Media Contact: Kimberly Seals Allers | 347.671.7779 | KSealsAllers@gmail.com NEW YORK, NY (January 15, 2019)—On Christmas Day, Alleah Erica Clarke was at DisneyWorld in Orlando with her 8-month old son for his first Christmas. What was supposed to be a magical experience turned into every breastfeeding mom’s nightmare when a Disney Parks cast member called …
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Moms and Babies in Michigan Receive the Gold-Standard of Care Through Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association’s Community-Based Doula Program
(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 …
Read MoreThe 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.
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