(Black PR Wire) Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA) in Detroit, MI has successfully received national accreditation through HealthConnect One’s (HC One) Community-Based Doula Accreditation Program. BMBFA underwent a rigorous process in which the HealthConnect One Accreditation Team reviewed the organization’s existing Community-Based Doula Program to ensure high-quality implementation. Community-based doulas play an important role in …
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The Black Infant Remembrance Memorial: Where No Infant is Forgotten
… The Black Infant Remembrance Memorial is the brainchild of Kiddada Green, the executive director of Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA) in Detroit and a co-founder of Black Breastfeeding Week. The Memorial was also developed with two other Black Breastfeeding Week co-founders, Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka and myself. “The online memorial is the first step towards what we …
Read More‘That’s for White Women’: Black Breastfeeding Week Aims to Break Cultural Stereotypes
Advocates say the low rates of Black mothers who breastfeed is directly related to the legacy of enslaved Black mothers neglecting their children to nurse white babies. Read more at ReWire News.
Read MoreThe Black Breastfeeding Caucus (BBC) Announces Release of First-of-its Kind “Logic Model for the Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding for Black Families”
DETROIT (PRWEB)April 09, 2018 The Black Breastfeeding Caucus (BBC), a national collective of service providers, advocates, academics and other stakeholders committed to equitable breastfeeding support for black families, announces today the release of the “Logic Model for the Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding for Black Families.” “The Black Breastfeeding Caucus Logic Model will serve …
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