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Love Anderson, the chief operations officer of the health equity advocacy group Breastfeed Durham, wants to normalize and encourage breastfeeding in Durham’s public spaces. That’s why, in partnership with the City of Durham’s Parks and Recreation Department, colorful “Breastfeeding Welcome” signs are popping up in Durham parks.
Breastfeed Durham commissioned local comic creator and pop artist L Jámal Walton to design the signs and city staff will install a total of 40 signs across Durham parks in the coming weeks. So far, the city has installed 17 signs.
“People are really responding to it,” says Durham Parks and Rec’s public information and communications manager Mary Unterreiner. “They’re beautiful pieces, and people connect with the images, the concept. Everyone should feel included and welcome and comfortable feeding their children.”
Anderson says there are important reasons to encourage breastfeeding. Breast milk is nutritious and provides immune support and protection against cancers later in life. Anderson sees encouraging breastfeeding as a way to tackle health disparities in Durham, where the infant mortality rate is three times higher for Black families than for white families.
Breastfeed Durham shares breastfeeding resources, sets up lactation spaces in local businesses to make them “breastfeeding friendly,” and convenes culture- and identity-based affinity groups of breastfeeding parents.
“Not only are we lowering infant mortality, we’re lowering the racial disparity,” Anderson says. “And there’s not a lot of things that do that.”
Read about the group’s work here.
Have a good Tuesday.
—Jane
Durham
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Speak with NC artist and Asheville native Indigo De Souza, who’s performing at Hopscotch and the upcoming CAROLINADAZE.
Orange
The Orange Water and Sewer Agency (OWASA) is planning a new $75 million facility at its water treatment plant in Carrboro.
North Carolina
North Carolina will have a new labor commissioner next year.
Today’s weather
Sunny with a high of 79 degrees.
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