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About Us
Our Mission:
Mothers & More is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving
the lives of mothers through support, education and advocacy. We address
mothers' needs as individuals and members of society, and promote the
value of all the work mothers do.
Our mission is based on the following core beliefs:
- A mother is more than any single role she plays at any given point in
her lifetime. She is entitled to fully explore and develop her identity
as she chooses: as a woman, a citizen, a parent or an employee.
- All the work mothers do - whether paid or unpaid - has social and economic
value.
- All women deserve recognition and support for their right to choose
if and how to combine parenting and paid employment.
- All mothers, all children and all families are unique. We respect the
wisdom of each mother to decide how to care for her children, her family
and herself.
- Mothers have the right to fulfill their caregiving responsibilities
without incurring social and economic penalties.
- The transitions women make into and through motherhood are challenging
and can be difficult.
- Together, mothers are powerful.
What We Do:
Serving over 7,500 mothers in the U.S. and beyond, Mothers & More
is a non-profit membership organization that cares for the caregiver.
We provide a nationwide network of local chapters for mothers who are
- by choice or circumstance - altering their participation in the paid
workplace over the course of their active parenting years. Our chapters
are structured to support a mother as she navigates the challenges of
her daily life - whether she is a full-time family caregiver or struggling
to achieve a better balance between the demands of paid work and family
care.
Through our chapters and other services, we provide opportunities for
mothers to connect with one another in ways that assist them in developing
their unique identities as women and help them move more confidently through
the transitions that affect their family, work and life.
Mothers & More champions the value and necessity of all mothers' work
to our society - paid and unpaid, within and outside of the home. We strive
to raise awareness about the fact that mothers live and work in a society
that presents significant barriers to their ability to succeed as women,
citizens, parents or participants in the workforce. By uniting mothers
to act on their own behalf, we seek to eliminate policies, practices and
attitudes that unfairly impact mothers as caregivers.
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