The Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. has launched its Milk & Miracles fundraising campaign to address what the group calls a continuing crisis in Black maternal and infant health across the state.

The campaign began on Giving Tuesday and will run through Dec. 31.

Black parents in Indiana experience pregnancy-related deaths at roughly twice the rate of White women, according to the Indiana Maternal Mortality Review Committee and analyses from the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Those reports cite preventable factors such as delayed access to care, inadequate follow-up and systemic bias in medical settings.

Infant mortality disparities mirror those trends. Data from the Indiana Department of Health and the March of Dimes 2025 Indiana Report Card show Black infants di

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