The 2025 Motown Experience: Birth & Breastfeeding Conference BMBFA

The 2025 Motown Experience: Birth & Breastfeeding ConferenceAn Immersive Journey Centering the Vitality of Black Families in Detroit

Join us for an immersive 3-day experience like no other! The Motown Experience is more than a conference - it is a celebration, a learning platform, and a call to action. This powerful event is designed to amplify local efforts to improve birth and breastfeeding outcomes for Black families, with Detroit’s vibrant culture and community as our backdrop.

🚌 Get Ready to Hit the Road! Participants will have the opportunity to travel by bus to explore a day-long list of Detroit Maternal-Child Health sites and organizations.

🏨 Hotel Information

Hollywood Casino at Greektown Detroit

Address: 555 East Lafayette Street, Detroit, MI 48226

Phone: 1-313-223-2999

🤑 Discount rate $169.99 using Offer Code BMBF025 

📆 Room availability is limited; Last Day to book hotel at discounted rate Sep 3rd

Conference Tracks

• Big Mama: Matriarchal and Ancestral Practices
• Black Parade: The Fight for Black Birth Justice
• Triple Crown: Babies Win. Families Thrive. Communities Transformed!
• BlaQ and Proud: Inclusion and Consideration of LGBTQIA+ in Perinatal Health
• Daddy Knows Best: Fatherhood and Support Systems
• Are We Okay: Emotional Wellness for Community-based Maternal Service Support Providers
• Come Through, Doula!: Best Practices and Skill Building for Community-Based Doulas

• Spilling the Milk on Lactation: Advancing Clinical and Peer Lactation Support

• We Got Receipts: Data, Ethics, Research & Accountability

• On the Ground: Detroit's Maternal Child Health Immersive Experience Bus Tour

• Show Me the Money!

🎤 From an interactive bus tour to plenary sessions, hands-on workshops, engaging panels, networking and entertainment this conference keeps the vitality of Black families at its center.

👉🏾 and become a part of the village, the movement, and the future of Black family vitality.

💲Pricing and Deadlines

$299 | Early Bird rate closed July 14th

$399 | Regular rate NOW- Sep 12th

$499 | Late rate runs Sep 13th - Sep 17th

$599 | On-site purchases

🤑 Students receive 10% off with discount code STUDENT25

🤑 Groups of 5 or more receive 10% off with discount code GROUP25

Conference Agenda At-a-Glance

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Afternoon

Black Breastfeeding Caucus Luncheon

Evening

Welcome Reception

Art Demonstration

Thursday, September 25, 2025

8am - 4:30pm

On The Ground: Detroit Maternal-Child Health Immersive Experience Bus Tour

6pm - 9pm

An Evening of Art, Soul & Legacy w/ Lauren J. Turner Fine Art

Friday, September 26, 2025

7am - 4pm

Keynote Address & Breakout Sessions 

Host or Publisher Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association