Suzanne Ellis, a 39-year-old mother from Port Richmond, needed emotional support when she found out she was pregnant. Not money, not diapers, not baby food. She needed to know she wasn’t alone, that she had [continue reading…]
The best payment Rafaela Rocha ever received was a garden. When a man was unable to pay the 27-year-old in complete for craniosacral work she performed on his paraplegic mother, he offered to build her [continue reading…]
A mural with a message now graces a wall in East Mt. Airy. This mural requested by the Maternity Care Coalition, is featured in East Mount Airy next to the Northwest office of the MOMobile [continue reading…]
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