EXPLORE BIRTH WORKER STORIES

Chi T. Mathias

Chi T. Mathias

"I feel like because I got the help that I needed as a young mom in her 20s, what more can I do to make sure that I pay that forward? So not only my children, my grandchildren, but all the other mothers that are out there get that same support."

"I feel like because I got the help that I needed as a young mom in her 20s, what more can I…

EXPLORE MORE STORIES

Zillah Wesley

“You're not always in front. Sometimes, community is taking out the trash for somebody else or bringing somebody lunch or just calling…

Wula Dawson

"That very false narrative of Black folks having mink coats and sitting on welfare rolls, I mean, it's so irrational, because there's…

Charlesetta Lee

"Being raised in the welfare system is generational. It's almost like a generational curse. Because it's a hamster wheel. You're trying to…