August ends with Black Breastfeeding Week
August 31 marked the end of National Breastfeeding Month. Within that month is Black Breastfeeding Week, celebrated from Aug. 25 to 31.
The week was created by three Black women, Kimberly Seals Allers, Kiddada Green and Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, to raise awareness about the racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm this disparity by conducting a study that shows 74% of Black infants have been breastfed compared to 86.6% of white infants.
About the Contributors
Kerasa Tsokas
A San Franciscan that hates her city. Cynical writer. Journalism major, Women & Gender Studies minor. Greek, Russian and Turkish.
Kerasa Dimitrios Tsokas is a Greco-American student at SF State who is graduating this semester. She is interested in social media, body positivity, exploring other cultures respectfully and highlighting people/stories that don't get told by mainstream media. Though born and raised in San Francisco, she cannot wait until she moves out. Kerasa is the opinion editor for the GGXpress, hoping to bring passion and emotion to the section.
Kerasa Dimitrios Tsokas is a Greco-American student at SF State who is graduating this semester. She is interested in social media, body positivity, exploring other cultures respectfully and highlighting people/stories that don't get told by mainstream media. Though born and raised in San Francisco, she cannot wait until she moves out. Kerasa is the opinion editor for the GGXpress, hoping to bring passion and emotion to the section.
