Young Motherhood in Massachusetts
A documentary project by Amanda van Scoyoc
Opening: August 6, 2008 5-8 pm
(Refreshments will be served.)

The exhibition of photographs, words, and paintings made in collaboration with young mothers in Chelsea, Revere, Lynn, and East Boston, documents the experiences of pregnancy and motherhood.

Amanda van Scoyoc, photographer, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Fine Arts. Her documentary projects have focused on reproductive issues and child raising. She was awarded a Lewis Hine Documentary Fellowship from Duke University in 2007 to develop this portrait of young motherhood.

Co-sponsors of the exhibit:

Roca (Spanish for “rock”) celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. Founded on the belief that it is unacceptable to lose so many young people to violence and poverty, Roca has won nationwide respect and recognition for its effective and innovative approaches to helping young people live self-sufficiently and out of harm’s way, leaving the streets and gangs, taking responsibility for their actions, and holding down jobs. Young immigrant mothers raise their children in safety and are recognized for their contributions to society.

MGH Chelsea offers primary care for children, adolescents, and adults and has specialists in obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, neurology, hematology, oncology, geriatric medicine, rehabilitation medicine, occupational health, and mental health. Its recently expanded programs offer Chelsea families additional medical services during longer, more convenient hours.

Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, founded in 1979 by Boston-area agencies seeking to improve teen parent services, is the ONLY organization in Massachusetts dedicated to ensuring that state policies and programs effectively address the complex issues associated with teen pregnancy. The organization’s mission is to provide statewide leadership to prevent teenage pregnancy and serve the needs of pregnant and parenting teens and their children through policy analysis, research, education, and advocacy.

Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program is a project of the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University. Each year Hine Fellows are sent to work domestically and abroad with local organizations to document humanitarian issues over the course of ten months. They return to work with documentarians at CDS, continuing to develop their projects. The Fellows Program is supported by the Philanthropic Initiative and the Jessica Jennifer Cohen Foundation.

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