Birth While Black 8 - Black Women Breastfeed - Kimarie Bugg & Kiddada Green

Birthing While Black Continues with breastfeeding. Please join producer/host Denise Bolds with special guest Kimarie Bugg & Kiddada Green.

Kimarie Bugg, MSN, MPH, CLC: Chief Empowerment Officer (CEO) & Change Leader of Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere Inc. (ROSE), a nonprofit corporation developed to address breastfeeding disparities in the African American community. ROSE’s mission is to train healthcare providers and community organizations to provide culturally appropriate encouragement, support and clinical care so that African American mothers will breastfeed at higher rates.

Kiddada Green, MFA: Founding executive director of Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA), co-founder of Black Breastfeeding Week, founding member of the National Association of Professional & Peer Lactation Supporters of Color.  Mrs. Green is a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network Fellow & works tirelessly to increase breastfeeding rates for African Americans. She is committed to supporting families, and training public health workers on culturally appropriate breastfeeding support.?

Denise Bolds MSW: Certified birth doula, owner of Bold Selah, LLC she is Bold Doula. ?Reach Denise Bolds: 845-797-4177 http://www.BoldDoula.com ?Kimarie Bugg: 404-719-4297 http://KBugg@BreastfeedingROSE.org? Kiddada Green: 800- 313-6141 http://blackmothersbreastfeeding.org