As International
Sponsor, the Children's Rights
Council ("CRC")
based in the United States
invites people around the
world to join in Equal Parents'
Week and unite our voices
in making the message "The
Best Parent Is Both Parents"
an international mandate.
In 2003, people in 18 states
and 12 countries joined to
send the message of Equal
Parents' Week throughout the
world! Please visit the Equal
Parents' Week web page at
http://members.tripod.com/epweek
WHAT IS EQUAL PARENTS' WEEK?
Equal Parents' Week is an
event which sends the message
that parental rights
and responsibilities must
be shared equally by both
parents. The purple ribbon
is the symbol which sends
this message. People are urged
to send this message by wearing
purple ribbons and tying them
everywhere they can be seen.
Equal Parents' Week advocates
that the right of both parents
to function as a parent, the
right of children to be raised
and nurtured by both parents,
and the right of families
to exist and function as a
family, are civil and human
rights inherent and inalienable
to all families. The Equal
Parents' Week mandate for
equal parent status is a mandate
for the time it takes to love,
nurture, and teach our children
our values the only way we
can...a mandate for the ability
to be a parent...and a mandate
for justice. EPW
advocates that a 2-parent
focus be established as an
international priority, maximizing
the involvement that both
parents are willing and able
to contribute in raising their
children, and promoting the
ability of both parents to
meet all their children's
needs without compromising
or imposing financial impediments
to nonfinancial forms of child
support.
This year, Equal Parent's
Week ("EPW") takes
place September 26, 2005 through
October 2, 2005 The
CRC is soliciting participation
in EPW to create an international
movement that will unite the
voices of people all over
the world to raise public
awareness and achieve legislative
reform to promote joint custody
and shared parenting, and
address injustices that affect
parents, children and family
members everywhere.
Although the simplenact of
tying a purple ribbon may
seem insignificant, the power
of ournmessage and the power
of this message sent all over
the world will reachnpeople
everywhere. If every family
member throughout the world
who cherishesntheir love for
their family unites their
voices in sending this message,
we will send a message so
powerful it cannot be ignored.
AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT OF
SOLIDARITY TO SEND OUR MESSAGE.
"A Moment in our Hearts,
A Moment of Solidarity."
Public Candlelight Vigils.
As a international event,
we are encouraging organizations
to hold as many public candelight
vigils as possible.
ALL CANDLELIGHT VIGILS WILL
BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE AND
AT THE SAME
TIME:
Thursday, September 29, 2005
at 7:30 p.m (as this time
occurs in your timenzone,
not adjusted for any other
time zone) Sign up to
hold a public vigilnusing
the link
http://members.tripod.com/epweek/profile1.html
"Home Vigils".
We are urging all people who
cannot attend a candlelight
vigil or who do not have one
taking place near them to
share in "A Moment in
our Hearts, A Moment of Solidarity"
by holding their own "Home
Vigil" and light a candle
in their home for at least
15 minutes, on Thursday, September
29, 2005 at 7:30 pm, the same
date and time as the public
candelight
vigils will be taking place.
A "Home Vigil" can
be held by anyone, it can
be held by a single person
living alone, and include
as many people as you wish,
so invite your family and
friends if you like.
Please use the link
http://members.tripod.com/epweek/profile2.html
to sign up to hold a "Home
Vigil". "Home
Vigils" are as important
as public candlelight vigils
because they are very valuable
in strengthening the message
of EPW.
Please view the "Five
Candles Reading" at
http://members.tripod.com/epweek/candlevigil.html
for use at public candlelight
vigils and "Home Vigils."