Breastfeed Durham believes that equity work with meaning and impact begins with a personal learning journey. As part of our efforts to create a landscape of breastfeeding support, Breastfeed Durham has created equity coalition to allow individuals of the same identity to be in community with one another. Systemic inequities negatively affect the health outcomes of everyone, and the work to disrupt systemic racism and oppression is different. Equity coalition allow us to engage in our different work. Some of the products that have come out of these groups include position statements and community resource lists. These Coalition can be used to share stories and strategies toward solidarity and liberation, as we collectively work toward creating a world with thriving families and communities.
Cultural Coalitions
- Black Breastfeeding Coalition
- LGBTQ+ Human Milk Feeding Coalition
- Native American/Alaska Native Breastfeeding Coalition (currently seeking a director)
- Lactancia Latina Coalition
- Tea and Milk Coalition (Asian American, Middle Eastern American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Lactation, and Refugee Support Coalition
- Other Breastfeeding equity work that you are passionate about (email us)
Breastfeeding Life Experiences
- Academic/professional
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Back at work right away
- Exclusive Pumping
- Geographic: North Durham, South Durham, East Durham, West Durham
- Home from work for a while
- Physical needs: mobility, vision, sound
- Religious affiliations
- Single parents
- Socioeconomic
- Trauma-Informed Care
Linguistically Appropriate Resources
- Arabic Information; Handouts
- Afghan languages
- Asian-Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Resources Library
- Burmese
- Chinese Handout
- English Handouts
- Karen
- Polish Handouts
- Spanish; Handouts; Breastfeed Durham’s Comunidades Hispanoamericanas/Latinas
- Vietnamese Handouts
We want to Build Health Equity into the Foundation: Racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, academic/professional. Stakeholders include community members with different backgrounds, social experiences, religious affiliations, ages, gender identities, personalities, physical needs, political beliefs, opinions, sexual orientations, heritages, and life experiences, (including families that did not meet their planned breastfeeding goals).
