Black Breastfeeding Week Special with Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers, the co-founder of Black Breastfeeding Week, is my guest on the podcast this week. Kimberly lives in New York, is a world-renowned speaker, five-time author and host of the Birthright Podcast. Most recently, Kimberly added tech founder to her impressive repertoire having set up the Irth app to address racism and bias in maternity and infant care. Kimberly is on a mission to transform the experience of motherhood for all and to eradicate the racial disparities in birth and breastfeeding. Needless to say, I am a huge fan of the work Kimberly does and I was very excited to get the opportunity to speak to her during Black Breastfeeding Week. Kimberly's talking points The deep history of breastfeeding practices for black women Why breastfeeding amongst black and brown communities is a social justice issue and a public health issue The work being done to close the policy gaps that affect all mothers in the US Why Black Breastfeeding Week is something we can all celebrate and honour Ways we can reframe breastfeeding as an important time to rest and pause The new book coming out, 'Breastfeeding in Colour, about the impact of racism on birth and breastfeeding.