Diversity & Equity:
Helpful Resources
Racism & Breastfeeding
Understanding the Issue of Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding
Organizations for families and breastfeeding professionals working hard to address racial disparities:
Resources for Black Families (& their supporters)
Resources for Native American Families (& their supporters)
Join the conversation:
Resources:
Toolkit for Assessing and Implementing Your Organizations’ Racial Equity Practices
Queer Breastfeeding
Religion
Autism & Neurodiversity in Females
• Non-evidence based but insightful compilation of women with autism and how they “mask”/adapt: https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/
• Autism in Women & Girls- https://www.aane.org/women-asperger-profiles/
• Challenges of bring recognized as a female with Autism https://researchautism.org/the-autism-dilemma-for-women-diagnosis/
•Mothering with Autism
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/apr/15/women-autistic-mothers-undiagnosed-children
- Report on Breastfeeding and Racial Equity: www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/csi-releases-report-on-breastfeeding-and-racial-equity/
- The Kellogg Foundation’s Health Equity work: http://www.wkkf.org/what-we-do/racial-equity.aspx
- Unpacking White Privilege: www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%20the%20Invisible%20Knapsack.pdf
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breastfeeding www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410446/
Organizations for families and breastfeeding professionals working hard to address racial disparities:
- www.USBreastfeeding.org/Equity
- www.NAPPLSC.org (for breastfeeding professionals)
Resources for Black Families (& their supporters)
- www.UzaziVillage.org
- www.BlackMothersBreastfeeding.org
- www.BreastfeedingRose.org
- www.BlackBreastfeedingWeek.org
Resources for Native American Families (& their supporters)
- www.facebook.com/NABCWA/
- https://m.facebook.com/oregonintertribalbreastfeedingcoalition
- www.nativemothering.com
- Scroll for listing of Native American Breastfeeding Coalitions: http://www.nativehealthnews.com/breastfeeding-coalitions/
- www.nativehealthnews.com/breastfeeding-coalitions/
- Learn about breastfeeding barriers for Latino families: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/bfm.2014.0090
- www.BorderBreastfeeding.org
- Latina Breastfeeeding Leaders: www.facebook.com/groups/1564118927142024/?fref=nf (for Latina Breastfeeding Professionals)
Join the conversation:
- Bringing Our Lessons Home: Racial Equity & Breastfeeding www.facebook.com/groups/RacialEquityinBreastfeeding/
Resources:
- www.e-lactancia.org (Spanish-language resource for medication/breastfeeding)
- www.nativemothering.com
Toolkit for Assessing and Implementing Your Organizations’ Racial Equity Practices
Queer Breastfeeding
- Two Women Parenting: http://breastfeedingtoday-llli.org/when-two-women-share-parenting/
- Queer Parenting: http://www.hrc.org/resources/professional-organizations-on-lgbt-parenting
- Two Women Parenting: http://www.bestforbabes.org/two-women-baby-lgbtq
Religion
- Breastfeeding, Parenting, and Religion: www.kellymom.com/blog-post/bf-links-religion/
- Jewish Parenting: www.kveller.com/article/breastfeeding
- Fasting and Breastfeeding: www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/religious-fasting-and-breastfeeding
- Breastfeeing in the Qur'an: www.mwht.org.uk/breastfeeding-is-an-order-in-the-quran-and-in-hadith
- A Muslim IBCLC: http://www.suckledsunnah.com
Autism & Neurodiversity in Females
• Non-evidence based but insightful compilation of women with autism and how they “mask”/adapt: https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/
• Autism in Women & Girls- https://www.aane.org/women-asperger-profiles/
• Challenges of bring recognized as a female with Autism https://researchautism.org/the-autism-dilemma-for-women-diagnosis/
•Mothering with Autism
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/apr/15/women-autistic-mothers-undiagnosed-children
And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:17
Colossians 1:17
