Community Engagement

Nurture works to improve the local pregnancy, birth, and early parenting ecosystem through a combination of systems change, community education, and public awareness activities. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach. Our efforts are focused on three interrelated areas: 

Click the links below for information about initiatives we’ve hosted and/or supported:

2023: 
Knock One Out of the Park For Breastfeeding! 
Perinatal Health Mondays

2022:
Knock One Out of the Park for Breastfeeding Inaugural Event
Perinatal Health Mondays

2021:
Call to Action to Protect Breastfeeding
Collective Impact Capacity Building Webinar Series with Tamarack Institute
Perinatal Resource Mapping Project
2021 COVID-19 Survey for Pregnant and Postpartum Parents Results  

2020:
COVID19 Webinar Series
2020 COVID-19 Survey for Pregnant and Postpartum Parent
5th Annual Birth and Baby Fair (canceled)

2019:
3rd RVA Breastfeeding Symposium: Cultivating A Breastfeeding Friendly Ecosystem
Latching On for Breastfeeding Advocacy
Nurture RVA Birth & Baby Fair 2019

2018:
5 years of Prenatal & Postpartum Yoga 
Black Breastfeeding Week RVA
Breastfeeding Matters: World Breastfeeding Week 2018 Social Media Campaign
Nurture RVA Birth & Baby Fair 2018

2017
2nd RVA Breastfeeding Symposium | First Food: The Intersection of Health, Race, Policy and Practice

2016:
1st RVA Breastfeeding Symposium
Nurture RVA Birth & Baby Fair 2016

2015:
#RVAbreastfeeds City Wide Public AwarenessCampaign

2014:
From Trauma to Triumph: Recognizing the Impact of Childbirth Trauma on Women and Care Providers
RVA Latches On! 2014 – Image Collection I
RVA Latches On! 2014 – Image Collection II

2013:
Perinatal Loss: Facilitating Healing Through Compassionate Dialogue
Big Latch On 2013 – Image Collection I
Big Latch On 2103 – Image Collection II

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