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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...
- Crystal S
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Melanie works full time (and sometimes overtime) for a medical care company, but still doesn't make enough to live on her own and cover all her expenses.
- Melanie H
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That’s a foreclosure notice with the amount on it. After my mom died I thought she was paying taxes, but then I got a notice in the mail that says $3,000… almost $4,000 owed in back taxes. Now, the city has a nice way of saying even though you've been dwelling in this house for however long, we won’t help you.
- Crystal S
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While the non-affordable homes are being built, I sit in my mother’s home seeking, searching, and striving to become a home owner or even an apartment renter. The district is a thriving city. I wonder why the system and people of the city can’t thrive together. No matter what one's pay is, every working person should be able to be housed safely.
- Nefatera M.
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"That’s a picture of my miserable tips today. It's $5, for six hours of work."
- Angelica R
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I don’t like an empty freezer. I don’t like an empty freezer because I’ve been where my freezer was completely empty. It’s like my pockets are already empty. Why does my fridge have to be empty too? So I’ve just cut out certain things, like no company for dinner. And I nibble. Me and my daughter, we’ll eat that for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. That rice will last us for a week and it won’t be the same rice. It’ll be white rice today. I’ll put some stuff on it and it’ll be yellow rice. I’ll put some canned peas in it to stretch it out.
- Quanda B.
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My daughter was really happy to be in a new environment. I wasn’t stressed out anymore, or moving from place to place. Each place had different problems. We both felt really at peace. We felt really blessed to be at a place where we felt safe and there wasn’t anybody treating us like we were nothing. We were both really happy.
- Judith R.
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Dornsife School of Public Health 
Drexel University 
