Ways To Take Action
We are tremendously proud of the work our chapters have done. Whether organizing a volunteer day at a local diaper bank, testifying before their state legislature, or building their chapter’s civic education skills, our chapter leaders are devoted to leaving the systems of motherhood a little better than they experienced it themselves.
Our local chapter meetings are bold, safe spaces where mothers and advocates share experiences, information, resources, and solutions, and devise concrete ways to take action together to advance paid leave, maternal health, and affordable childcare.
You’re invited to:
- Talk about your experience of mothering in America
- Connect with other mothers and change-makers
- Learn strategies for taking action at the local, state, and national level
- Advocate for change in a way that’s productive rather than divisive
We have more than 45 local chapters across the country, including a virtual chapter for military families.
Local chapter wins
Our chapters are engaged in grassroots advocacy to drive progress on our three core pillars: paid family leave, accessible, affordable childcare, and improved maternal health.
A few examples:
- Cincinnati: Collaborated with lawmakers to draft a survey to better understand the needs of local childcare providers
- Boston: Strengthened legislative and community-based maternal mental health resources, including developing their own perinatal mental health tool, HEALMAMAS, and helped pass the Moms Matter Act
- Phoenix: Activated member phone calls, emails, postcards, and testimony in legislative committee to help pass into law a maternal mental health bill
- New Hampshire: Partnered with New Futures to train members to write opinion articles supporting policy change
- Denver: Connected with hundreds of mothers at a local family event to share the Vote Like A Mother campaign
- South Bay: Produced a comprehensive South Bay Area Voter Guide that provided resources and insights for local voters
- Tampa Bay: A member ran for office and credits Chamber of Mothers with inspiring her campaign
- Chicago: Built their chapter from 12 members to over 300 Chicagoans by prioritizing accessibility and rotating meeting locations
- Las Vegas: Chapter leader (a Black doula herself) testified before the legislature on the importance of doula care for BIPOC mothers
We have more than 45 local chapters across the country, including a virtual chapter for military families.
Our chapters are organizing locally and building coalitions on the issues that matter most to moms in their community or state. Whether showing up for a local diaper bank, submitting hundreds of witness slips, writing letters of support, or testifying before state legislators, they are finding capacity as individuals to work together and enact real change at scale.
Annie Bacon, Director of Grassroots Advocacy
