Philadelphia, PA – Normalize Breastfeeding Tour
I touched down in Philadelphia just in time to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with one of our local chapters. If I were to tell the...
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Vanessa Simmons
- Oct 19, 2016
New Orleans, LA – Normalize Breastfeeding Tour
I arrived in New Orleans on Friday afternoon. My flight landed an hour late and it completely threw off our schedule. I headed to baggage cl
Vanessa Simmons
- Sep 2, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: “Breastfeeding Supporters” Leave BFMT for Celebrating #BBW16
The owner of Breastfeeding Mama Talk, Kristy Kemp, has used her platform to support breastfeeding in many ways. Last week, she aligned...
Vanessa Simmons
- Aug 24, 2016
52 Candid Moments Exude Black Breastfeeding Feels from the #NBFtour
As we kickoff Black Breastfeeding Week 2016 as part of the Instagram Takeover, it is only appropriate that I share my extensive...
Vanessa Simmons
- Aug 5, 2016
Chicago, IL – Normalize Breastfeeding Tour
The week leading up to this tour location was insane. My children switched schools because of changes in the district so spent my last...
Vanessa Simmons
- Jul 20, 2016
San Diego Judoka Breastfeeds Toddler at California State Games
If 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...
Vanessa Simmons
- Feb 24, 2016
Countless Black Breastfeeding Moms Share Gripping Dad-With-Baby Photos
It is undeniable when you turn on your television today, that you will see and hear about negative stories regarding black men in the...
Vanessa Simmons
- Jun 16, 2015
Third Nurse-In at Idaho State Capitol for National Awareness
After speaking with Boise, Idaho mom, Amy Miller, about the difficulty in attempting to pass statewide breastfeeding laws to protect...
Vanessa Simmons
- Jun 13, 2015
Episode #3: Black Breastfeeding History Documentary
I talk with Afrykayn Moon, mother and breastfeeding advocate about her feature-length documentary film, currently in the funding stage,...
Vanessa Simmons
- May 26, 2015
FedEx Claims Rep Offers Apology for not Shipping Breast Milk
Since 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...
Vanessa Simmons
- Apr 9, 2015
Advocating for Moms Did Not Come From My Personal Experience
Let 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...
Vanessa Simmons
- Apr 6, 2015
Rape Victims in Breastfeeding Families Are Suffering in Silence
Alongside this Breastfeeding Awareness Media Campaign, I have had the opportunity to use my photography to help another important and...
Vanessa Simmons
- Feb 26, 2015
12 Real Life Photos of Black Mothers Breastfeeding, Regardless of What Statistics Say
It is understood around the world that women of color, specifically black women, face the most complex challenges in maternal, birth, and...
Vanessa Simmons
- Feb 12, 2015
Reading About the Benefits of Breastfeeding Helped me Make My Decision
No 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...
Vanessa Simmons
- Aug 1, 2014
A long, long road to Exclusively Breastfeeding my Baby
Ever 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...