Baltimore program helps single moms and daughters build stronger bonds

Baltimore — On a Saturday morning, a group of mothers and daughters gathered in a roundtable formation with their eyes closed. "Pay attention to how your breath feels," Ateira Griffin said, leading the group. "Envision something for yourself and for your mother-daughter relationship."

This exercise in visualizing the future is only the beginning of the growth at BOND, a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization that serves single mothers of color and their daughters. 

Griffin, the founder and CEO of BOND, also grew up in a household where her mother and grandmother were both single mothers. But it wasn't until she became the dean of students at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women that she started to notice a trend.