THE OBSIDIAN LACTATION CENTER
Building the Future of Lactation Care
The Obsidian Lactation Center is a future physical space designed to transform how lactation care is delivered, understood, and integrated into maternal and infant health.
As Alabama’s first Black-led lactation center, this work is rooted in lactation justice—addressing the systemic barriers that have historically limited access to care.
This is not simply about opening a clinic.
It is about building infrastructure.
A model that reshapes how human milk is valued, supported, and sustained across healthcare systems and communities.
the model
The Obsidian Lactation Center is being developed as a comprehensive, systems-based model that integrates clinical care, community support, workforce development, and funding access within a single, intentional space.
Guided by the Latch to Systems Framework™, this model recognizes that lactation outcomes are not determined by individual effort alone—but by access, continuity of care, and structural conditions.
By embedding lactation care into a coordinated, community-rooted environment, we are building a model that can influence both practice and policy.
lactation justice in practice
Lactation justice means ensuring that all families have equitable access to the resources, support, and care needed to meet their feeding goals.
The Obsidian Lactation Center addresses this by:
Providing culturally responsive, clinically sound lactation care
Expanding access through no-cost and low-cost pathways
Reframing lactation as essential, not optional care
Supporting families across the full reproductive continuum
Building systems that extend beyond the immediate postpartum period
This work moves lactation from individual support to system-wide infrastructure.
The Obsidian Lactation Center is being developed to set a new standard for how lactation care is delivered.
One where lactation is recognized as essential to maternal and infant health.
One where families are supported continuously—not only in moments of crisis.
One where care is both clinically excellent and culturally responsive.
This is how we begin to reshape both the narrative and infrastructure surrounding human milk.
We invite partners, funders, and community stakeholders to join us in building The Obsidian Lactation Center.
This is an opportunity to invest in infrastructure that will influence not only individual outcomes—but the systems that shape maternal and infant health for generations to come.
Email info@theobsidianmilkcollective.org to start the conversation.