The indigenous milk medicine collective
"Nourishing Traditions, Empowering Communities"
Registration Now Open for the 2025 Indigenous Milk Medicine Week and Conference - Register Today!
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Registration Now Open for the 2025 Indigenous Milk Medicine Week and Conference - Register Today! -
Who we are
Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective (IMMC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting Native first food experiences, healing, wellness, and equity in Indigenous milk practices.
We promote Indigenous Milk Medicine and uphold traditional teachings to increase visibility and cultural preservation.
IMMC is working on expanding lactation support, advancing food sovereignty, and advocating for Indigenous-led solutions through educational sessions, community organizing, fundraising, partnerships, and hosting the annual Indigenous Milk Medicine Week.
Supporting Native first food experiences, honoring traditional kinship practices, and promoting equity in Indigenous health practices is essential for reclaiming cultural sovereignty and ensures the well-being of Indigenous populations.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support the brilliance of Indigenous parents, caregivers, and communities in celebrating their Milk Medicine journeys to honor and strengthen their self-determination.
Our vision
We envision a world where Indigenous communities are transformed and uplifted with access to the tradition and knowledge of Milk medicine.
Our Story
What began as one person's vision in 2019, rooted in love, need, and an ancestral calling, has since grown into a collective movement.
Though none of us are paid for this work, we offer our time, energy, and care—sacrificing from our daily lives to co-create and sustain this sacred space. Planning and organizing Indigenous Milk Medicine Week each year is a labor of love that we return to not for recognition, but because we believe deeply in its power.
We come together in good fellowship with hands open, hearts full, and a shared commitment to our communities. What started as a small offering has become something greater than any one of us: a movement grounded in Indigenous love, sovereignty, and ceremony.
Through the years, we remain humbly connected to this purpose walking in the ways of our ancestors to nourish life and carry forward traditions for generations to come.