12th Annual National Black Breastfeeding Week (August 25-31) Honors Importance of “First Foods” in Improving Black Maternal and Infant Health

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Annual campaign kicks off with a nationwide online storytelling festival and with Open Mic Nights for Black Birth & Breastfeeding in Oakland, NYC, & virtual Nationwide — Black Breastfeeding Week, the only national health campaign with an explicit national focus on improving Black maternal and infant health through breastfeeding, is celebrating its 12th year from August 25-31. The awareness effort was created in response to the gaping racial disparities in breastfeeding rates that have existed for over 40 years, despite the proven benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and babies. The 2024 theme, “Listen Up! Reclaiming Our Narrative & Centering Our Stories for Breastfeeding Justice,” honors the power of storytelling to shift cultural norms in infant feeding in Black communities. The week-long awareness campaign will include an online Storytelling Festival on social media where community members are invited to share their Breastfeeding Joy, and an Open Mic Night for Black Mamas hosted live in New York City (August 28th) and Oakland (August 25th), as well as virtual open mic night (August 30) that will be streamed live to the BBW Facebook page. Black parents are invited to share their birth and breastfeeding related poems, songs, birth stories, comedy shorts and more...

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