Founder, Vanessa SimmonsNov 2, 20165 minPhiladelphia, PA – Normalize Breastfeeding TourI touched down in Philadelphia just in time to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with one of our local chapters. If I were to tell the s...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsOct 19, 20165 minNew Orleans, LA – Normalize Breastfeeding TourNormally, I fly in on a Thursday so that I have time to get settled. For this particular location, I felt that it was important to consid...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsSep 2, 20165 minEXCLUSIVE: “Breastfeeding Supporters” Leave BFMT for Celebrating #BBW16The owner of Breastfeeding Mama Talk, Kristy Kemp, has used her platform to support breastfeeding in many ways. Last week, she aligned he...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsAug 25, 20163 min52 Candid Moments Exude Black Breastfeeding Feels from the #NBFtourAs we kickoff Black Breastfeeding Week 2016 as part of the Instagram Takeover, it is only appropriate that I share my extensive document...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsAug 5, 20165 minChicago, IL – Normalize Breastfeeding TourThe week leading up to this tour location was insane. My children switched schools because of changes in the district so spent my last co...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsJul 20, 20163 minSan Diego Judoka Breastfeeds Toddler at California State GamesIf you are following my personal profile on Facebook you know that I have been training Judo at the Heisei Judo Dojo in Chula Vista twice...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsFeb 24, 20163 minCountless Black Breastfeeding Moms Share Gripping Dad-With-Baby PhotosIt is undeniable when you turn on your television today, that you will see and hear about negative stories regarding black men in the med...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsJun 17, 20156 minThird Nurse-In at Idaho State Capitol for National AwarenessAfter speaking with Boise, Idaho mom, Amy Miller, about the difficulty in attempting to pass statewide breastfeeding laws to protect moth...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsJun 13, 20151 minEpisode #3: Black Breastfeeding History DocumentaryI talk with Afrykayn Moon, mother and breastfeeding advocate about her feature-length documentary film, currently in the funding stage, w...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsMay 26, 20156 minFedEx Claims Rep Offers Apology for not Shipping Breast MilkSince I was a little girl I knew that when it was my turn to become a mother, I was going to breastfeed. I grew up learning that ‘Breast ...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsApr 9, 20155 minAdvocating for Moms Did Not Come From My Personal ExperienceLet me start off by saying that my love for breastfeeding certainly did not come from my own personal experience with it. When I had my s...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsApr 6, 20155 minRape Victims in Breastfeeding Families Are Suffering in SilenceAlongside this Breastfeeding Awareness Media Campaign, I have had the opportunity to use my photography to help another important and ver...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsFeb 27, 20156 min12 Real Life Photos of Black Mothers Breastfeeding, Regardless of What Statistics SayIt is understood around the world that women of color, specifically black women, face the most complex challenges in maternal, birth, and...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsFeb 12, 20152 minReading About the Benefits of Breastfeeding Helped me Make My DecisionNo one in my immediate family breastfed, I was never around it, in fact I had never even SEEN someone nurse their baby until I was 23 yea...
Founder, Vanessa SimmonsAug 1, 20149 minA long, long road to Exclusively Breastfeeding my BabyEver since I was a little girl, my plan was to follow in my mother’s footsteps by birthing naturally and by breastfeeding my babies. I am...
