Mothers of Metahumans
Forming early in the days after goblinization and the Night of Rage, MOM (cue “Audience Awwwww” sound byte) is a grassroots organization dedicated to speaking out on behalf of metahuman rights. At first they started as a charity by and for the parents of metahuman children, but they quickly ramped up into political activism, staging marches, fundraisers, programs, and protests. They gained plenty of steam, and even a bequeathment from the Big D for a cool million nuyen. While they are primarily centered in the UCAS, they’ve gone worldwide in the years since, operating under other names but always clearly identifying with MOM. They have friendly connections and co-op projects with other rights groups such as the Ork Rights Committee and even the Ghoul Liberation League. Some have suggested that they all form into a larger, single entity, but pundits have noted that they work much better as an alliance, focusing on specific needs independently while combining strength wherever their interests are the same. Detractors like to paint them as a bunch of glorified PTA folks hosting bake sales, but anyone who has run the shadows or the numbers knows they aren’t afraid to put some of that cookie money in a runner’s credder for good intel, and that they hold more political clout than anyone ever guessed. As long as you aren’t a raging racist, MOM is an ideal employer for hooders, and stands as proof that even a hardened street operative can do their dirty work, pay the rent, and still go to bed with a warm fuzzy feeling at the end of the day.
They’re fading these days, with membership down from their heyday after the Night of Rage, but they’re still around. While O.R.C. works the sprawls and major metro areas, MOM focuses on small towns and the suburbs, networking women together in smaller, more intimate settings. They don’t lead many marches, but they attend all the Supperware parties and church socials. They rolled into action most heavily in ’61 and ’62, after Halley’s Comet. MOM had been there for one another during Goblinization and learned a lot of lessons that they honed over the decades after. They were fast to call on people to stay calm, to lay out how people were still people under all that, and to of- fer counselling to those in need.
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