National Association of Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color

07/30/2021

This is huge, especially for the health outcomes of minority women and their babies and minimizing breastfeeding disparities. …The first 11 graduates of the Lactation Program are not just ready to take the exam to become board-certified lactation consultants, they're ready to change the entire profession.
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04/09/2021

Confirmation that we are indeed powerful! "Multiple studies show that there are antibodies in a vaccinated mother’s milk. This has led some women to try to restart breastfeeding and others to share milk with friends’ children."

Multiple studies show that there are antibodies in a vaccinated mother’s milk. This has led some women to try to restart breastfeeding and others to share milk with friends’ children.

03/10/2021

02/10/2021

Thank you Nikia Sankofa for your leadership and commitment to equity in breastfeeding and human milk!

Today we honor the work of Nikia Sankofa, the Executive Director of the U.S Breastfeeding Committee. Nikia is a fearless leader and advocate who is committed to improving maternal and infant health. Read more...http://bit.ly/3rzTqkW U.S. Breastfeeding Committee - USBC

02/09/2021

Call your member of Congress today and tell them you need them to support birth justice – the most fundamental of racial justice issues – by supporting the .

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02/09/2021

Encourage Congress to support the most comprehensive legislative effort yet to address the Black maternal health crisis in America - the Black Maternal Health ! 🤰🏽 https://moms.ly/36RozIA

02/04/2021

Thank you Jeretha McKinley at HC One for your leadership and advocacy.

02/01/2021

Happy Black History Month!!! Celebrating the work of black leaders everywhere towards first food equity.

Happy Black HerStory Month from Our Family to Yours

01/28/2021

As our communities continue to work as essential workers they still need lactation support and to know their rights.

Nursing parents have a right to safely express breast milk at work under Illinois law or the national Break Time for Nursing Mothers law. These laws still apply during -19.

01/12/2021

“Although Black newborns are three times as likely to die as White newborns, when Black babies are delivered by Black doctors, their mortality rate is cut in half.”

Citing systemic racism, they say more work needs to be done to understand the tantalizing statistics in their paper.