ACTION GUIDE:

Host a movie screening, have a peace picnic in the park, or a Bake Sale with Im"PEACH"ment pie, or use any of the following ideas and tools for your own Mother's Day action. You can also raise funds for the mothers and children in Iraq and those Iraqis forced to live abroad- click here for more info!

• Peace  Picnic in the Park
  Host a peace picnic at your local park, you can spell out PEACE in the grass with your bodies- now that's community!
  

• Mother's Day Viewing Party
  Host a Mother's Day movie viewing with our CODEPINK Mother's Day Video,. Invite friends, neighbors, and family to your home to watch and discuss our powerful film: Women Say No To War, Iraqi and American Women Speak Out, an inspiring film about women saying no to war. 

• Have a Mother's Day Tea
  Organize a tea party or a picnic in an outdoor location such as a neighborhood park or plaza. Make it positive, fun, and educational at the same time. Set a place set up where people can write letters to their congressional representatives (click here to find addresses and who your local representative is)
  
  
• Pink-In for Peace
  Plan an evening of spoken word, music, and dance performances that showcase the talents of the women in your community. Make it a night of arts and entertainment highlighting the power of women's work across cultures. In between performances have a place where people can sign letters to Congress and sign CODEPINK's Give Peace A Vote petition (download here).
  
  
• Take to the Streets
  Organize a Mourning Mothers march or spirited Peace Stroll through your town. Hold a rally. Protest outside a recruiting station or a government building. Do a banner drop over a freeway or in a public area during rush hour.  Demonstrate and flyer outside of a popular Mother's Day brunch or dinner restaurant.  Remind people of the real origins of Mother's Day by dressing up as Julia Ward Howe and handing out her Proclamation. 
  
  Pick a major thoroughfare where many pedestrians will be able to see your group marching. Consider coordinating an action outside a popular shopping location like a mall where many people will be doing last minute Mother's Day gift buying on Sunday, May 11.  Bring banners with phrases such as: "Women Say No to War", Mothers Say No To War!, Women Say Enough! Or you might choose a favorite line to quote from Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation .
  
  
• Have a Vigil for Mothers
  Organize vigil in front of a recruiting station, a government building or a well-trafficked spot. Make a big "Women Reclaim Mother's Day for Peace" banner, and dress in your wildest pink. That way you'll be sure to stand out-no matter what size the crowd.
  
  Take a moment of silence or take a moment to collectively wail, expressing our sorrow at seeing so many of our brothers and sisters fallen in war.
  
  Read the names of the fallen soldiers and Iraqi civilians as a group. Click here to download the list of those who have perished in this war.