Kimberly Seals Allers

Kimberly Seals Allers is a journalist, author, entrepreneur, and maternal and infant health strategist.

Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers
OccupationAuthor
Notable workThe Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy

Allers is a former writer for Fortune magazine and senior editor at Essence. Allers has authored five books on maternal and infant health.[1]

Career

Allers is the founder of New York City-based Narrative Nation, a media and technology nonprofit that addresses racial disparities in maternal and infant health.[1][2]

The first project developed out of Narrative Nation, was the Irth app, a Yelp-like community-based app for Black and Brown women to find and review prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric care experiences.[3][4][1]

Allers has authored five books on maternal and infant health. Her first book written in 2005, The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy was nominated for a NAACP Image Award.[5][1]

Allers's 2017 book, The Big Letdown, How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding combines research and personal stories on the importance of breastfeeding in the U.S.[6][7]

Allers is the host of the Birthright podcast, launched in 2021. The podcast features positive Black birth stories told from multiple perspectives.[8][9]

Allers created the Black Birthing Joyline, a phone number people can call to hear joyful stories about birth from people who have been guests on her podcast.[9]

References
  1. Axelrod, Joshua (21 July 2021). "Irth app aims to improve care for Black and brown mothers in Pittsburgh and beyond". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. Wright, Sarafina (9 May 2018). "New App Aims to Battle Bias in Maternity Care". The Washington Informer. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. Bion, Xenia Shih (5 August 2021), "Spreading the Stories of Joyful Black Births", California Health Care Foundation, archived from the original on 4 April 2023, retrieved 12 March 2023
  4. Rendall, Jessica (21 April 2023), "Meet 'Irth,' the App That Asks Black and Brown Women to Rate Their Birth Experience", CNET, archived from the original on 21 April 2023, retrieved 17 March 2023
  5. Chideya, Farai (30 January 2006), "A 'Mocha Manual' for Pregnant Women", NPR, archived from the original on 19 May 2023, retrieved 17 March 2023
  6. Gale, Rebecca (4 April 2017), "What's really keeping women from breast-feeding? The answers may surprise you.", The Washington Post, archived from the original on 11 January 2021, retrieved 17 March 2023
  7. Santhanam, Laura (29 August 2019), "Racial disparities persist for breastfeeding moms. Here's why.", PBS Newshour, archived from the original on 19 May 2023, retrieved 17 April 2023
  8. Braithwaite, Patia (26 March 2021). "There Are Joyful Black Birth Stories—This New Podcast Is Highlighting Them". Self. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. Spencer, Alexa (13 February 2023). "Here's Why Positive Black Birth Stories Are Needed". Seattle Medium. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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