Mothering Across Continentssm: Adopting Dreams. Raising Tomorrow’s Leaders:
A coalition of women catalysts and social entrepreneurs compelled by the idea mothering is the act of developing responsible citizen leaders around the world. MAC, a 501(c)3 non-profit, connects and equips women as guardians, advocates, funders, promoters and replicators of innovative pilots. We empower women to surface, shape, monitor and report on initiatives that require small amounts of money to get started. And we are a network and lab that can share learnings across countries and cultures. Today, we have projects underway and launching in South Africa, Rwanda, southern Sudan and Haiti, and a vision of becoming global. Projects unfold like this – we design and develop an innovative pilot on “seed funds;” we monitor, measure and help ensure replication; and then we transition a developed program that others can sustain.
Happenings
July 25 -- Read "Sudanese refugee works to build school" in The Charlotte Observer. James Lubo Mijak's dream is to Raise Sudan.
July 8 -- Read Chief Catalyst Patricia Shafer's viewpoint in The Charlotte Observer.
July 20-August 13 -- Guiding Coalition member and social worker Sharon Dempsey (left) is in South Africa, visiting MAC projects “Caring Schools” and “Building Futures.” Prior to her trip, she reached out to women specialists in early childhood development and childhood traumatic stress.
August 18 -- Guiding Coalition member Jerri Hatch (right) will host a private reception for women in the Washington, DC, area. She and Chief Catalyst Patricia Shafer will share video, photos, artwork and stories from their recent “Mentoring Mwiko” trip to Rwanda.
September 11 -- Guiding Coalition Member Karen Puckett will speak about Raising Sudan at First United Methodist Church, Salisbury, NC. Stay tuned for details.
September 14 -- 12:30 p.m., James Lubo Mijak and Patricia Shafer speak at the Rotary Club of Charlotte meeting, Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St., Charlotte.
September 21 -- 12:10-1:10 p.m., Guiding Coalition Member Karen Puckett (left), Ngor Kur Mayol (bottom, right) and James Lubo Mijak (bottom, left) speak about Raising Sudan at Rowan Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC, campus.
October 4 -- Chief Catalyst Patricia Shafer and Lost Boy of Sudan James Lubo Mijak speak about Raising Sudan to the Core 222 Global Citizenship classes at Queens University, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sykes Auditorium.
October 6 -- Network with Mothering Across Continents at the Charlotte Parent Magazine Moms At Work luncheon, http://www.charlotteparent.com/Events/MomsAtWork/default.aspx.
October 14 -- 6:15 p.m. Chief Catalyst Patricia Shafer speaks about Mothering Across Continents at the Altrusa International Inc. of Charlotte meeting, Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte.
October 27 -- Raising Sudan presentation by Guiding Coalition Member Karen Puckett and James Lubo Mijak at Cornerstone Church, Salisbury, NC.
Need a speaker? Let us know at info@motheringacrosscontinents.org. See a list of our available speakers.
