For 9 years, Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association® (BMBFA) has celebrated the joys of breastfeeding families and continues to work daily to reduce racial inequities in breastfeeding support for African Americans. Like many charitable organizations, the impetus for the work began with a passion- a passion for communities, health and justice. This year, we are excited …
Read MoreBlog
Blog Posts
BMBFA in unexpected times
While pregnant with my third, I planned to not breastfeed because I hadn’t breastfed my other children. But while attending parenting classes, I began to change my mind. I was learning about different ways that breast milk would benefit my baby from infancy into adulthood. I found it very interesting that these children do better with …
Read MoreThe Flint Series: Shanise’s Family
This post is part of the Parenting in Flint series featuring the experiences of pregnancy, breastfeeding and parenting through the Flint Water Crisis. I would have never imagined waking up to news reporting that the city my husband and I had been raising our two little boys – ages four and six – in …
Read MoreParenting in Flint: Darcel’s Story
This post is part of the Parenting in Flint series featuring the experiences of pregnancy, breastfeeding and parenting through the Flint Water Crisis. My name is Darcel Phinisee-Clack. I am a life-long resident of Flint, MI. It was a wonderful day when I found that I was expecting on December 31, 2013. My husband and …
Read More