Wife & Mother | Private Practice IBCLC & Birth Doula w/ Feed the Babes in Detroit, MI | MIBFN Project Manager
Metro-Detroit, Michigan
Joined August 2011
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I've always had the deepest admiration for those working on the front lines of the fight to eliminate gender based violence.
Ending violence against women feels like an infinite mission, and yet it is some of the most important work of our generation (and every generation).
Jennifer Day retweeted
Beloved Community! Get Ready for the 2021 National Black Maternal Health Week and Virtual Conference, coming April 11th - 17th, 2021! Stay Tuned!
#BMHW21 #BMHC21
#BlackMamasMatter #BlackMaternalHealth
Jennifer Day retweeted
This felt very personal to write.
I’m still trying to unlearn the “Darling, you can’t do both!” advice that has been drilled into me.
Why has it taken a pandemic to land the accommodations parents, and women especially have always needed?
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Check out this article I was interviewed in!
New mom @MeghanMcCain wants to know: "Can nipples actually fall off?" today.com/parents/new-mom-me…
(I wrote this.)
(I lived this.)
Hang in there, Meghan!
Big thanks to @SamBernsteinRN, @JenniferdIBCLC & @MilkyMamaLLC !
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There are 3 critical actions needed to integrate infant and young child feeding into U.S. emergency preparedness and response efforts. Learn more from @USBreastfeeding #IYCFE
I'm really looking forward to this!
Here's our interview with @JenniferdIBCLC where you can learn about her work & her upcoming #GOLDTongueTie2020 presentation "First Do No Harm: The Importance of Assessment, Referral, and Collaborative of Ankyloglossia": youtube.com/watch?v=DYGK_1cR…
#TongueTie #breastfeeding #IBCLC
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Jennifer Day retweeted
Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery is now accredited by MEAC. It took ALL day to realize that it was real. That my direct-entry midwifery school is the 1st & ONLY Black-owned, nationally-accredited private midwifery training school in the USA! instagram.com/p/CCcqGE9ggaq/…
Official G.O.A.T.
I've yet to meet anyone in my life that has come remotely close to matching your level of friendship, leadership, compassion and 100% real-ness (yup, please just act… instagram.com/p/CCTP7StADsXZ…
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"Thus is our great Canadian cycle: debate the language until everyone is too exhausted to act." THAT! Anti-Racism work is moving away from this continual practice of stopping the progress and hindering the work. Get out of the way!
I’ve been slow on here lately trying to process the year that is 2020 and all of the grief that has ensued.
I’ll be taking a break from writing for the next couple of months but wanted to share these words -
We, too, shape Canada.
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Jennifer Day retweeted
When it comes to reforming our criminal justice system, protesting is important. And pairing it with voting is the best way to create lasting change.
Make sure you and everybody you know is registered to vote at whenweallvote.org/register.
Jennifer Day retweeted
Slow and steady doesn't always win the race.
My column this week re: #BlackLivesMatter
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Jennifer Day retweeted
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my non-Black friends about how to be a better ally to Black people. I suggest unlearning and relearning through literature as just one good jumping off point, and have broken up my anti-racist reading list into sections:
Thanks for sharing our work! #SEMI #DetroitBreastfeeding during @COVID19 @USbreastfeeding #SoutheastMichiganIBCLCsofColor
@MIBFNetwork has released a **free on-demand webinar** that addresses strategies for providing accessible lactation education and support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the Detroit community bit.ly/35leyk6
Jennifer Day retweeted
Question for the white folks on my tl:
What are you doing to make sure that you're raising children who won't kill mine?
We are continuing to do frontline home visits in the community. Please considering helping if you can! #InvestinDetroitBreastfeeding
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