by Raena Gradford | Jan 10, 2023 | Community, First Person
Nurture is excited to welcome Raena Gradford to the Nurture team as our Relationships Coordinator. Raena’s role will be to build and steward relationships with perinatal and early childhood stakeholders, community members, donors, and the public. She will also...
by Leslie Lytle | Jan 6, 2023 | Breastfeeding, Community
Nurture is thrilled to announce that we have received a Healthy Communities Action Team grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to support the continued work of #RVAbreastfeeds, our lactation advocacy arm. The centerpiece of this initiative will be a...
by Leslie Lytle | Aug 9, 2022 | Breastfeeding, Community, Uncategorized
Last week a group of breastfeeding parents and advocates gathered for a photo shoot at the Diamond, where our #RVAbreastfeeds team will be tabling National Breastfeeding Month at the August 19th Richmond Flying Squirrels game. These gatherings are always full of...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional guarantee to access legal abortion. At Nurture we believe that all people have a fundamental human right to bodily autonomy throughout the reproductive life cycle. Abortion care is an...
by Leslie Lytle | May 8, 2022 | Community, Uncategorized
Nurture was founded to improve the health and wellbeing of Richmond’s childbearing families through fitness, education, social support, and community engagement. We envision a world where all families are supported through the journey of pregnancy, birth, and early...
by Leslie Lytle | Feb 28, 2022 | Breastfeeding, Community, First Person, Five Questions
As part of our ongoing Five Questions series highlighting local maternal/infant health champions, we are honored to feature Nurture Breastfeeding Real Talk Moderator, Ebony Allen! Got someone you’d like to nominate to be featured in this column? Send us an email at...
by Leslie Lytle | Aug 30, 2021 | Community, Early Parenting, Nonprofit Development, Postpartum, Pregnancy
We are excited to provide an update on our Perinatal Resource Mapping Project, an initiative documenting the perinatal mental health providers, lactation support providers, and doulas operating in the Greater Richmond Area. With seventy two respondents to date, we are...
by Cait Minnick | Jul 30, 2021 | Community, Five Questions
As part of our ongoing Five Questions series highlighting local maternal/infant health champions, we are honored to feature Jessica Lee! Got someone you’d like to nominate to be featured in this column? Send us an email at info@nurturerva.org and we’ll follow up! ...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 25, 2021 | Community, Five Questions
As part of our ongoing Five Questions series highlighting local maternal/infant health champions, we are honored to feature VCU Midwife Haguerenesh “Hagi” Woldeyohannes, CNM. Got someone you’d like to nominate to be featured in this column? Send us an...
by Leslie Lytle | May 14, 2021 | Breastfeeding, Community, Postpartum
Are you passionate about supporting other families in their breastfeeding journey? Apply to join the Breastfeeding Real Talk Virtual Support Team! The Issue: Human milk is a complete immunity-boosting food, critically important to the long-term health of babies and...
