The Lycoming Clinton Breastfeeding Coalition recognizes and celebrates Black Maternal Health Week (April 11th-17th, 2024) and Black Doula Day (April 11th, 2024).

Member Spotlight: Gerria Coffee

Gerria is a menber of the LCBC, Business Owner, Doula, Lactation Consultant, Midwife Apprentice and so much more!!! She founded Genesis Birth Services where the mission is to provide culturally competent and equitable support to the families often underserved and under-represented populations in pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. Since its inception, Genesis Birth Services has maintained an active presence in the birth industry that resulted in numerous requests for Gerria’s expertise in centering equity in birth and breastfeeding support both locally and nationally. Gerria Coffee is currently the President of Pennsylvania Doula Commission co-facilitating efforts to expand access to Doula Care in Pennsylvania and sits on the Advisory Board for the Healthy Start Center for Urban Breastfeeding, the Pennsylvania WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Advisory Board, Pennsylvania Work Force Development Board and Reentry Committee, the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development ECCS (Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems) Advisory and the Pennsylvania Prenatal to 3 Advisory Board. She is also an active consultant to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

As of February 2022, the Pennsylvania State Government has announced a partnership with Genesis Birth Services to pilot a Doula Program, now called The P.R.I.S.M. Program a nonprofit organization developed by Coffee in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Human Services to provide Perinatal and Reentry Services to pregnant & postpartum incarcerated individuals, Reentrants, and their families. Gerria 'Mz Coffee' Coffee has had the opportunity to speak at the Pennsylvania State Capital as a Community Partner to address Maternal Mortality and the importance of Doula Support for persons both in StateCorrections Institutions and in the Community through initiatives at Genesis Birth Services,Founded by Mz Coffee Media company SpiltMilk, which is home to spiltmilk.mom, the online resource that started Mz Coffee on the path of birth and breastfeeding support launched thedigital broadcast radio station, WSPM SpiltMilk Radio. Coffee’s media and marketing experience as the Hip Hop editor for Beyond Race Magazine and grass roots marketing withFueled by Ramen Records, paired with her birth and breastfeeding expertise, has touted Coffee as a pioneer where media and birth work collide. WSPM- db SpiltMilk Radio is partnered with WXPI-FM radio located in North Central Pennsylvania which features SpiltMilk Radio on their airwaves every Monday evening discussing the latest news, announcements, and updates regarding maternal health, lactation support, and childbirth education. Mz Coffee has been featured on several media outlets including BBC, NPR, PBS, Univision and plans to continue shifting and uplifting culture through education with her radio broadcast, trainings, website, and speaking engagements while providing access to equitable care as she is on the path to becoming a midwife.