MOTHERS OUT FRONT INC
30 BOW STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 www.mothersoutfront.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: WE BUILD OUR POWER AS MOTHERS TO ENSURE A LIVABLE CLIMATE FOR ALL CHILDREN.

MOTHERS OUT FRONT, FOUNDED IN FEBRUARY 2013, IS BUILDING A DIVERSE NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, AND OTHER CAREGIVERS DEDICATED TO AVERTING THE CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO WORK AGGRESSIVELY FOR A SWIFT, COMPLETE, AND JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. WE BELIEVE SUCH A TRANSITION IS NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN - AND WE KNOW IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A GROUNDSWELL OF PUBLIC PRESSURE.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)TO DATE, MANY OF THE EFFORTS TO BUILD A MOVEMENT TO COUNTER CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE FOCUSED ON HONING THE MESSAGE, COMBINING FOCUS GROUPS AND POLLING WITH SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING STRATEGIES TO GALVANIZE TARGETED SEGMENTS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE EFFORTS HAVE GENERATED HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGNS REACHING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THEY HAVE MOSTLY FAILED TO GENERATE THE DEEP COMMITMENT TO MEANINGFUL CHANGE - THAT WILLINGNESS TO MAKE PERSONAL SACRIFICE, DEDICATE HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME, PERHAPS EVEN GET ARRESTED - THAT IS THE BACKBONE OF SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.DRAWING ON WHAT HAS WORKED IN SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE PAST, MOTHERS OUT FRONT BRINGS MOTHERS AND OTHERS TOGETHER IN WARM, INFORMAL "HOUSE PARTIES" HELD IN PRIVATE HOMES AND PUBLIC MEETING SPACES, WHERE THEY LEARN ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND THE URGENCY OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, SHARE PERSONAL STORIES, AND TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF MOTHERS, WORKING TOGETHER, TO BRING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE. WE THEN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO FORM ALL-VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY TEAMS (CTS), WHICH PURSUE CHANGE AT THE INDIVIDUAL, HOUSEHOLD AND STATEWIDE LEVELS. COMMUNITY TEAM MEMBERS COME TOGETHER TO LEARN, STRATEGIZE, MEET WITH ELECTED AND BUSINESS LEADERS, TESTIFY AT HEARINGS, AND PLAN AND SHOW UP AT RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY GROW OUR NUMBERS - AND OUR POWER - BY HOSTING MORE HOUSE PARTIES AND GENERATING NEW COMMUNITY TEAMS.INCREASINGLY THE WORK AT MOTHERS OUT FRONT IS FOCUSED ON STRATEGIC IMPACT CAMPAIGNS THAT ELEVATE SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE, AND MARRY THOSE WITH COMMITMENTS FOR AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY AND RACE EQUITY. WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ADVANCING COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION POLICIES, OR RELATED MUNICIPAL LEVEL ACTIONS, IN NEARLY A DOZEN COMMUNITIES. WE'RE ORGANIZING AROUND GAS SAFETY, AND TO HALT FURTHER DEVELOPED OF FRACKED GAS INFRASTRUCTURE, ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. MOMS IN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COMMUNITIES ARE NOW ORGANIZING TO CONVERT SCHOOL BUSES FROM DIESEL TO ELECTRIC. OUR DESIRE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN INSPIRES OUR WORK, BUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER SUSTAIN IT, RESULTING IN EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT. OF OUR NEARLY 25,000 SUPPORTERS, NEARLY 10% TAKE VOLUNTEER ACTION THAT IS NOT DIGITAL WEEKLY; MANY OF THEM VOLUNTEER DOZENS OF HOURS EACH MONTH TO LEADING THIS MOVEMENT. OUR WORK IS DEEPEST IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, AND VIRGINIA, WITH GROWING STRENGTH IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW TEAMS IN COLORADO. WITH NO STAFFING AND SIMPLY REMOTE SUPPORT, WE'VE BEGUN TO GROW IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, ALABAMA, WASHINGTON AND ELSEWHERE. MOTHERS ARE HUNGRY TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN; OUR MOVEMENT GIVES THEM CONCRETE OPTIONS TO DO SO.

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