Wildflower Stew

 Mother’s Day began in the days following the Civil War. Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870, as a call for peace and disarmament.

Inspired by Sharon Mehdi’s children’s picture book, The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering, a group of women in Ohio has issued a call for women all over the world to stand silently for 5 minutes at 1 p.m. local time on May 13, 2007 — to save the world. The story and a short video are available at www.standingwomen.org.

Where will you stand?

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