| Get Into It! Spring - Summer 2008 |
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Mothers Taking Action
If you have an area of interest that you are passionate about think about starting up your own informal group or club and once it starts flourishing and has the support needed to run you can move to making it a formal organization. Here’s how:
- Think about your goals:
What do you want to focus on? You may want to broaden the scope
of the group/club and include one or two areas that impact Black
mothers.
Search out people who share your interest: Create a flyer with content that includes your purpose and gives contact information; send out to your email lists and any online groups that are directed at black women and mothers
- Get the word out - Advertise!
Advertise in the local paper. Many papers offer free advertisements for items of this nature.
- Find a place to meet.
A local recreation facility, a community center, library, or house of worship may have a meeting room you can use for no charge or for a small fee.
- Set up an organizational
meeting.
As you begin to hear from people, set up a time to meet. Decide how to structure the group. Will it be a formal or an informal gathering?
- Set up a regular schedule for
meetings.
Evaluate the circumstances of potential members. You may want to meet weekly or monthly. Choose a time of day based on when the most mothers can attend. Make plans and arrangements on how to keep the children busy while the mothers are meeting have a volunteer supervise a craft time with the kids.
Nothing in this world is comes easy, if you feel that organizing your own group or club is right for you be dedicated and prepared to do the work and never be afraid to ask for help.
-- Dionne Aniton
What's On?
CNN Special: Blacks in America
"Somebody who saw that special will be looking at me now, thinking that I am probably pregnant with twins for a man whose name I don’t know and looking to the welfare system to support me because it is obvious that a black man never would, right?!"