On June 27, 2015 the Mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer, will proclaim the first International Day to Normalize Breastfeeding. You can participate by sharing one of these images below and using #NormalizeBfing and #idtNBF. This proclamation is being shared with major cities all around the world! The more you share the more the world will see! Be sure to join the event of Facebook! Click here to view the proclamation.
What breastfeeding looks like is different for mothers depending on their community of lactation support, culture, birth experience, method of delivery, financial circumstance, and their knowledge of its benefits for their baby/child. Through NormalizeBreastfeeding.org, a breastfeeding awareness media campaign, photographer Vanessa Simmons’ mission is to document diverse variations of normal breastfeeding – normalize the many methods of delivery of breast milk (nursing, pumping, and donor milk) among mothers. and to remove to taboo of public breastfeeding from modern society.
You can support her journey buy purchasing a t-shirt with one of the images from above. Click here to purchase.
No matter what shirt you purchase, a small portion will go directly to the tour. When you purchase your shirt your name will be added to the website as a “Thank You” for your generous support, all names will be updated by June 10, 2015. TAKE THE PLEDGE!
