Chicago South Side Birth Center celebrates Black Breastfeeding Week with first ‘Latch and Stroll’ event
Endia Williams feeds her six-week-old daughter Delilah during an event hosted by the Chicago South Side Birth Center called"Latch & Stroll: Black Breastfeeding Week 2022" at Jackson Park Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
“I do live on the South Side of Chicago, but the birthing center she was at was out on the West Side,” King said. “I had to travel 40 minutes just to be seen by a health care professional, so now I’m here to bring awareness and advocate for other Black and brown moms that are on the South Side and don’t have enough resources.”King was participating in the Chicago South Side Birth Center’s first “Latch and Stroll” event Saturday to commemorate the.
“I’m really excited to have that gap filled and that injustice corrected on the South Side,” Tanya Vutti said.
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