what
we do
MAMAS provides the structure, community, and political tools needed for community healing and grassroots organizing.
Our work includes storytelling as a strategy to further our campaigns; ensuring the presence, recognition, and leadership of mothers & caregivers (mamas) in movement spaces; and providing spaces and frameworks for healing our hearts, growing our political consciousness, and expanding our work with each other and in coalition. We build collective power among mamas in social movements, media debates, and policy processes related to prison abolition, migrant justice, and the decolonization of indigenous lands. We use the power of radical mothering to dismantle oppressive systems and build just and loving societies.
Our current day to day work focuses on our primary Chicago collective, The Mothers Of The Kidnapped (MOK). As a home for MOK, MAMAS nourishes member-leadership development for MOK members through media training, political education & strategizing, participatory defense support, and healing and transformative justice.
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We RISE
Radical Mothering
We praise radical mothering at the core of our work because we recognize the transformative potential of mothering love in activism.
Insist to Resist
We insist that mama-warriors lead the way at the forefront of movements. And we resist any system who tokenizes or devalues them.
Synergy Through Solidarity
We move in connection with all those fighting against oppressive systems, especially BIPOC communities.
Empowered Mamas
We uplift mother survivors reclaiming their space within movements beyond just a seat at the table.
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