According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black mothers in particular, disproportionately experience a number of barriers to breastfeeding.

Black women have the lowest breastfeeding initiation rate of all racial groups at less than 70 percent.

In honor of Black Breastfeeding Week . which ran through Thursday and ends today, Charlotte Dorsey, Community Progress Council’s Women, Infants, and Children Education Manager

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black mothers in particular, disproportionately experience a number of barriers to breastfeeding.
Black women have the lowest breastfeeding initiation rate of all racial groups at less than 70 percent.
In honor of <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblackbreastfeedingweek.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cdhelms%40gavinadv.com%7Ce4cc37ae36594abd347208da89dd81be%7Cb8638e955d4447f5b61b60d6e22b7c60%7C1%7C0%7C637973881731047048%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aOmgvYJJnv0E1is85DFTi427CH3JG%2BZK77XL37QiwNE%3D&amp;reserved=0">Black Breastfeeding Week</a> . which ran through Thursday and ends today, Charlotte Dorsey, Community Progress Council’s Women, Infants, and Children Education Manager

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

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