Step It Up Ontario!

Women’s Housing Takeover Action!  Support this exciting work by women in Toronto to set up housing for women experiencing violence and their children. For up-to-date information check the Takeover blog HERE!

Days to honour mothers take place in many countries and in diverse ways. Some of the earliest were observed in ancient Greece and Rome.

In North America, the idea was picked up by Julia Ward Howe, an abolitionist and social activist.  In turn, she was influenced by an idea championed by a young Appalachian woman whose daughter eventually lobbied to have the day formally recognized as a national day in 1907.  Canada and other countries adopted the idea in 1909.

Help Step it Up! remind Ontario political Parties to remember women and children when they campaign for election. 

Block our "Be a Mothers' Party" on the next page (click 'Read more' below) and email it to the leaders of all Parties in Ontario that want your vote in October.  

Or write your own version and send it off to the Parties.  You can find information about what they can do to help mothers in the above backgrounder: Make Every Day Mother's Day.  

Sign your name, tell them where you live and let them know you will be voting!

Here are some contact links for the Ontario Party Leaders:

Liberal Leader, Dalton McGuinty   https://www.premier.gov.on.ca/feedback/feedback.asp 

Progressive Conservative Party Leader, John Tory    This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

New Democratic Party Leader, Howard Hampton     This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Green Party Leader, Frank DeJong    This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

For immediate release:  May 7, 2007