Momma's Village - Fayetteville

Guess where our Clinical Director was last night? Yep! recertification. It’s important that our and stay up to date on all of our trainings and certifications. We also received a Refresher Course that we will use at the clinic every season to keep up on these lifesaving skills. Remember,

We’re SO excited from the support that we get from our friends at Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, where I received my training at the (Gillings School of Public Health) at . As we begin to start our 6th Cohort for the MVF Community-based Clinical Lactation Training Program, I am thankful for our partners and friends for supporting our mentees with their Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care books, pens, markers, magnets and cellphone holders. We also get an invite each year to participate in their Spring workshop every January.

If you are considering lactation training at a Pathway 2 university program, you MUST consider this program. It was the very first accredited program and sets the standard for what clinical lactation training should look like. They start accepting applications in late winter/early spring. It will be the best decision (besides choosing our community-based program 🥰) that you will make to create an advanced level of success as a Lactation Consultant.

Thank you for all that you do and continue to do to help increase the number of Black and brown lactation consultants to serve our communities.💜💜💜

Day 7 of Black Breastfeeding Week we had the pleasure of working with to capture us in our 💞pink💞. As we close out the week, we are reminded of the beautiful joy there is in feeding our babies human milk as reflect on the parents in our community that aren’t given the chance for various reasons…..having providers assume that our parents will choose formula anyway so why bother or not having support from people that come from our community to not having the resources that are needed to work through the challenges of human milk feeding. We, at Momma’s Village Fayetteville will continue to support, educate and advocate for the Black families in our community to make the impact and change that we all wish to see. Happy Black Breastfeeding Week 2024. Until next, we will continue being here….DOING something.

We are taking a break to enjoy this long weekend to regroup, plant our fall veggies, make our , pack away our white clothes (because we’re Southern Girls🥰) and prepare the backyard for our fall hangout time. When we return we will be making two major announcements about hiring more doulas and community based training programs for late fall 2024 and spring 2025. Have a restful long weekend. ~Angela

This is happening TODAY and if this morning’s conversation with my daughters is any indication how the IG Live will go, it should be an interesting one.🤦🏾‍♀️😂🥴 Make plans to join us at 12noon.

Join us for a 3-generational conversation about what Black Breastfeeding has looked like in our family. This conversation will cover topics such as full-term breastfeeding, milksharing, feelings on breastfeeding each other’s children, what it was like for my son to be in a house full of breastfeeding women and what it is like for my daughters to have a Black IBCLC for as their mom.

We will also share our thoughts on this year’s theme “Listen Up! Reclaiming Our Narrative & Centering Our Stories for Breastfeeding Justice.

Tune in on this Friday, August 30th at 12PM EST on Instagram LIVE to listen to this very interesting, UNSCRIPTED conversation.

Day 3 Look where our Clinical Director, Angela, was tonight! It was like going home. The last time we participated in these classes was February, 2020….before the world shutdown and forever changed. I always enjoyed supporting the educational classes at the Cumberland County Department of Health. Childbirth education is important to Black breastfeeding because birth affects human milk feeding. So many great questions from the birthing person and their partners/support people. If you are pregnant and live in Fayetteville/Cumberland County and have a due date in November or afterwards, be on the lookout for the next series which will begin in October. You get four sessions, a gift certificate AND Baby Bucks that can be used in CCHD’s Baby Boutique. If you have any questions, schedule a FREE 15-minute doula consultation with us so that we can provide you with more information.

Register and join MAAME, Inc. TODAY!

🌟 Join us for a special event! 🌟

MAAME, Inc. presents "Balancing Acts: Black Working Moms & Breastfeeding Challenges" — a powerful discussion on navigating the unique hurdles Black working mothers face in their breastfeeding journeys.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, August 27th
⏰ Time: 12:00pm
📍 Location: Zoom https://bit.ly/3XuITdT

Whether you’re a mom, a healthcare professional, or an advocate, this event is for you! Let’s come together to share experiences, strategies, and support. Don’t miss this opportunity to empower our community and uplift Black mothers. 💪🏾🍼

🔗 Register now to secure your spot!

Day 2 of It is always my pleasure to come before the to receive the Black Breastfeeding Week Proclamation. We use this time to amplify the great things that we are doing, highlight the areas where we need to improve and offer solutions that we, at Momma’s Village Fayetteville can be a part of to make real, effective change to improve disparities in the Black community in . I want to thank Lisa Dix with , Daphne Fuller with , Hamsa Raman an SLP & student at my alumni clinical lactation program at and my two daughters, Jasmine and Taylor who are currently breastfeeding two of my nine grandchildren while providing doula support in the community. I want to give a huge special shout out to Bella….it is through my 6.5yr with her that I learned the most about . Let’s continue to uplift and support our families, let’s keep demanding that our health systems improve their support for Black families so that we can have a healthier community.

Please join us TONIGHT!

Happy Black Breastfeeding Week. We are kicking things off by sharing our story of how we changed the narrative in our family and now is what we do. I have 9 grandchildren and 8 of them have been breastfed. This is what we do. The very first Black woman that I ever saw breastfeeding was my own daughter! That’s wild to me. We can’t wait to share the formal photos from the shoot with . Until then, enjoy this sneak peek. If you live in please join us Monday, August 26 6p-7p at City Hall for the 2024 Black Breastfeeding Week proclamation presented by Mayor Mitch Colvin.

When the tulle and floral crowns come out y’all know what that means…

Make plans to join our community family at the annual Umoja Festival.

The Umoja Festival is a family affair! There's something for everyone! Let's celebrate!

Happy National Breastfeeding Month & World Breastfeeding Week. Who can relate to this picture? It seems like just when you’re trying to get dressed to get out the door….THEY wanna nurse!🥴 And if you are chronically late like I am, you don’t have time to stop what you’re doing. We learn how to do MANY things at the same time of breastfeeding. That’s why….my is getting things done while breastfeeding. What’s your superpower? Do you have a photo to share of your journey? Please share below or submit to our inbox and we will share in our page (with your permission). All month long, I will be taking you all through my journey this month and would love to see yours.
~Angela, IBCLC

National Breastfeeding Month is here. We love to call the month of August the Super Bowl of breastfeeding because it’s ALL about 🤱🏾🤱🏽🤱🏿

At Momma’s Village Fayetteville, we have spent the last 8 years in the heart of Downtown Fayetteville meeting the infant feeding needs of the families that we serve. Although we have grown to include maternal and infant health during pregnancy, birth and postpartum our foundation will always be grounded in breastfeeding support. Whether we are providing prenatal & postpartum visits, supporting a family struggling to provide milk through our MVF Community Human Milk Bank (the only one in the entire state of North Carolina) or through our monthly prenatal & postpartum support circles….our goal is to help Black families in nourish, sustain and thrive!

This is a photo of me breastfeeding Bella during our 6.5yr journey. Do you have a photo to share of your journey? Please share below. I will be taking you all through my journey this month and would love to see yours.
~Angela, IBCLC

UNC maternal health programs have a LOT of exciting training material, tools, and content in the works. The 4th Trimester Project is gearing up for a bunch of new announcements - Be sure you’re subscribed to their email list and following on FB or IG so you know about the announcements: https://newmomhealth.com/newsletters/

It’s almost TIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEE!



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It's almost ! This year ABM is celebrating by hosting 5 coffee & tea chats moderated by leaders in the breastfeeding medicine community. Learn more and register: https://buff.ly/4c3wMbn

Sign up for this FREE conference!

I am SO proud of my dear friend, Jennifer Day, for this role. USBC couldn’t have picked a better ED! I’m excited to see what her leadership shall bring. Congratulations!!!!💜💜💜

We are ecstatic to announce that Jennifer Day, IBCLC, current Michigan Breastfeeding Network Community Building Manager, has accepted an offer from the United States Breastfeeding Committee to serve as their team’s new Executive Director. Please join us in congratulating Jennifer on this new role! Learn more here: https://mailchi.mp/mibreastfeeding.org/jenniferdayusbc

Happy Juneteenth!!!!! ❤️🤍💙
What is looking like for ME today? Growing my OWN food in my OWN front yard for my OWN family!
Are you interested in starting your OWN homestead? Join our local Fayetteville Black Women Homesteaders Circle and connect with a group of beautiful Black women reclaiming health & wellness for our families and our community.

We are CLOSED today but join at our next community event, Fourth Friday Fayetteville on June 28th for our Health & Wellness edition in

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Come down and see us at the Juneteenth Jubilee in Downtown Fayetteville! We will be here until 9p.

We love celebrating our fellow downtown neighbors. Mr. Leigh was my granddaughter’s tutor. We look forward to supporting his downtown garden project.

We, at Momma’s Village Fayetteville are thrilled and honored to be featured in this beloved local magazine Cityview Magazine. There is no other place our founder, Angela Tatum Malloy could have imagine opening our clinic. As a native of Fayetteville and a lover of our Historic Downtown, the support for our work continues to grow.

A special thank you to Molly Arnold, owner of Rude Awakening coffee house, Catherine Sullivan, Director of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute at UNC Chapel Hill, Mary Hinson, friend & clinical therapist for your kind & supportive words.

We also want to highlight and thank a few of our doulas from the , my daughter and Executive Assistant Jasmine Johnson, my other daughter and community based doula, Taylor Johnson, and two of our newest community based doulas, Regine LeSane and Diara Fitzgerald (all of which are also a part of the ACURE4Moms research project through UNC School of Medicine….mombaby.org/acure4moms).

We are excited what we have plan for the beginning of FY 2024-2025 beginning July 1st. We will be rebranding and launching our newest initiative, the VITAL Plan ™️.

To receive information about this and many more initiatives, trainings and advocacy please make sure you have our pages in your favorites here on Facebook as well as IG.

~Angela Tatum Malloy
President/CEO

Inside Angela Tatum Malloy's nonprofit Momma's Village - CityView NC Amid health disparities, Angela's nonprofit redefines Black maternal support for mothers and babies in the heart of downtown Fayetteville.