Disrupting the Black Breastfeeding Narrative

[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_video _id=”4″ ][cs_element_text _id=”5″ ][cs_content_seo]Black parents who want to breastfeed need providers who understand its cultural and historical significance in the Black community. For hundreds of years, Black women were forced to breastfeed the children of people who enslaved them. Now, providers can help empower families with culturally sensitive support, explains Pacify provider and IBCLC Tonya Daniel. 
Watch her conversation with Chief Clinical Officer Melanie Silverman about disrupting a painful narrative.
\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_quote _id=”6″ ][cs_content_seo]”Understand the historical and cultural ramifications of the whole breastfeeding experience.  Families of color are coming from a long line of the history of wet nursing, not being able to feed their own babies because they have to feed the slaveowners’ babies….Even some of my family members said ‘Well why would you want to do that?’. But it wasn’t about me breastfeeding because somebody else told me to, it was breastfeeding because I felt like this was the best thing for my baby.
A lot of Providers don’t understand how that oral history has been passed down….We have to disrupt that narrative.”\n\nTonya Daniel, IBCLC, LCCE, CD/BDT (DONA)\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”7″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”8″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”9″ ][cs_element_line _id=”10″ ][cs_element_text _id=”11″ ][cs_content_seo]ABOUT BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK
It’s the 9th year of Black Breastfeeding Week. This year, the theme is The Big Pause: Collective Rest For Collective Power.
For more information check out the top five reasons we need a Black Breastfeeding Week.
You can power this work by sharing events and content and making a donation BBW20 Sponsorship Packet.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”12″ ][cs_element_row _id=”13″ ][cs_element_column _id=”14″ ][cs_element_line _id=”15″ ][cs_element_text _id=”16″ ][cs_content_seo]Questions?
Interested in bringing Pacify to your community? Just want to say hello? Follow us on social media or click the button below to contact us:\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”17″ ][cs_content_seo]Get in Touch\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][cs_element_row _id=”18″ ][cs_element_column _id=”19″ ][x_share title=”Share this Post” share_title=”” facebook=”true” twitter=”true” google_plus=”false” linkedin=”true” pinterest=”false” reddit=”false” email=”true” email_subject=”Hey, thought you might enjoy this! Check it out when you have a chance:”][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][/cs_element_section][/cs_content]