Gloria Malone doesn't have a favorite Mother's Day memory, but she does have a passionate cause: standing up for young
mothers.
At 15, Gloria gave birth to her own daughter Leilani, who's now 8 years old, so she was personally offended last year by an array of anti- teen pregnancy ads produced during Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month in May.
Some of ads were a part of the infamous celebrity- endorsed Candies' Foundation anti-teen
pregnancy campaign , that featured taglines like, "You're supposed to be changing the world, not diapers."
"It was just an attack on motherhood overall," Gloria says, and she wasn't the only one who felt that way.
Gloria and seven other young mothers connected with each other through social media
to figure out what they can do to address the ads that they felt attacked young mothers.
The group eventually created the #NoTeenShame social media movement last year to eradicate
the stigma and shame against mothers who have children at a young age.
Gloria says, this year, the group hopes to continue their work of
speaking out against problematic ads while also
providing tips on how others can support teen
moms.
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