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13:06:51 |
Webmama_Tina |
today i'm happy to say we have paige la
grone babcock! Paige La Grone Babcock—aka
Ms. Booty Homemaker—is a writer and
community organizer mobilizing mamas for
an apron-string revolution. Her return
to the pink collar world (after a year
tending hearth and raising baby) is as
work-at-home-mama for Mothers Acting Up
, for whom she is National Outreach
Coordinator and Community Organizer.
Paige hosts weekly playgroups and
monthly potluck socials & salons, and
makes regular visits (child on hip) to
the offices of her state and local
elected officials advocating for MAU's
Mother Agenda. Paige is currently
organizing Nashville's 2nd Annual
Mother's Day Peace Parade and developing
the workshop MAU Now: the Joy of
Activism, a template for helping
far-flung MAU mavens and other community
leaders share adapted versions of the
recipe in their own home communities. A
(slightly lapsed) voracious reader,
messy gardener, lusty cook and
chowhound, Paige is raising her son to
be a Joy Warrior, nursed on the literal
and metaphysical milk of human kindness.
She lives in a cozy urban East Nashville
cottage with her Beloved Mister, their
curly-headed toddler Ziggy, and a rescue
cat and dog. She dreams of raising
chickens in the country. |
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13:07:17 |
Webmama_Tina |
woops the links didn't come out as
links...here we go... |
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13:07:30 |
Webmama_Tina |
http://www.msbootyhomemaker.blogspot.com/
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13:07:48 |
Webmama_Tina |
http://www.mothersactingup.org/2006/index.htm
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13:08:22 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok paige, would you like to add anything
to your intro? :) |
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13:08:33 |
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13:08:42 |
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13:08:51 |
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13:08:52 |
MAUma Paige |
Thanks so much for having me here, and
I'm really looking forward to it. |
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13:09:21 |
Webmama_Tina |
sorry, i'm getting some of my macros
posted out of order...baby is pushing
all teh buttons on my monitor and
playing with my keyboard, argh, LOL |
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13:09:55 |
SandraMort |
I'm sure none of us have had that kind
of thing happen ;) |
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13:10:03 |
MAUma Paige |
I'm the mother of a wild and wonderful
18 month old and am amazingly fortunate
to do work I LOVE as National Outreach
Coordinator and Community Organizer for
Mothers Acting Up, a mother-led,
mother-fed movement of mothers and
others passionately and |
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13:10:14 |
MAUma Paige |
publicly advocating for the world's
children. |
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13:11:00 |
SandraMort |
Nice to meet you! |
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13:11:14 |
Webmama_Tina |
awesome! i'm really excited to hear more
about what you do! |
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13:11:21 |
Webmama_Tina |
why don't we get people queued up... |
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13:11:28 |
MAUma Paige |
Excellent. |
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13:11:31 |
Webmama_Tina |
mamas, if you have a question for paige,
just throw out your question mark |
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13:11:35 |
Webmama_Tina |
and i will add you to the list |
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13:11:46 |
Webmama_Tina |
for those joining us late, and not
familiar with how it works: |
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13:11:51 |
Webmama_Tina |
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13:13:22 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok sometimes it take a little bit to get
questions started... |
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13:13:36 |
Webmama_Tina |
lemme see....paige, why don't you tell
us about mothers acting up? |
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13:13:40 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'm intrigued |
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13:13:45 |
FuzzyOne |
well, i just want to say hi to paige...it's
me mason's mommy |
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13:13:48 |
MAUma Paige |
I'd be glad to. |
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13:13:56 |
Webmama_Tina |
great! |
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13:14:01 |
Webmama_Tina |
that might help spur some questions |
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13:14:07 |
MAUma Paige |
Yes, I recognize several of you. |
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13:14:34 |
MAUma Paige |
Mothers Acting Up (MAU) kicked off with
a Mother's Day Parade in 2002 |
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13:14:52 |
MAUma Paige |
when four Boulder, Colorado mamas felt
moved from concern to action |
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13:15:22 |
dia-michaela-pg |
hello everyone |
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13:15:25 |
MAUma Paige |
and spurred on by the 1870 Mother's Day
Proclamation of Julia Ward Howe |
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13:16:14 |
MAUma Paige |
who called for all mothers to Arise! and
take to the streets as a counsel,
uniting for the great human family to
live in peace. It's a stunning document,
and a call to arms for this magnificent
revolution |
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13:17:03 |
MAUma Paige |
wherein mothers, the most natural
advocates for children, take the Mother
Agenda from the personal to the Public
and Political. We are a gigantic force
to be reckoned with. |
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13:17:15 |
Webmama_Tina |
do you have any links to share for us to
read more? |
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13:17:26 |
Webmama_Tina |
heck ya, mamas rule! :) |
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13:18:01 |
MAUma Paige |
Our website is a fantastic resource:
www.mothersactingup.org |
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13:18:38 |
MAUma Paige |
and allows mothers to join us to receive
monthly collective actions and news from
the mama front of \Joy Warriors\" as I
like to call us. " |
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13:19:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
oh my, i need to join! :) |
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13:19:10 |
MAUma Paige |
Our flagship event of the calendar year
has become the Mother's Day Reclamation
events, which include parades and
rallies. |
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13:19:22 |
MAUma Paige |
Tea parties, and other events. |
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13:19:37 |
Webmama_Tina |
how many mamas do you have on board
right now? |
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13:20:19 |
MAUma Paige |
There are three thousand some odd
\members\" on the national website,
though we've also just launched MAU UK
this year, and I'm not sure what those
numbers are now. " |
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13:20:45 |
Webmama_Tina |
wow, awesome! is there a free mailing
list to join? i'm not seeing it yet |
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13:20:54 |
MAUma Paige |
The numbers online are not entirely
telling, however, as we also have
communities of mamas meeting in towns
and cities across the country. |
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13:20:59 |
mcfamily |
Just wanted to chime in....We are big
fans of Ms Booty and the whole concept
of MAU! |
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13:21:54 |
MAUma Paige |
There is! The JOIN button is at the top
left, I believe, though our new website
will debut in the next couple weeks and
will be a bit more visible-- we learn as
we go from feedback! |
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13:22:07 |
learningbarefoot |
Yes I am really excited to find MAU
after seeing this chat posted I went and
joined right away! I want to do more in
my area |
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13:22:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
hm, don't see it...still looking.... |
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13:22:39 |
MAUma Paige |
It's the \MAU wants YOU\" tag. in REd. " |
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13:22:49 |
Webmama_Tina |
ah ok...lemme see... |
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13:23:08 |
Webmama_Tina |
oh found it! |
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13:23:09 |
MAUma Paige |
Click there and it'll take you to a page
to input your name and email, and to
share your own vision as a mother acting
up. |
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13:23:22 |
Webmama_Tina |
didn't occur to me that that was what it
was, LOL...i am befuddled with a
migraine, thanks! |
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13:23:46 |
MAUma Paige |
We're gearing up for upward of 20
Mother's Day Reclamation events across
the country, next month! |
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13:23:54 |
learningbarefoot |
how can we find others MAU mommies in
our area (other than tell all our
friends?) |
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13:23:55 |
SandraMort |
Are there local chapters? How do you
find them? |
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13:24:00 |
SandraMort |
LOL |
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13:24:03 |
learningbarefoot |
LOL |
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13:24:24 |
Webmama_Tina |
very excellent questions mamas, lets
queue up so we can take turns asking
them... |
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13:24:29 |
Webmama_Tina |
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13:24:30 |
MAUma Paige |
MAU is a truly grassroots organization,
growing on the sheer strength of mamas
and good snacks! |
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13:24:46 |
Webmama_Tina |
lets start with learning barefoot |
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13:25:07 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: learningbarefoot
...upcoming chatters: sandramort |
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13:25:09 |
FuzzyOne |
? |
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13:25:18 |
SandraMort |
Tina - no, we asked the same q. LOL |
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13:25:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: learningbarefoot
...upcoming chatters: FuzzyOne |
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13:25:28 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok then :) |
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13:25:36 |
learningbarefoot |
Ok I looked to see if there was a parade
in our area, no such luck- so I want to
make sure there will be nmext year |
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13:25:48 |
MAUma Paige |
Currently, you can contact us through
our website. We'll either hook you up
with mamas who are already building
community in MAU fashion, or we'll help
you create your own community. |
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13:25:58 |
MAUma Paige |
beheard@mothersactingup.org |
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13:26:18 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: learningbarefoot
...upcoming chatters: sandramort,
Webmama_Tina |
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13:26:23 |
learningbarefoot |
Thank you- I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! |
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13:26:45 |
mcfamily |
? |
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13:26:51 |
MAUma Paige |
Our new site, which will go up this
month, will allow you to find your
communities through the website, but for
now, it's mama to mama connection in a
very real way. You'll hear from me most
likely. |
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13:27:08 |
SandraMort |
OK, email sent. |
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13:27:28 |
MAUma Paige |
We have a crackerjack team of activist
mamas who are on the case! |
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13:27:59 |
MAUma Paige |
Have I sufficiently answered Barefoot? |
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13:28:07 |
learningbarefoot |
yes, thank you!! |
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13:28:15 |
MAUma Paige |
next question? |
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13:28:26 |
FuzzyOne |
is that me? |
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13:28:28 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: learningbarefoot
...upcoming chatters: FuzzyOne,
Webmama_Tina |
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13:28:29 |
mcfamily |
My question is about baby steps (the
figurative kind)....:) How can a Mama
make the leap from feeling maybe
powerless and isolated to being engaged
in her community? |
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13:28:41 |
Webmama_Tina |
blame it on the migraine brain, i
copied/pasted the wrong one last time,
sorry fuzzy! |
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13:28:50 |
Webmama_Tina |
yes fuzzy, you're up! |
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13:28:54 |
FuzzyOne |
ok! |
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13:29:07 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: FuzzyOne ...upcoming
chatters: Webmama_Tina |
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13:29:18 |
FuzzyOne |
i know that our local chapter of MAU has
weekly playgroups and monthly potlucks.
is this standard for other chapters
around the nation? |
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13:29:24 |
Webmama_Tina |
mcfamily, you can go after fuzzy, i'll
let you cut me in line :) |
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13:29:37 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: FuzzyOne ...upcoming
chatters: mcfamily, Webmama_Tina |
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13:30:19 |
mcfamily |
sorry...spazzed out*) |
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13:30:22 |
MAUma Paige |
Fuzzy, we are the pilot chapter. I'm
hoping that with you mamas, I can create
a network of us across the country. |
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13:30:24 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol 's ok |
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13:30:42 |
FuzzyOne |
cool!@ |
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13:30:43 |
MAUma Paige |
Fuzzy is one of my Nashville MAUma
friends! |
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13:31:01 |
FuzzyOne |
it has been an awesome way to mee other
moms |
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13:31:03 |
MAUma Paige |
It is very much a co-creation. |
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13:31:20 |
FuzzyOne |
and my husband has enjoyed the potlucks
to meet other dads and familes |
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13:31:54 |
MAUma Paige |
I learned of MAU only just better than a
year ago, and when I organized our
Mother's Day Parade with MAU mama friend
Kate (who introduced me to the idea of
MAU) |
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13:32:24 |
MAUma Paige |
