Mothers March

On International Women’s Day, March 8th 2010, women from the Guyana coastlands joined women from the interior in a powerful Mothers March marking the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The march, called by Red Thread and its network Grassroots Women Across Race, was held in the interior region of Mahdia, and organized on the ground by GWAR organisers Marbell, an Indigenous woman subsistence farmer and Marcie, an Afro-Guyanese woman small vendor.

Make our voices heard on * anti-mother, anti-caregiver policies * criminalizing poverty * racism *war and occupation * housing * welfare * valuing and payment for caring work* pay equity * children unjustly taken from mothers by LA County *justice for victims of South LA serial murders * California budget cuts *UC & Cal State fee increases* immigration policies that break up families *prostitution & other struggles for survival * the right to home care by those of us who are older &/or have a disability * healthcare *rape & violence * breastfeeding * childcare * lesbian/gay/

An International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day Event Saturday 13 March 2010 – Mothers March & Speak Out – For recognition and support for all the workwe contribute to society – Come with your children, relatives and friends.Bring your banners, placards and demands – Assemble 2pm Trafalgar Sq – March to Parliament Sq – Wes