Happy Mother's Day!

Wow, another Mother’s Day already?!

And since this day is kind of our &Mother birthday 🥳, it feels timely to do a recap and a look ahead…

It has certainly been a whirlwind few years for us. Starting with our Founder, Alysia Montano’s NYTimes op-ed on Mother’s Day 2019, followed by our Board member, Allyson Felix’s own call out. When we saw how these stories resonated deeply with women across America (and the world!) -- highlighting the motherhood penalty and maternal bias in a way that reflected their own experiences in the working world -- we knew we had to transition the movement into impact.

We launched &Mother on Mother’s Day 2020, joining a brave legion of gender equity warriors, adding our unique focus on the intersection of systemic barriers, professional opportunity, and motherhood.

As we round the corner into year three, we are stepping up our work to identify, call out, and take down the visible and invisible barriers that limit a woman’s choice to pursue and thrive in BOTH career AND motherhood. With a focus on paving the way for full participation and success for mothers in sports, we will continue to use this as a way to demonstrate a supportive and enabling path for all mothers in all industries.   

The workplace, in every form it takes – the track, the courtroom, the airplane, the office, the hospital… – was not built for motherhood. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity, right now, to stand up for what we need and what we should expect to allow for our talent, our expertise, and our VALUE ADD as mothers, to flourish. But we need to move faster.  

At &Mother, we aspire to live in a society where the value of mothers in the workforce is intrinsic and motherhood is not a limiting factor in how women succeed professionally and personally. And we’ll keep working towards this vision until the world truly reflects our Mother’s Day mantra: 

 Celebrate mothers. VALUE motherhood. 

Happy Mother’s Day!