DURHAM — The BEST for Babies Alliance will host weekly breastfeeding support groups for African-American mothers in Durham County from Feb. 1-March 12.
African-American moms are invited to take part in sessions on Mondays from 6-8 p.m. and Fridays from noon-2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church, 904 N. Roxboro St.
These sessions will include information and resources and give mothers a chance to speak with breastfeeding experts who can answer questions.
Mothers are welcome to bring infants. Child care and food will be provided.
The support groups are part of a research study to support African-American women in their choice to breastfeed. Mothers who agree to take part in the study by attending these support groups will receive a gift for mom or baby each week. If you have questions or would like help with transportation to the meetings, contact Elizabeth Jensen, University Project Coordinator, Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at ecjensen@email.unc.edu or (919) 966-1370.
The BEST for Babies Alliance is a partnership of the Community Health Coalition in Durham County and UNC Chapel Hill. This study has been approved by the UNC-Chapel Hill Institutional Review Board.
Warhol program set for library
DURHAM — The Durham County Public Library will host “Art with the Experts — Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids” at 3 p.m. Sunday at the main library branch at 300 N. Roxboro St.
The event is free and open to the public.
Juline Chevalier and Reneé Cagnina Haynes of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University will lead an interactive slideshow/discussion about an Andy Warhol exhibit at the Nasher Museum through Feb. 21.
The exhibition at the Nasher Museum includes about 250 Polaroids and 70 black-and-white prints taken by Warhol from 1970 to 1987, many on public view for the first time.
For information, call (919) 560-0268 or visit www.durhamcountylibrary.org.
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