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Welcome to West Contra Costa County Mocha Moms Inc.
Mocha Moms in 2010

Greetings Ladies!

A New Year is upon us and the Mocha Moms of West Contra Costa are excited about all the changes and special events for this year!

We are currently hosting our first Membership Drive! The first 20 Mommies to join by January 31,2010 will receive a gift! Joining is easy ... Go to www.mochamoms.org and click on "Join Now" and then "Chapter Membership" and when selecting your chapter make sure to go all the way to the end of the drop bar and select "West Contra Costa County" ... It's that easy.

Currently we are planning some exciting Events for 2010! Our most exciting is our first Fundraiser! We will be celebrating "Black Marriage Day" a national day of recognition of Black Love! With this upcoming Gala be prepared to have a good time! We will have dinner, speakers and of course DANCING! We are also going to have a Silent Auction and some amazing door prizes!

This year we will also be attending the Mocha Moms Regional Conference in Phoenix, AZ (next years nationals will be in Las Vegas!)

Our calendar will continue to include:

  • Community Service (for Moms AND we will have some Service Projects for children as well)
  • Mom's Night Out (monthly) Will be held every 3rd Saturday Night ... Note: Month of January will be the 4th Saturday
  • Support Circle/Playgroup every Tuesday Morning
  • Family Activities ( Annual BBQ, Holiday Parties, Couples Night Out, etc.)
  • Mocha Mani's Nite
  • Annual Mother's Day Tea
  • Annual End of Summer Spa Day
  • Mocha Dad's Outings (with & without the kids)
  • Mocha Newsletter
  • Mocha Dins and In a Pinch


Some things in the works:

  • Babysitting Co-Op
  • Weekend Support Group
  • Weekend Playgroup
  • School-age Field Trips/Activities
  • Home Alone Mommies
  • Meetings with subject matter that we as a group want to hear about, in the past this was called "Mocha Mondays"

Remember Mocha Moms is an organization that Celebrates the Sisterhood of Motherhood!  Just because you don't have a baby or a preschooler does not mean that Mocha Moms is not for you!  As a Mother we can all use the support of other Mothers!  We can all learn from one another.  I look forward to meeting you and your families soon!

Much Mocha Love,
MM Timiza Johnson
President, Mocha Moms of West Contra Costa County
 
The Princess and the Frog Pink Carpet Premiere

 

Disney's first black princess has Bay Area parents excited

By Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times

LIKE A LOT of little girls, 7-year-old Erika Johnson gets all starry-eyed whenever she gazes upon the iconic cartoon princesses. She loves Cinderella, Belle, Ariel and all the others.

But now, the Richmond second-grader is finally about to meet an animated Disney heroine who looks like her. She's Tiana, the beautiful star of "The Princess and the Frog," and it's the first time that Disney artists, who in 1937 proclaimed Snow White as "the fairest of them all," have put a black female front-and-center.

"Our daughters have always known that they are princesses to us," says Erika's mother, Timiza Johnson. "But it's important to have that validity in the pop-cultural images we see. It's important that people all around us believe it."

Opening in the Bay Area on Friday, "The Princess and the Frog" has been blessed with generally favorable reviews. It is also generating plenty of buzz in the black community, which long has knocked Disney for a paucity of multicultural depictions.
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A Support Group for Mothers of Color

Mocha Moms is a support group for mothers of color who’ve chosen not to work full-time outside of the home, to devote more time to their families. While many of our members have eliminated employment altogether, others work part-time, flex-time, night shifts, have home-based businesses, consult or freelance from home or have chosen alternative, less demanding career paths so that they are more available to their families.

Founded in August 2004, the West Contra Costa Mocha Moms group (WCCMM) supports a diverse group of families with like values. WCCMM supports the 7 pillars of the Mocha Moms platform: Non-Exclusivity, Community Activism, Support for Work-at-Home mothers, Non-partisanship, Strong Commitment to Marriage, Self-Care, & The Education of our Children. Our goal is to help moms better care for themselves, their families, & each other. We do this though our Babysitting Cooperative, "Moms Only" Outings, Support Groups, Play Groups & Family Events.

Mocha Moms, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Mocha Moms, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender, socio-economic level, education, or religion. Anyone who supports the mission and purpose of Mocha Moms, Inc. is welcome to join.

The National Chapter of Mocha Moms, Incorporated is not responsible for the design and content of these web pages. They are the sole responsibility of the West Contra Costa Chapter of Mocha Moms Inc.