BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@tn.childrenshealthdefense.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T113000 DTSTAMP:20260425T205657Z URL:https://tn.childrenshealthdefense.org/events/mentor-moms-may-2026-even t/ SUMMARY:Mentor Moms - May 2026 Event DESCRIPTION:Come and be served\, refreshed and supported by our seasoned Me ntor Moms who have love to give and wisdom to share!\n\n Who should atten d? Soon-to-be moms and new moms (children 5 &\; under)\n Moms will enj oy light breakfast\, table discussions\, a speaker and connections.\n Chi ldcare is free for 10 &\; under. Includes playtime\, healthy snack and story time.\n\n \;\n\nLocation: Clearview Baptist Church - 537 Frankli n Rd\, Franklin\, TN 37069\n\n \;\nThis is a project by volunteers at Children's Health Defense of Tennessee to surround new and future moms wit h a modern-day village of love\, support and wisdom. \nOur goal is to conn ect young families with peers and mentors to share learnings of raising ch ildren\, to guide them through known and lesser-known risks of raising hea lthy families in today’s world and to prevent isolation and help their f amilies thrive with vital knowledge\, resources and to fill the souls of t hese new moms with a place to rest\, build community and nourishing food.\ n\nWe want every mom and soon-to-be mom to be informed about big issues of today\, like their parental rights\, medical decisions and healthy food. We want to equip each mom to talk to their family and doctors about their desired health and lifestyle plans\, and how to forge a path to stand bold ly as they steward their family. \n\nOn the off-months\, we do casual meet ups and encourage groups to form to meet and discuss topics that we can he lp address at our future gatherings.\n\n \;\nSpeaker: Catherine Austin Fitts\nTopic: Living Equity\, Generational Wealth &\; Financial Litera cy\n\n\n\nCatherine served as managing director and member of the board of directors of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon\, Read &\; Co. Inc .\, as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Bush Administration\, and was the president of Hamilton Securities Group\ , Inc. Catherine has designed and closed over $25 billion of transactions and investments to-date and has led portfolio and investment strategy for $300 billion of financial assets and liabilities.\n\nCatherine graduated f rom the University of Pennsylvania (BA)\, the Wharton School (MBA) and stu died Mandarin Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She blogs fo r the Solari Report at solari.com.\n\n \;\n\n\nCost\n$5 cash registra tion fee per person will be collected at the event. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tn.childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content /uploads/CHD-Event-Images.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR