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Greetings from the Alaska Native Birthworkers Community!
We are excited to launch our monthly email newsletter as we grow this community! Your email was shared from one of the previous events you attended. In these monthly email newsletters, we will share updates from the ANBC co-founders, upcoming events and opportunities, resources, and ways to continue supporting and growing the Alaska Native Birthworkers Community!
One of our highlights from this month is the most recent Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor Training success! The Alaska Native Birthworkers Community partnered with Camie Jae Goldhammer (Sisseton-Wahpeton) and Kimberly Moore-Salas (Diné) to host the Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor training in Anchorage, AK between October 25-29, 2021.
"ANBC has provided volunteer services to members of our Native community for the last four years, and our goal in hosting this training was to grow the number and capacity of Indigenous birth helpers to serve Native birthing families statewide. We now have more than 20 certified Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselors who have committed to serving at least one Native family within the next year in their communities." - Helena Jacobs, ANBC Co-Founder
This training was created by Indigenous people, for Indigenous people and taught by Indigenous people! From this training, there are now 23 newly certified Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselors! People traveled from or participated from ten communities including Anchorage, Chugiak, Palmer, Wasilla, St. Mary’s, Nome, Chefornak, Nunapitchuk, Sitka, and Fairbanks. They received 45 hours of training and participants' ages ranged from teenagers to Elders! We are grateful to have been able to provide this training alongside Camie and Kimberly with special thanks to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for hosting space for the training.
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