The Mother's Monument - I need your help!

I work with the WomanStats organization (http://www.womanstats.org/). I remember one of my coworkers telling me two years ago about the Mother's Monument that he wanted to create to honor mothers who die in childbirth, and he is finally making it happen! But the project needs our help. Please take a few minutes to look at the website (http://mothersmonument.org/) and sign the petition. The website also explains the proposed layout of the monument as well as gives important information about maternal mortality. You can also join the Facebook page entitled "A Mother's Monument: A perfect brightness of hope".

From my coworker:
"Things are finally beginning to come together. But what we need right now is some momentum to show Congress that this is a national cause that their constituents are interested in. If you would please take a moment to visit the website, sign the petition, and forward the information through your networks I would greatly appreciate it. We need as much support and traffic to the websites as possible right now to show that there is broad national interest in a memorial of this type. I have set the goal of 10,000 signatures. We not even 1% of the way there right now, so there is a long way to go!"

More women around the world die in childbirth than soldiers die in war. The US's maternal mortality rate is unnervingly high. Something must be done to address this issue that shouldn't exist in the 21st century, and the monument, which is part sculpture part interactive database, does this.

Thanks for your help!