Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families. Nicole Lynn Lewis

Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families

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ISBN: 9780807056035 | 216 pages | 6 Mb

Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families
Nicole Lynn Lewis
Page: 216
Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
ISBN: 9780807056035
Publisher: Beacon Press

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An activist calls for better support of young families so they can thrive and reflects on her experiences as a Black mother and college student fighting for opportunities for herself and her child. Pregnant Girl presents the possibility of a different future for young mothers—one of success and stability—in the midst of the dismal statistics that dominate the national conversation. Along with her own story as a young Black mother, Nicole Lynn Lewis weaves in those of the men and women she's worked with to share a new perspective on how poverty, classism, and systemic racism impact teen pregnancy and on how effective programs and equitable policies can help teen parents earn college degrees, have increased opportunity, and create a legacy of educational and career achievements in their families. After Nicole became pregnant during her senior year in high school, she was told that college was no longer a reality—a negative outlook often unfairly presented to teen mothers. Nicole left home and experienced periods of homelessness, hunger, and poverty. Despite these obstacles, she enrolled at the College of William & Mary and brought her three-month-old daughter along. Through her experiences fighting for resources to put herself through college, she discovered her true calling and founded her organization, Generation Hope, to provide support for teen parents and their children so they can thrive in college and kindergarten—driving a two-generation solution to poverty. Pregnant Girl will inspire young parents faced with similar choices and obstacles that they too can pursue their goals with the right support.

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