Erica Davis, BMBFA’s WIC Community Breastfeeding Liaison highlights the benefits of breastfeeding and diversification of the field to better support Black families. Read the full article at CarvednStone.
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Celebrating International Day of the Midwife with Cynthia Jackson
In celebration of International Day of the Midwife, we are uplifting a conversation held on IG Live during Black Maternal Health Week with our Founding Executive Director, Kiddada Green, and Detroit Home Birth Midwife, Cynthia Jackson of Sacred Rose Midwifery. Check out the full conversation here. Kiddada Green (KG): We’re about to go live for Black …
Read MoreAn Intergenerational Black Infant Feeding Story
An Intergenerational Black Infant Feeding Story (cross-post at Future of Personal Health.) Author and Interviewer: Kiddada Green, Founding Executive Director, Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association and Detroit native. This is an intergenerational infant feeding story of a mother and daughter; Desiree Newkirk and Malikah Garner, both natives of Detroit, MI. The interview unravels a system that has …
Read MoreOvercoming Obstacles As A Covid-19 Era Community-based Doula
Ghost Written By: Gatini Tinsley as told by Ashli Burney This year Black Breastfeeding Week aims to Revive, Restore and Reclaim, a heavy call for Black moms to fulfill in 2020. It has undoubtedly become one of the most challenging years as black moms face breastfeeding, giving birth and raising children amid a global pandemic …
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