Browse By Mothers & Children

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  Whitney H

  Child(ren): Zharae 1

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing, Education and Opportunity, Health, Environment, Drugs, Violence and Trauma, Childhood, Breaking the Cycle

  "This is a breakdown, this is a breakthrough.  Let me give a list of my hungers and my struggles to you. Underage Pregnancies. Welfare. Child Support. Housing Authority. Rape Victims. Drug Dealing. High Crime Rates. Juvenile Life. This is an example of the things we go through coming up in the hood, in the streets of Philadelphia.

  We need to get up and speak for our rights.  If we don’t speak up, who will?  Are you aware of my hunger, my struggle and my pain?"
  

  See Whitney featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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  Ashley O

  Child(ren): Carlos Jr. 2

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing, Work and Child Care, Health, Environment, Drugs, Violence and Trauma, Welfare & Assistance, Family, Childhood, Breaking the Cycle

  "No matter what level, what class, everybody needs to make a living. Jobs need to be created to just give that chance.  People are capable."

  See Ashley featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 11/30/08.

  See Ashley in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 2/15/10.

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  Crystal S

  Child(ren): Daughter 11, Son 7, Daughter 2

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing, Work and Child Care, Health, Environment, Welfare & Assistance, Family, Childhood, Breaking the Cycle

  “There are some benefits. They provide your children with vaccinations, things that they can’t get in third world countries, things that we take for granted… they can take care of me medically but the rest of me is just dangling out there, hanging on a rope...”

  Here Crystal interviewed on WHYY Radio Times

  See Crystal featured on CNN.com

  See Crystal featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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  Erica S

  Child(ren): Adore, Precious

  Issues: Housing, Work and Child Care, Health, Environment, Drugs, Violence and Trauma, Childhood, Breaking the Cycle

  "Come leave your world just for one week and live in my world.  Tell me how you're going to make it and survive-- how emotionally you're going to keep yourself together.   To day-by-day look at your kids and tell them, 'I don't have any money to take you to the store.'  Or, 'We're eating Oodles of Noodles today because the food stamps didn't last.'"

  See Erica featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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  Imani S

  Child(ren): Two boys ages 8 and 2

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Work and Child Care, Health, Welfare & Assistance

  “What would you do if you were in my shoes? If you had to work two jobs to take care of your kids and it still wasn’t enough? And then the government tells you you can’t have Food Stamps to feed your kids…what would you do?” 

  Hear Imani interviewed on the Praise in the City on 103.9 WPPZ.

  See Imani featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

  See Imani on Channel 6

  See Imani in the Washington Post and in a video by the Associated Press 

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  Angela S

  Child(ren): 2 children, youngest Ayaan, age 2

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing, Environment, Violence and Trauma, Welfare & Assistance, Family, Childhood, Breaking the Cycle

  "The key is to prevent everybody needing welfare.  The key is to get people off welfare.  You don’t want this to keep being a repeated cycle. It seems like it’s a repeated cycle, and it gets worse."

  See Angela featured as she speaks out on hunger in the Philadelphia Inquirer

  See Angela featured in a story about gaps in women's wages. 

  See Angela featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 2/15/10.

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  Tianna G

  Child(ren): Marcus 5, Marques 2, Marianna 2

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing, Health, Environment, Drugs, Childhood, Breaking the Cycle

  “I want him to grow up mimicking Barak Obama, Oprah Winfrey--to think high for himself. I don’t want him to think that just because we live in poverty, and in the neighborhood that we do, that he has to go on the corner and sell drugs; do things that he’s not supposed to do just to be able to live.”

  See Tianna featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer and in the Washington Post.

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  Shearine M

  Child(ren): Nali, Kashiya

  Issues: Education and Opportunity, Health, Violence and Trauma, Breaking the Cycle

  “I overcome my barriers by waking up every day, taking my daughter to school, taking my other daughter to daycare.  Going out there, going to school, knowing that I’m about to be something.  I’m about to get a better job, or I’m about to be a better person for my kids, because I’m striving for a better me, to raise my kids in a better environment."

  See Shearine featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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  Barbie I

  Child(ren): Aiden, age 2, and Layla, age 4

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing

  "I wish people would just look at you for who you are, and not treat you like they are superior; like you’re on a different level just because you need Welfare.  I’m so used to being let down. I’m so used to being disappointed.  I’m so used to everything just crumbling down on me that I don’t ask for any help anymore."

  See Barbie featured in a Washington Post article and video.

  Hear Barbie interviewed on WHYY Radio Times

  See Barbie in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post and in a video by the Associated Press.

  See Barbie featured in the Share Our Strength blog.

  Read a story that Barbie has written about her experiences entitled "Strong".

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  Tamika H

  Child(ren): Brian 1, Nyima 2

  Issues: Food and Hunger, Housing, Health, Drugs, Violence and Trauma, Welfare & Assistance, Breaking the Cycle

  "I don’t think a human on this earth can love until they have a baby."

  See Tamika featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.