back to school health & family festival …

Back to School

Saturday, August 30, 2008 is the date for the Back To School Health & Family Festival. If you're interested in sponsoring the event or becoming a vendor, please contact us or call 323 846-1645.

Please scroll through the Calendar of Events to see upcoming community outreach events sponsored by Mothers In Action.

respect me coalition

Sister of Wisdom The Los Angeles Sentinel/Rainbow Push Coalition presents the Mother's In Action Respect Me campaign to respond to the ongoing assault on African American women by those in the media, and in their communities. It is a collaborative movement under Mother's In Action representing diverse women and girls. Brenda Marsh-Mitchell, president of Mother's In Action, founded the coalition.

The Respect Me Coalitiion is calling for the elimination of demeaning images and offensive language used to depict, and describe African American women, and for the promotion of both respectful and truthful representations by those in the media and in their communities. Females of all ages are being urged to stand in solidarity to give voice to the issue of respect through various degrees of activism. Political, economic, social and faith-based organizations are being encouraged to support this historic effort to bring about positive changes to the treatment of women.

The Respect Me Coalition seeks to engage media executives, artists,a nd consumers in dialogue to discuss their respective roles in perpetuating this continuous assault.

The Respect Me Coalition has resolved that, “There will be a zero tolerance for the wholesale authorization of glorifying negative and demeaning images of African American women going forward.”

For more information, call 323 846-1645 or email: miarespectme@lasentinel.net

save the date

Join Mother In Action and the Brotherhood Crusade on October 18, 2008 for Taste of Soul . One of the largest Black celebrations in Los Angeles, the 3rd annual Taste of Soul combines good food and enteretainment. For additional information call 323 846-1645.