We are totally blown away and in awe of the knowledge and energy and power that has been imparted with us today and the WONDER-FULL connections we have made.
Today we not only saw powerful speakers but we attended a series of workshops to prepare us for our day on Capitol Hill tomorrow to lobby Congress on three important global issues: protecting and empowering girls by preventing child marriage, tackle climate change and reduce its impact on the world's poor and fighting global hunger by modernizing our approach to food security.
CARE clearly has very professional and knowledgeable staff throughout and we have been very impressed with their ability to take these 2 days and give us such a multidimensional experience. From listening to Wolf Blizter of CNN's The Situation Room to the panel discusssions with a variety of experts to Michael Franti's great performances (check him out!) to Richard Gere saying "hello, hello" to Becky . . . uhm, I mean to Richard Gere's poignant reminder that because we are here we all CARE and THAT is what we need to do and that it really is about CHOOSING LOVE.
We Choose Love.
More tomorrow.
(Oh. And we video blogged. We will link second installment of our youtube video diary celebrating MOMSthatROCK!'s 1 month birthday as soon as it processes)
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Friday, May 1, 2009
MOMSthatROCK! Productions up and running
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MOMSthatROCK! thanks Springfieldmoms.org
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Just in: CARE breakfast HUGE success and absolute BLAST




Friday, April 24, 2009
Are you ready to ROCK for a CAUSE with us? Here are our debut events!
ROCK for a CAUSE
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
1:00pm -5:00 pm
The Fulton Street Collective
2000 West Fulton
Chicago, IL
This is an all-ages, family-friendly concert event featuring:
Jeanie B! and the Jelly Beans
Anne Harris
Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel
You can RSVP for the Chicago event by clicking HERE.
MOMSthatROCK! Springfield event
ROCK for a CAUSE
Saturday, June 27, 2009
3:00 - 8:00 p.m
Lake Springfield
1402 West Lake Shore Drive
Springfield, IL
This is an all-ages, family-friendly concert featuring:
Anna Fermin
Suzy and the Smokers
Brandon Carnes
Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel
Concessions available.
Kids will have fun with Sally the Clown and her awesome face painting and magic show.
You can RSVP for the Springfield event at by clicking HERE.
BOTH EVENTS:
There will be an art jam for all ages which will produce artwork to be shared with children that could use some color and inspiration in their lives.
Net proceeds from these shows will benefit CARE: a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
$10 donation in advance, $15 at the door
12 and under free with adult
And don't forget to bring your Pennies for Peace!
Advance tickets can be reserved and held at the gate by mailing your ticket donations to:
Box 1088
Springfield, Il 62791-1088
~be sure to indicate which event your order is for~
We can't wait to Rock for Cause with you!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Help the BOSS fight hunger and win a chance for autographed photo.
Together with “Photographers Against Hunger,” we’re encouraging fans of Bruce Springsteen to donate $25 to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. This is an opportunity to, in the words of one of the photographers, “become a part of the spirit of what Bruce and the band have always been about,” and in return, you’ll not only be helping a noble mission in Springsteen’s backyard, you’ll also get a chance to bring home an extraordinary work of art, thanks to the generosity of these 14 noted photographers.
Your donation is your way of saying that you want to be part of this—of taking the next step to participating in the dream that we are working on.
For decades, Bruce Springsteen has encouraged his fans to support local organizations that fight poverty and feed the hungry, describing food banks across the country as “on the front lines" in this battle. Their work becomes doubly difficult during trying economic times, as the need grows while financial support proves tougher to come by. The Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s recent “We Can’t Let This Bank Fail!” campaign shines a light on the increasing difficulty of meeting demand, where in just the past year, they’ve seen a 20 percent increase in the number of people seeking food assistance in the Garden State.
Great odds: a one-in-a-thousand shot
For each $25 donation, you’ll be entered into a drawing for an original print by one of the Photographers Against Hunger. There is no limit to the number of donations you can make.
The goal is to reach 14,000 donations, after which 14 very lucky people will be chosen at random to receive one of the signed prints that the photographers have given to the cause. The prints will be awarded randomly to each of the 14 randomly selected donors. But of course there are no “losers” here—everyone who donates will be helping a few people who would otherwise go hungry.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for lovers of photography and Bruce’s music to own an original, signed print by the photographers who have made the iconic images of Springsteen’s career. And it is an incredible opportunity for Springsteen fans worldwide to make a small donation and in doing so, join together and answer the question Bruce posed in “Thunder Road”: “Hey, what else can we do now?”
Click HERE to get to link.
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MTHR! just rec'd this email signed petition to end genocide in Sri Lanka. Please pass it on.
The message below is directly from the OPRAH GIVE US A VOICE team. Due to the civil war going on back in Sri lanka, thousands of people are being killed everyday. Five students have decided to walk from Toronto to Chicago to create awareness by being on Oprah show to STOP GENOCIDE OF TAMILS in sri lanka. PLEASE TAKE A MIN OUT OF UR LIFE TO SIGN THIS PETITION BELOW.
Hi Friends,
This is the Mara Thamilan and we thank you for signing the petition addressed to Oprah. However, we ask that you re-sign a new petition below. To counter the false propaganda of the enemies of our cause, we have clearly stated our objective in the new objective. Please take a moment and read the new petition and sign it if you support it. The old petition will be discontinued.
Please also forward the petition link to as many people as you can. A petition asking Oprah not to give us a voice and claiming false propaganda about us has reached over 15,000 signatures. We need to make sure we double that number in only a few days.
Thank you kindly for all your help & FORWARD THIS ON...
http://www.petitiononline.com/oguav96
Monday, April 20, 2009
MOMSthatROCK! is all a-TWITTER
Saturday, April 18, 2009
YOU rock! Thanks for your support!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Three Cups of Tea
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Born to Run! (or walk or run/walk)~ Show you CARE
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Welcome and Mark Your Calendars
Rock for a Cause
Saturday, June 20, 1-5pm
The Fulton Street Collective
2000 W Fulton Chicago 60612
$15 at the door
Kids 12 and under are FREE! accompanied by their adult
Join Jeanie B! and the Jelly Beans and Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel for a rockin' afternoon of music and activities for families and kids of all ages! Proceeds from this event will benefit CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty with a focus on empowering women and girls in developing countries. Help us Rock for a Cause and learn more on how you can help put an end to global poverty!
Kids 12 and under are FREE! accompanied by their adult
More information about these events to come, but please mark your calendars.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Help ONE get an important message out to world leaders:
We just signed ONE's petition calling on President Obama to urge other G20 leaders to address extreme poverty because of the devastating impact the financial crisis is having on the developing world. We hope you will too:
The financial crisis threatens to push 53 million additional people into extreme poverty this year. For a crisis of this scale, we need a comprehensive global solution.
The G20 Summit in London provides the opportunity for leaders to seek this solution, and Obama, in an unique position of leadership, has the ability to push leaders into action.
Thanks,
Monday, March 23, 2009
MOMSthatROCK! Productions: Concerts for a Cause-- video diary #!
Here is our first installment of our video diary for our MOMSthatROCK!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Awaken to a New Earth
It has gotten rave reviews and is very poignant in relation to the causes MTHR! would like to support. (read below entries for more on that)
All things good to you all.
Rockin for a cause . . .
Anna and Becky
MOMSthatROCK! Productions
Concerts for a Cause
Sunday, March 15, 2009
CARE cares about MOMSthatROCK! Productions
Thursday, March 12, 2009
At our finger tips~
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
MTHR! hits the ground running
Sunday, March 8, 2009
I Dare You
I Dare You to join the efforts of MOMSthatROCK!
Send us an email at momsthatrock@me.com. You will be added to our mailing list and be kept abreast of our exciting development.
AND for a limited time, you will be emailed a free Mp3 of our theme song: AWAKEN TO A NEW EARTH, written by Aaron Barber and Anna Fermin and performed by Anna Fermin (available on iTunes and CDBaby).
You don't want to miss this opportunity.
Meaningful activism with righteous rocking out. What could be better?



















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