Letter Writing Campaign Party, on Thursday, June 5th at Corte Madera Town Park. Thank you to all those mothers and kids who came out! Because of you we were able to prepare over 100 letters that will be mailed to our elected officials in Washington. In addition, we signed-up over 20 new members, with more than half asking to volunteer.
Golden Gate Bridge March on Saturday, May 31st. An estimated 1,000 concerned members of our communities in Marin, San Francisco and the East Bay came out to show their support. Together we formed a line that spanned the length of the bridge! Cheers and honking from passing cars was proof of the growing concern and support we have on this issue.
MOMAS tabled and marched at the Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade. We passed out over 400 pieces of literature, and several hundred MOMAS buttons. We were able to sign up 50 more members, which has increased our membership to 250.
May 10th - Mothers’ Rally to Stop the Spray in Corte Madera
Mothers, children and families from around the Bay Area converged on Saturday, May 10th, at 10:00 am at Corte Madera Town Center to march and rally against the planned pesticide spray. There were approximately 400 people who attended, holding signs and waving banners, shouting, “Stop the Spray” as they marched to Corte Madera Town Park and rallied. Speakers included (but were not limited to) Paul Schramski, the state director for Pesticide Watch, Judi Shils, Executive Director for Search for the Cause, Lisa Krausz, chair and co-founder of Mothers of Marin Against the Spray (MOMAS), Carole Midgen, Mark Leno, Joe Nation, Charles McGlashan (Marin County Board of Supervisors) and Sarabenet Sequeira, a pediatrician with Pediatric Alternatives of Mill Valley. Mothers are quickly gaining strength, numbers and momentum in speaking out against the spray. In less than two weeks, the newly formed Mothers of Marin Against the Spray (MOMAS) has grown from four founding members to over ninety, many of whom signed up to get involved with MOMAS at the march. The rapid growth of MOMAS roughly parallels the growth of another mothers’ group that formed recently in San Francisco: Play Not Spray.
Mom’s Forum On Aerial Pesticide Spraying - May 5th, 2008
MOMAS sponsored a forum addressing concerns over pesticide spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). Mothers and parents were able to get their questions answered as to the potential health impacts of this planned spraying, state and federal efforts to address those concerns and what people can do to change the state’s plans. Speakers included:
* Judi Shils, Executive Director, Search for the Cause
* Sarabenet Sequeira, M.D., Pediatrician with Pediatric Alternative in Mill Valley
* Nan Wishner, Chair of the Integrated Pest Management Task Force, City of Albany
* Paul Schramski, State Director, Pesticide Watch
* Charles McGlashan, Marin County Board of Supervisors
