The dozen women profiled here are survivors of inept parents, failed relationships, domestic violence, abandonment, poverty...
Kids on Their Hips
Books on Their Backs
| . . .In just three years, the number of CUNY students on welfare—most of them mothers—has dropped to less than 10,000, down from 28,000. . . |
Professor Martin Gilen accuses the media of racially stereotyping blacks as lazy, unmotivated welfare recipients.
CUNY welfare moms
are in a bind: The demand
for quality, affordable child care exceeds availability.
Click here for a list of books you must read if you want to begin knowing more about welfare.
By Hunter College
Film & Media students
in cooperation with
Welfare Rights Initiative