Museum Of Motherhood Celebrates The Multicultural Family With Dec 5 Conference

Online, November 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - The Museum of Motherhood celebrates the multicultural family with Multicultural Mothers: The Many Hats We Wear, a day-long conference and luncheon to be held on Monday, December 5, 2011.

WHEN: Monday, December 5, 2011, 9 AM - 4:30 PM

WHERE: 401 East 84th St. (@1st Ave), lower level, New York, NY

INFO: http://www.MOMmuseum.org

WHO: The Museum Of Motherhood (M.O.M.) is a living, breathing, community-centered arts, media and social change museum focused on amplifying the voices and experiences of mothers, and connecting 'the cultural family' while pioneering new areas of academe in mother studies. We are the first and only facility of this kind.

FEATURING: Global Organizations, Experts and Multicultural Voices, including Tanya Fields, Executive Director, The Blk Projek, Claire Misquitta, Rachel Ishofsky, Jewish Heart For Africa, Presentation Panel on Aid for Aids International, Keynote with Dr. Phyllis Chesler, signing anniversary edition of her book, Mothers On Trial, two short films on global motherhood with Elizabeth Mangum, Birth Focus on Nomadic Motherhood and The White Ribbon Alliance on Maternal Health Care, Saving Mothers.org, as well as museum tours, Cynthia Odell, Afya & Leticia Velasquez on adopting new paradigms.

WHY: When we say mothers wear many hats it is more than just a turn of phrase or a fashion statement. Within a given family, multiple cultures often exist simultaneously, making the family structure a melting pot for ideas, traditions, folklore and more. As we acknowledge a multicultural world with global perspectives, so too our 21st century homes and communities have become microcosms of this phenomenon, making creative, tolerant perspectives imperative when it comes to keeping old traditions alive and cultural information available to the next generation.

Now, more than ever, institutions and communities must work to preserve folk knowledge and family cultural traditions paving the way to a collective archive, such as the one emerging within the Museum Of Motherhood, for the sake of collecting, organizing, preserving and sharing matriarchal values, sister traditions, patriarchy as it relates to family structure, birth practices and so much more, so that we may examine these links from the past, to understand ourselves and best transform our future.

TICKETS: Suggested donation is $55 in advance (order online at http://www.MOMmuseum.org) and $74 at the door.

SPONSORS: Food Emporium, Realityworks" infant simulators & pregnancy vests, Mustela™, YWCA, Gymboree, Working Mother Magazine, Mamapalooza, Motherhood Foundation Inc., Minnesota State U. PRESS: The New York Post, NY Times, Our Town, San Francisco Chronicle, Brightside Global Trade Journal (BMSI USA Publication).