Diversity & Racial Equity:
Helpful Resources

Racism • LGBTQIA • Religion • Neurodivergence

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Racism & Breastfeeding

Understanding the Issue of Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding

• Report on Breastfeeding and Racial Equity: www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/csi-releases-report-on-breastfeeding-and-racial-equity/
• The Kellogg Foubdation'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 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/

Resources for Latino Families (& their supporters)

• 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.Lactancia-Latina.com (has Spanish-language breastfeeding class)
• www.nativemothering.com

Toolkit for Assessing and Implementing Your Organizations’ Racial Equity Practices​

• https://www.raceforward.org/sites/default/files/RacialJusticeImpactAssessment_v5.pdf

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LGBTQIA & Breastfeeding/Parenting

• Two Women Parenting: http://breastfeedingtoday-llli.org/when-two-women-share-parenting/
• Transgender Breastfeeding FAQ: http://dianawest.com/trans-breastfeeding-faq/
• Life as a Transgender Breastfeeding Dad: http://www.milkjunkies.net/?m=1
• LGBT 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


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