Meet 2020 Conference Speakers

Chanda Branch

Celebrity Ambassador

Dr. Michal Young, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.B.M.

Keynote: Bedsharing and Breastfeeding

Dr. Angela Johnson, PhD

Keynote: Advancing Power and Precedent for Black Motherhood and Breastfeeding: Building Social Eco-Systems as a Strategy

Kimberly Seals Allers

The Big Letdown—How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding

Kiddada Green, MAT

Using Direct Service, Training & Advocacy to Optimize the First Food Experience

State Senator Erika Geiss (MI)

The Path to Birth & Breastfeeding Justice: Where Do We Go From Here?

Nikia Sankofa, MPH, MPA

The Power of Coalitions

Tameka Jackson-Dyer, IBCLC, CHW

Peer-to-Peer Milk Sharing in a Pandemic: A Community-based Response to Food Insecurity

Leseliey Welch, MPH, MBA

Transforming the Spirit of Care: Detroit’s First Freestanding Birth Center

Shon Hart

Panel: Destigmatizing Care for Marginalized Families

Elon Geffrard

Panel: Destigmatizing Care for Marginalized Families

Marketia White, MPA

Panel: Destigmatizing Care for Marginalized Families

Kassi Jordan

Panel: Destigmatizing Care for Marginalized Families

Robena Hill

Panel: The Life of a Community-based Doula

Ashli Burney

Panel: The Life of a Community-based Doula