Maleisha Reedy (she/ her)
Program and Logistics Coordinator
Maleisha Reedy is a Milwaukee native committed to community development through social justice, dignity and equity collaborations.
Maleisha (pronounced MALI-sha), also known as “MaShe,” is a trained Doula and Breastfeeding and Lactation Counselor who’s centered her work around supporting parent education, birth and reproductive rights initiatives. From community-based counseling to project management, her compassion for people is at the core of every interaction.
After graduating from Marquette University, Maleisha’s social justice interests piqued during deep conversations around diversity, inclusion and leadership with her 2015 classmates in AmeriCorps’s Public Allies Milwaukee apprenticeship program. Inspired and enlightened, she contributed to efforts enforcing employer supported time for breastfeeding employees, distributed menstruation and diapering essentials with Maroon Calabash, a grassroots Afro-Indigenous reproductive justice organization, and shared knowledge with doulas at the City of Milwaukee BOMB Doula Program.
Maleisha is a nurturing mother of two young children and knows the impact maternal health and wellness has on children and families. “It takes a village to raise a child,” states the African proverb. She says “Our community is a child, and our leaders are its village.”