Demonstration at Massachusetts State House

I've just received the following message from the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition, and am posting it here with their permission:

From: MBC_Members On Behalf Of Melissa Bartick, MD
To: MBC_Members
Subject: [MBC_Members] statehouse demonstration: RSVP

Hi all,

MBC is planning to have a demonstration at the Statehouse about the gift bag issue. We will likely have banners, and are trying to think of an intriguing visual piece that will get the attention of Romney and of the press. We have been advised that the best time to do this is on a weekday, preferably in the morning, but it could be @ noon.

We will need to get as many folks as possible to come, and we would like mothers with babies as well. It would likely be the week of May 15. Please let me know if you think you can come and if you can round up people to come, as well. Exact date is TBA-- we need to get a sense on attendance, best days of the week, etc. Please let me know!

In other updates, we have not been successful in scheduling meetings with officials-- all the more reason to have a big demonstration to get attention of the press and the Governor.

We have drafted an ad for the Parents' Paper, which will come out in early May. I will send out an HTML email with it shortly, so that people can forward it. In the meantime, I'm attaching a pdf of it now. We would like people to print it out, and post it everywhere: your workplaces, community boards, etc.

Also-- one last thing-- we still need more petition signatures: we have all states represented by West Virginia, North Dakota and South Dakota-- if you know people in those states, please get them to sign!

Melissa




Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition
to email: massbfc@massbfc.org

Please spread the word far and wide!!