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4th Trimester Project: Resources for Care Teams and Families

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Open-Access Postpartum Toolkit Materials Access free, evidence-based postpartum toolkit materials for care teams, birthing parents, and families here. Research and Reading List Podcast and Streams 2022-2023 Community of Practice Recordings The 4th Trimester Project team at UNC-Chapel Hill has support from the HRSA-funded NC Maternal Health Innovation Initiative to collaborate with North Carolina clinics to

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Equity Before Birth Dance Party

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Equity Before Birth is a nonprofit charity organization that saves the lives of Black birthers and their babies by increasing access to pregnancy-related support and services and eliminating financial barriers to these services. Equity Before Birth is organizing a Dance Party Fundraiser in observance of Black Maternal Health Week. The organization’s mission is to save

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Free Perinatal Mental Health Screening Clinic

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Perinatal mental health refers to mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period. At Breastfeed Durham, we believe that all birthing people experiencing perinatal mental health struggles should have access to proper screening, diagnosis, and treatment. To that degree, we want to share with our community: Anchor Perinatal Wellness. Based in Raleigh, Anchor Perinatal Wellness

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SisterSong Birth Justice Care Fund

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SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective was formed in 1997 by 16 organizations of women of color from four mini-communities (Native American, African American, Latina, and Asian American) who recognized that we have the right and responsibility to represent ourselves and our communities, and the equally compelling need to advance the perspectives and needs

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Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Lactation Support Coalition Meeting

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Editor’s note (September 2026): This post is kept as part of Breastfeed Durham’s historical record from 2022. Community advocates are warmly invited to come together for the first Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Lactation Support Coalition meeting on January 23, 2023 at 3:30 pm. This coalition will meet quarterly. Please share this information with your

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Lactancia Latina Coalition

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Editor’s note (September 2026): This post is kept as part of Breastfeed Durham’s historical record from 2022. Para la traducción en español, por favor mire abajo Breastfeed Durham would like to introduce you to Nicola Young <nicola@breastfeedingcommunities.org>. Nicola is the new facilitator of Breastfeed Durham’s Lactancia Latina Coalition. Nicola Young is currently a medical student at

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