BWBJ members Linda and Sayida present findings from Battling Over Birth and discuss factors contributing to positive and negative breastfeeding outcomes among black women. Highlights will include the impact of racism, medicalization, intergenerational trauma and internalized shame on breastfeeding, as well as the revitalization of traditional bonding and breastfeeding in black communities. 

To register click here.

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month and August 25th - 31st marks the 6th Annual 
Black Breastfeeding Week!

Click here to find out more about Black Breastfeeding Week and how you can get involved.

Check out these two Black Breastfeeding Week events in Southern California! BWBJ member Sayida Peprah will be presenting to pregnant and nursing mothers of the Black Infant Health program. 

Click on here to learn about the San Bernadino and Riverside events

Join the California Preterm Birth Initiative for their August Collaboratory in celebration of Black Breastfeeding Week!

Thursday, August 30th, 2018
5:30 - 8 pm
UCSF Mission Hall, Room 1400
550 16th, San Francisco, CA 94158

For more information contact pretermbirth@ucsf.edu.

In the wake of the United States government's recent opposition to breastfeeding, it becomes even more important to explicitly integrate breastfeeding into our activism and political analyses.

Read this piece by Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu for more about the politics of breastfeeding.

Image via MyBrownBaby.

Join us at Ancient Song's Third Annual Decolonize Birth Conference, September 22-23 in Brooklyn, NY. BWBJ's Eniola Abioye will present on the Battling Over Birth report.

Click here for more information and registration for the conference. 

 

Click here to read a recent story in The London Guardian about the racial disparity in birth outcomes in one of wealthiest cities in the United States.

#ListenToBlackWomen

The UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative has been doing some incredible research and in early July they showcased some of it at their July Collaboratory titled "Black Women's Perspectives on Structural Racism Across the Reproductive Lifecourse". 

Click here to watch a short video about the event!