AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
AAIMM Baby Cafe - Thursdays at 10am!
Now open to the community! The AAIMM Baby Café is an informal drop-in breastfeeding support group for Black/African American pregnant and postpartum people. It is completely free to join— stay for the whole session, or just a few minutes. No judgement, this is a space to celebrate infant feeding and offer support wherever needed.
Join us every Thursday, 10am-12pm. I hope to see you there!
2021 Village Fund Grantee: Parenting for Liberation
AAIMM Village Fund grantee, Parenting for Liberation (P4L) is an organization that supports Black parents in their efforts to heal from historical and ongoing trauma while interrupting intergenerational violence. Its broad definition of “parent” enables it to have a larger scope of influence in building resilient and joyful Black families within the community it serves. Launched in 2016 as a virtual platform to connect, inspire, and uplift Black parents as they navigate and negotiate raising Black children within the social and political context of the United States, P4L has grown into an anti-violence movement for Black parents. To date, P4L has reached more than 20,000 people through audio podcasts and engaged nearly 30,000 individuals through social media, a self-published storybook workbook, blog posts, and opinion pieces, and recently released its inaugural book written by founder and executive director, Trina Greene Brown: Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children (Feminist Press, 2020).
Read more2021 Village Fund Grantee: Lydia O. Boyd, Lactation Specialist
Lydia O. Boyd is a Lactation Specialist who provides breast/chestfeeding support and education to expectant and current breast/chestfeeding families in Los Angeles County. In addition to supporting new parents during the early post-pregnancy period, she also provides care for the transition back to work or school after maternity leave, when weaning, and in the event of a pregnancy loss. Although she serves all families regardless of race, the focus of her work is with Black-identifying families belonging to the African diaspora.
Boyd’s 13 years of research and experience in counseling, coaching, and teaching other Black women throughout the breast/chestfeeding journey has made her especially qualified to speak to racial disparities within the birthing community and provides her with a unique perspective and position to support Black mothers, giving them a space where they feel centered and supported. “We are the mothers in the Black community,” Boyd stated, speaking of Black women. “We understand first-hand what we need.” Her work strives to provide a reconnection to the honor and pride of breast/chestfeeding that has been lost from years of oppression.
Read moreBLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK PANEL (WATCH ONLINE)
The LA County Department of Public Health and First 5 LA, in partnership with the LA County African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative is holding a virtual briefing to kick off Los Angeles County’s Black Maternal Health Week – which was officially recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in March -- and elevate awareness about Black infant and maternal mortality and emerging local solutions. The goal of the week is to raise awareness about the issue, and the efforts of public health and community leaders across the County to oppose racism and discrimination at its root and support healthy and joyous births for Black families.
At the virtual event, attendees will hear from a panel of experts about the racism Black mothers face that leads to health disparities and work across the county being done to make a difference. Panelists include:
- Deborah Allen, Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Melissa Franklin, CEO of Growth Mindset Communications
- Raena Granberry, Perinatal Equity Initiative Coordinator, Dept. of Public Health
- Adjoa Jones, Founding Leader of African-American Infant and Maternal Mortality Community Action Team at L.A. County Department of Health Services Whole Person Care
- Michelle Sanders, AAIMM Doula Program Coordinator, Dept. of Public Health
- Brandi Sims, Health Systems Program Officer, First 5 LA
- Yolonda Roger Jones, Coordinator of Black Infant Health Program; Dept. of Public Health
- Dana Sherrod, Birth Equity & Racial Justice Manager for Cherished Futures for Black Moms and Babies, Public Health Alliance