Black Breastfeeding Week is a yearly worldwide campaign founded in 2012 by breastfeeding advocates Kimberly Seals Allers, Kiddada Green and Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka. It takes place during the last week of August every year.
Breastfeeding is one of the best investments for saving lives and improving the health, social and economic development of individuals and nations. In the US and in other parts of the world breastfeeding rates amongst black people are lower than their white counterparts. The most recent CDC data show that 75% of white women have ever breastfed versus 58.9% of black women. The Black Breastfeeding Week campaign serves to help reduce these racial disparities by raising awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding amongst black communities.
boobingit fully support the yearly campaign and runs its own unique events and initiatives to further bring awareness around key black breastfeeding matters and issues.
Kimberly Seals Allers the co founder of Black Breastfeeding Week is my guest on the podcast this week Kimberly lives in New York is a
The theme for Black Breastfeeding Week 2021 is The Big Pause Collective Rest for Collective Power Such a timely and poignant theme after a year
As Black Breastfeeding Week approaches 25 31 August we 8217 re excited to announce boobingit will be doing a series of Instagram Lives Boobingit founder
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