Black Breastfeeding Week- Arizona
Year 2022
Year 2021
Promotes breastfeeding in black communities for black mothers, to lower infant mortality rates
Highlights physical, emotional, and societal benefits of breastfeeding
Making cognitive connection that choosing to breastfeed helps keep babies alive and thriving
Advocating for breastfeeding in black community promotes life-long wellness by lessening the rate of diet-related diseases such as diabetes and childhood obesity
Promote confidence, self-esteem, and trust in providers for Black families in Arizona
Highlighting black lactation professionals and their work in community to support Black women and breastfeeding
Address and educate on historical context of breastfeeding, slavery, and why Black women have had barriers or challenges to breastfeeding
To combat areas where there is little to no familial, community, or professional support for Black breastfeeding families
To continue the legacy of supporting black breastfeeding in Arizona
To build and connect to a larger nationwide campaign to address challenges to and to promote Black Breastfeeding
To be confident, feel supported, reassured, uplifted, connected to each other, to professionals, gain personal and community resources, to be celebrated by and in their community