Sojourner Marable Grimmett

Sojourner Marable Grimmett is a blogger, educator, social media consultant, brand ambassador, and global advocate for women and children. Her experiences in higher education spanning over a decade have involved her in college admissions, student services, and community affairs. Sojourner has been widely recognized for writing and speaking about the joys and challenges of being a "stay-at-work" mom and connects with moms, both new and experienced, who have the responsibility of raising a family and maintaining a full-time job. She has a BA in communications from Clark Atlanta University and an MA in media studies from Pennsylvania State University. Sojourner has been featured in Women's eNews, FitPregnancy, Real Simple, iVillage, Fox News, Huffington Post, and CNN. Sojourner invites readers to visit her blog:
http://sojournermarablegrimmett.blogspot.com . Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/sojournerruth

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February 11, 2015

Tell us about Table for Two and how it began. Table for Two (TFT) is a community organization that seeks to establish public lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers. We provide grassroots and real-world approaches to building global breastfeeding acceptance. The signature TFT campaign asks the important question, " You wouldn't eat in the bathroom, so why would you expect you expect a baby to?" was created by co-founders Sojourner Marable Grimmett and Monica Lindsey Ponder in 2011. Tell us about an experience you've had that conveys the importance of Table for Two. In public locations...

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November 15, 2013

Prior to giving birth to our second son, my husband and I had a serious conversation about him being the gatekeeper for visitors at the hospital. I was inspired by how my sister initiated breastfeeding right away after delivery, and wanted to do the same with our son. My husband’s job was to determine when people came to visit. This allowed me to feel comfortable nursing openly. Little did I know the countless ways of him assisting and supporting me with breastfeeding would be revealed throughout this journey. He provided us with an eternal sense of peace. I was exhausted the first night at...

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February 26, 2013

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is to have our voices heard and accommodations met in order to express milk and feed our children in public places. Women have lobbied and fought for years to establish lactation rooms in their places of employment and public facilities. Only recently have states begun to pass laws that help ensure that mothers have a private place to nurse their children. On March 30, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that mandates an employer with more than 50 workers to provide a private room (...

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Table for Two pushes for public lactation spaces

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Support Establishing Lactation Rooms in Public Places: Would You Eat in the Bathroom?