Rewriting the narrative for New Orleans children
Dr. Meg Parker, a neonatologist and researcher at Boston Medical Center, shares why she's part of a team improving birth outcomes and early ...
Food Systems
Seeding the next generation of cultural farmers
Water from the century old acequia trickles into parched earth tracing a path to the first planting of native blue corn on Lorenzo ...
Food Systems
Self-transformation reshapes the food landscape for New Orleans children
Elisa Muñoz-Miller, WKKF CLN class one fellow, leads the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee (FPAC), a broad-based coalition of more than 40-member ...
Health
Equity and leadership spur dental therapy tipping point
“In 2009, I stepped off a plane in Bethel, Alaska, to begin my career as a dentist for the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, ...
Food Systems
A day with the Hmong American Farmers Association of Minnesota
Hmong American farmers are leading the Twin Cities local food economy, making up more than 50% of all the farmers in metropolitan farmers ...
Victoria Washington is trendsetting toddler breastfeeding
Victoria Washington serves on the board of directors for Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association as a Mommy Ambassador At-Large where she talks with mothers ...
Health
Shardaya Fuquay encourages mothers to do what is best for their babies
Shardaya Fuquay is a first-generation breastfeeder who found support and community through Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association, an organization that supports Black families by ...
Health
Diamond Massey helps others view breastfeeding as the norm
Diamond Massey, mother of two and licensed cosmetologist from Detroit, Michigan, always knew she wanted to breastfeed her children.
Health
Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association celebrates breastfeeding and honors Black motherhood
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation partnered with the Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association in Detroit, Michigan, to lift up one-on-one conversations with six Black mothers. ...
Health
Malikah Garner — a true advocate for breastfeeding education
Malikah Garner was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Garner is a first-generation breastfeeder who balances working full time and serving as a ...
