Today we are launching Expecting More: Dialogues, a series of video conversations that feature deeply personal experiences with some of the most profound challenges Americans face when starting or growing a family. These stories are a catalyst for amplifying solutions. In the United States the opportunity for birthing people to thrive varies tremendously by place and social circumstance. Birthing people have unique needs and unique vulnerabilities that are often left unaddressed by the people and the systems they depend on. And at the roots of this problem, we are seeing a fundamental lack of empathy. We hope the Dialogues can serve as a model for what it looks like to listen, reflect, and learn from each other. By centering the voices and lived experiences of individuals and families and layering in key professional perspectives, the Dialogues aim to provide a new paradigm of solving entrenched problems, one that engages alternate perspectives with humility and dismantles long-held power dynamics.