Greetings!
Linda Lisi Juergens
Executive Director
516 939-MOMS X101
The National Association of Mothers' Centers (NAMC) provides programs that empower mothers, fathers and caregivers to find solutions that work for their families, their work lives and their personal lives.
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  Screen-Free Week April 30 - May 6 Presented by CCFC
Screen-free Week starts Monday, April 30th. Don't forget to join this national campaign to reduce the time children and adults spend with TV, computers, video games and hand-held devices.
The NAMC and The Early Years Institute are working together to encourage families to turn off electronic entertainment for seven days and explore other ways to entertain themselves. Businesses, schools, libraries, religious organizations, child care centers, museums and pediatricians throughout the United States are taking part.
Join us and sign your screen-free pledge today. And let us know what you do with the extra time! |
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Parenting Webinar
How to Parent Together:
Do Moms and Dads
Have to Agree?
Join us Thursday May 17,2012 from 1 PM to 2PM ET as Sandra R. Wolkoff, LCSW-R looks at the costs and benefits of parenting together even when you and you partner think apart.
Parenting together is not easy and while we have all heard about how both parents need to be a united front, sometimes that just doesn't happen. Parents can have different styles, values and most importantly, beliefs, about how children should behave. This webinar will present ideas on how to make it work and maintain peace.
To register, click here. If you have any difficulties registering, e-mail Lisa Kaplan-Miller or call 877-939- 6667 ext 106.
Webinars are free to NAMC and Mothers' Center members. Non-member fee is $20. Join the NAMC for $35 and get a year's worth of webinars for free. |
Survey for Girls' Choice Movie Awards 
Tell New Moon Girls about your favorite movies made for girls in various age ranges, and tell them why you love those movies. Please complete the survey by May 1st.
Results will be in their first annual Girls' Choice Movie Awards in our July/August 2012 New Moon Girls magazine and online.
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Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults
- Community Board 14's Fifth Annual Youth Conference May 2, 2012, 4-7 pm Brooklyn College Student Center East 27th & Campus Road, Brooklyn, NY. Teenagers, ages 12 to 19, are invited to attend this great event to find out about jobs, internships, educational and volunteer opportunities and more.
- Wake Forest University opportunity for minority students to attend its MBA program for FREE.
- Black male teachers needed. For black males who are seniors in high school and want to go to college out of state for FREE.
- Harvard University is offering free tuition to families of honor students whose income is less than $125,000 per year.
- Syracuse University School of Architecture is desperately seeking young women and men of color interested in pursuing a five year professional degree in Architecture.
- Apply Now - Young adults between the ages of 18 and 31 with a high school diploma. Can earn up to $100,000 and earn benefits as an Air Traffic Controller.
- Free I.T. training for 18- to 24-year-olds who live in the San Francisco Bay area, DC, MD, VA, Boston, Chicago, Rhode Island, New York City [emphasis added] and Atlanta.
Too see full details for these opportunities as well as contact information, click here.
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Research: What Makes You Feel Effective as a Mother?
You're invited to participate in a study aimed at identifying experiences that contribute to how effective mothers feel about their parenting. Sara Rosenblum-Fishman, a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology at University of Massachusetts Boston, is researching this topic for her dissertation project. The project focuses on mothers of school-age children, including mothers of children with a developmental disability.
Please consider participating in this on-line research study to explore this topic. The survey will take about 40 to 45 minutes to complete and participants will have the option to be entered in a drawing to win one of three $100 gift cards.
You can complete the questionnaire here.
Eligibility: (1) You are a female caregiver of a child from the ages of 6-years-old to 11-years-old; (2) Your child is also in the 5th grade, or below. Feel free to e-mail the principle investigator, Sara Rosenblum-Fishman for more information, or call her at 617-971-8353.
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Your Gift Makes a Difference for Families Mothers' Centers have helped thousands of families: - Make friends
- Learn from each other
- Find needed support
- Advocating for our children's needs
- Discover valuable resources
- Find creative ways to manage work and family responsibilities
- And so much more!
We can't do it without your support. Please consider making a tax-deductable donation to the National Association of Mothers' Centers today. Thank you for making a difference! |
