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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923
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UID:6888-1785542400-1790121599@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:National Breastfeeding Month
DESCRIPTION:For our readers\, National Breastfeeding Month lasts all year. Every day is National Breastfeeding Month when this is your work. \n  \nAugust is when the rest of the country joins us. \n  \nIt is a transformative month for this organization. We come out of every August with new framing and new ideas that carry us through the next eleven months. It is also exhausting. Most of us have something on the calendar every single day\, and we push hard. \n  \nSo let this month fuel you. See the joy in it. Choose progress over perfection.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/national-breastfeeding-month/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTSTAMP:20260725T125118Z
CREATED:20260725T125118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T125118Z
UID:6896-1786147200-1786751999@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Indigenous Milk Medicine Week
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is led by the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective. \n  \nThe Collective plans the week\, chooses the theme\, and puts together a full slate of sessions and materials. Go to them. They are doing this work and they are the ones to learn it from. \n  \nObserve the week\, and bring what you learn back into your own community.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/indigenous-milk-medicine-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260814T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260814T130000
DTSTAMP:20260725T121101Z
CREATED:20260725T114529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T121101Z
UID:6877-1786708800-1786712400@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Baby Cafe Chat: Building Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
DESCRIPTION:Love Anderson\, co-founder of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities\, joins Baby Cafe USA for their August Cafe Chat. \n  \nBaby Cafes do something most systems cannot. They put skilled lactation support in a room where families already are\, free and drop-in\, with no appointment and no referral. The people who run them see what breaks first\, and they see it everywhere at once. \n  \nThis is an internal meeting of the Baby Cafe USA network and is not a public event. Baby Cafes themselves are free and open to anyone. You can find one near you at babycafeusa.org.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/invited-training-baby-cafe-usa-site-leaders/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,National,Trainings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260822
DTSTAMP:20260725T125347Z
CREATED:20260725T125347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T125347Z
UID:6899-1786752000-1787356799@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week
DESCRIPTION:AANHPI Breastfeeding Week is led by the Asian Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force. \n  \nThe Task Force plans the week\, sets the theme\, and publishes the full slate of sessions and materials. Their page is where the week actually lives. \n  \nCelebrate it with them\, and carry what you learn into your own work.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/asian-american-native-hawaiian-and-pacific-islander-breastfeeding-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T153000
DTSTAMP:20260725T114823Z
CREATED:20260725T114823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T114823Z
UID:6880-1787148000-1787153400@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:NACCHO Webinar: Five Years of the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint
DESCRIPTION:Five years ago NACCHO published the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint. More than 45 counties and communities have since put it to work. \n  \nBreastfeeding Family Friendly Communities presents alongside NACCHO\, the Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association in Michigan\, and the Augusta University Research Institute in Georgia. Three very different places\, applying the same framework\, learning different things. \n  \nWhat we will actually talk about is the unglamorous part: how you get a health department\, a community organization\, and a hospital to hand a family off to one another without dropping them. \n  \nOpen registration.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/naccho-webinar-five-years-of-the-continuity-of-care-in-breastfeeding-support-blueprint/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,National,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T173000
DTSTAMP:20260726T123553Z
CREATED:20260726T123553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T123553Z
UID:6998-1787587200-1787592600@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:BFFC Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our board meets on the fourth Monday\, and we open every meeting the same way: with a partner community telling us what they are working on. \nThat is the part we protect. The board has business to do\, but the reason this organization exists is the communities doing the Ten Steps where they live. Five minutes of hearing directly from one of them is worth more than anything we could write about them. \nEach meeting includes short five-minute rotating updates from partner communities and projects. We just need to know who wants the slot. Send yours to newsletter@breastfeedingcommunities.org\, or reach us through the contact form. An update can be one image\, one Google Slide\, or a few written sentences. Tell us if you would like to join virtually when your update is shared. \nIf you would rather we built the slide for you\, from a recent self-assessment\, a photo\, or a short note\, say so and we will. That is not a lesser option. Send what you have.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/bffc-board-meeting-2/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,Meetings,National
ORGANIZER;CN="Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities":MAILTO:newsletter@breastfeedingcommunities.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260725T140243Z
CREATED:20260725T140243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T140243Z
UID:6902-1787616000-1788220799@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Black Breastfeeding Week
DESCRIPTION:Black Breastfeeding Week closes out National Breastfeeding Month every year\, August 25 through 31. \n  \nThe organizers plan the week\, set the theme\, and publish the events and resources that go with it. Go to them. That is where the week lives and they are the ones who built it. \n  \nCelebrate it locally. These national weeks exist to be taken up in your own community\, and everything you need to do that is already published.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/black-breastfeeding-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T130000
DTSTAMP:20260725T115123Z
CREATED:20260725T115123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T115123Z
UID:6883-1787832000-1787835600@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Building Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities: A Child Survival Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Love Anderson\, co-founder of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities\, presents for the West Virginia Perinatal Partnership and the West Virginia Breastfeeding Institute. \n  \nBreastfeeding is one of the most powerful and cost-effective child survival interventions we have. It is also one of the easiest for a community to leave entirely to individual mothers\, as though it were a private decision made in a private room. \n  \nThis session is about what changes when a whole community decides otherwise: when employers\, childcare\, healthcare\, and local government each take up the part of this that belongs to them. \n  \nCE/CME and IBLCE L-CERPs approved. Open registration.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/building-breastfeeding-family-friendly-communities-a-child-survival-strategy/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,National,Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260908
DTSTAMP:20260725T141335Z
CREATED:20260725T141335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T141335Z
UID:6906-1788220800-1788825599@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Workplace Lactation Week
DESCRIPTION:Workplace Lactation Week is sponsored by Healthy Horizons. \n  \nThey publish substantial free resources for employers building lactation support\, which is usually the hardest part of this work to move in a community. Go look at what they have. \n  \nCelebrate it locally. Use the week to move one employer where you are.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/workplace-lactation-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTSTAMP:20260725T141542Z
CREATED:20260725T141542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T141542Z
UID:6910-1788825600-1789430399@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Semana de la Lactancia Latina
DESCRIPTION:Semana de la Lactancia Latina is organized by the Union de Lideres de Lactancia Latino. \nThey plan the week\, they build the resources\, and they publish a week of things to do. Their work supporting Spanish-speaking families is far better than anything the rest of us could assemble on our own. Go to their page and see what they have. \nCelebrate it locally. If Spanish-speaking families live in your community\, this week belongs on your calendar and their resources belong in your hands.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/semana-de-la-lactancia-latina/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923
DTSTAMP:20260725T141721Z
CREATED:20260725T141721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T141721Z
UID:6914-1789516800-1790121599@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week
DESCRIPTION:Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week is organized by the DC Breastfeeding Coalition. \nUniversal access is not an add-on to this work. A family who cannot get information in the language they actually use is a family we have not served\, and this week names that plainly. Follow their page and use what they publish. \nCelebrate it locally. Ask one hard question where you are: if a Deaf parent walked into your support group next week\, what would happen?
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-breastfeeding-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T173000
DTSTAMP:20260726T123705Z
CREATED:20260726T123705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T123705Z
UID:7001-1790611200-1790616600@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:BFFC Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our board meets on the fourth Monday\, and we open every meeting the same way: with a partner community telling us what they are working on. \nThat is the part we protect. The board has business to do\, but the reason this organization exists is the communities doing the Ten Steps where they live. Five minutes of hearing directly from one of them is worth more than anything we could write about them. \nEach meeting includes short five-minute rotating updates from partner communities and projects. We just need to know who wants the slot. Send yours to newsletter@breastfeedingcommunities.org\, or reach us through the contact form. An update can be one image\, one Google Slide\, or a few written sentences. Tell us if you would like to join virtually when your update is shared. \nIf you would rather we built the slide for you\, from a recent self-assessment\, a photo\, or a short note\, say so and we will. That is not a lesser option. Send what you have.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/bffc-board-meeting-3/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,Meetings,National
ORGANIZER;CN="Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities":MAILTO:newsletter@breastfeedingcommunities.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T140000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012415Z
CREATED:20260805T012415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T012415Z
UID:7051-1790686800-1790690400@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team are part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it\, through their own photographs. \nThis is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves\, ask your questions\, and sign up if it is right for you. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\nThree meetings in all\, one of them in person in Asheville\nYou take photographs between October and January\nA gift card is offered for each meeting you attend\nThe photographs become a public celebration exhibit in spring 2027\n\nFour identical sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: Tuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm\, or Saturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T200000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012416Z
CREATED:20260805T012416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T012416Z
UID:7052-1790708400-1790712000@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team are part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it\, through their own photographs. \nThis is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves\, ask your questions\, and sign up if it is right for you. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\nThree meetings in all\, one of them in person in Asheville\nYou take photographs between October and January\nA gift card is offered for each meeting you attend\nThe photographs become a public celebration exhibit in spring 2027\n\nFour identical sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: Tuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm\, or Saturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session-2/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T170000
DTSTAMP:20260726T105819Z
CREATED:20260725T142044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T105819Z
UID:6919-1790868600-1790874000@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Every Day is Someone's Emergency: Infant and Young Child Feeding Safety in Disasters and Daily Practice
DESCRIPTION:Melinda Delisle and Corey Graywood are presenting at the NCPHA Fall Educational Conference on behalf of the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. It is a joint workshop of the Emergency Preparedness and Response section and the Women’s and Children’s Health section\, which is the whole point. Those two rooms do not meet often enough. \nSAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. \nThe conference theme this year is From the Mountain to the Coast: Public Health for all North Carolinians. This state’s public health workforce is the room this has to land in. Emergency infant feeding is not a specialty topic in North Carolina anymore. After Helene it is a job description. And the title says the rest of it: the house fire on a Tuesday counts too. \nThe Fall Educational Conference runs September 30 through October 2 at the Embassy Suites Convention Center in Concord. Registration and the full agenda are on the NCPHA website.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/every-day-is-someones-emergency-iycfe-safety-in-disasters-and-daily-practice/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Concord\, 5400 John Q Hammons Dr NW\, Concord\, NC\, 28027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Presentations,SAFE Infant Feeding,Statewide
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T110000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012416Z
CREATED:20260805T012416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T012416Z
UID:7053-1791021600-1791025200@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team are part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it\, through their own photographs. \nThis is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves\, ask your questions\, and sign up if it is right for you. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\nThree meetings in all\, one of them in person in Asheville\nYou take photographs between October and January\nA gift card is offered for each meeting you attend\nThe photographs become a public celebration exhibit in spring 2027\n\nFour identical sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: Tuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm\, or Saturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session-3/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T170000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012417Z
CREATED:20260805T012417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T012417Z
UID:7054-1791043200-1791046800@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team are part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it\, through their own photographs. \nThis is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves\, ask your questions\, and sign up if it is right for you. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\nThree meetings in all\, one of them in person in Asheville\nYou take photographs between October and January\nA gift card is offered for each meeting you attend\nThe photographs become a public celebration exhibit in spring 2027\n\nFour identical sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: Tuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm\, or Saturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session-4/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T140000
DTSTAMP:20260726T105717Z
CREATED:20260725T142344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T105717Z
UID:6924-1791637200-1791640800@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:When the System Stops: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in Appalachia
DESCRIPTION:Brandi Harrison\, Jayne Carpenter\, and Love Anderson are on the Day Two panel at the 6th Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference. \nSAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. \nAppalachia has already lived this. When the roads wash out and the power stays off for a week\, the formula supply chain and the lactation support system fail at the same time\, and the families furthest up the holler feel it first. Every emergency plan we have seen assumes someone else is handling the babies. This session is about what a community can put in place before the water rises. \nRegistration and the full program are on the Appalachian Breastfeeding Network website.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/when-the-system-stops-infant-and-young-child-feeding-in-emergencies-in-appalachia/
LOCATION:Oglebay Park Resort\, 465 Lodge Dr\, Wheeling\, WV\, 26003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,National,Presentations,SAFE Infant Feeding
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T140000
DTSTAMP:20260725T142513Z
CREATED:20260725T142513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T142513Z
UID:6929-1791982800-1791986400@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation
DESCRIPTION:The US Breastfeeding Committee owns this constellation. The SAFE Infant Feeding Team facilitates it. \nSAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. \nConstellations are how USBC does collective work. Member organizations commit to a shared piece of the national agenda and meet over time to actually move it. Facilitating the infant and young child feeding in emergencies constellation means this conversation now has a permanent home inside the national coalition instead of living in a handful of people’s inboxes. \nParticipation is open to US Breastfeeding Committee member organizations. If your organization is a USBC member and you want a seat at this table\, contact USBC for an invitation. If you are not a member yet\, that is the first step\, and it is worth taking.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/usbc-infant-and-young-child-feeding-in-emergencies-constellation/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National,SAFE Infant Feeding
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T161000
DTSTAMP:20260810T142952Z
CREATED:20260810T142857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T142952Z
UID:7063-1792485000-1792512600@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:2026 Art of Breastfeeding Conference: Lactation Hot Topics
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2026 Art of Breastfeeding: Lactation Hot Topics conference\, a dynamic educational program designed for healthcare professionals who support breastfeeding and lactating families. This year’s conference will explore emerging clinical issues\, ethical considerations\, and evidence-based approaches through expert presentations\, interactive panel discussions\, case studies\, and practical application. Building on the conference’s tradition of providing current\, skills-focused lactation education\, attendees will gain knowledge and strategies that can be applied immediately in clinical practice. \nTopics for 2026 include: \n• GLP-1 Medications and Lactation: Examine the growing use of GLP-1 receptor agonists from both medical and nutritional perspectives\, including indications for prescribing\, mechanisms of action\, potential risks and side effects\, and evidence-informed nutrition support for lactating patients. Interactive case studies and panel discussions will provide opportunities to address real-world clinical questions. \n• Re-Lactation and Induced Lactation: Explore the medical\, practical\, and emotional aspects of helping families establish or re-establish milk production. Sessions will highlight both healthcare provider and lactation consultant perspectives\, followed by a panel discussion focused on clinical application and patient support. \n• Level Up on the WHO Code!: Strengthen your understanding of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes through an engaging and interactive session designed to help participants recognize and address common ethical challenges in practice. \n• Oh\, The Pain! Evidence-Based Assessment and Management of Nipple Pain: Review evidence-based approaches to the assessment and management of nipple pain\, with emphasis on improving patient comfort and breastfeeding outcomes. \n• Ethically Using Generative AI: Discover the opportunities and challenges of incorporating generative artificial intelligence into healthcare and lactation practice while maintaining ethical standards\, professional responsibility\, and patient-centered care. \nWhether you are a physician\, nurse\, lactation consultant\, dietitian\, therapist\, or other healthcare professional working with breastfeeding families\, this conference offers timely updates\, interdisciplinary perspectives\, and practical tools to enhance your clinical practice and improve outcomes for the families you serve. \n*For brevity\, the term “breastfeeding” and “lactation” will be used in written materials and by speakers\, however\, it is understood to include all possible ways of providing human milk to infant
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/2026-art-of-breastfeeding-conference-lactation-hot-topics/
LOCATION:The McKimmon Conference & Training Center\, 1101 Gorman St\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T173000
DTSTAMP:20260726T170418Z
CREATED:20260726T123802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T170418Z
UID:7004-1793030400-1793035800@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:BFFC Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our board meets on the fourth Monday\, and we open every meeting the same way: with a partner community telling us what they are working on. \nThat is the part we protect. The board has business to do\, but the reason this organization exists is the communities doing the Ten Steps where they live. Five minutes of hearing directly from one of them is worth more than anything we could write about them. \nEach meeting includes short five-minute rotating updates from partner communities and projects. We just need to know who wants the slot. Send yours to newsletter@breastfeedingcommunities.org\, or reach us through the contact form. An update can be one image\, one Google Slide\, or a few written sentences. Tell us if you would like to join virtually when your update is shared. \nIf you would rather we built the slide for you\, from a recent self-assessment\, a photo\, or a short note\, say so and we will. That is not a lesser option. Send what you have.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/bffc-board-meeting-4/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,Meetings,National
ORGANIZER;CN="Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities":MAILTO:newsletter@breastfeedingcommunities.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T130000
DTSTAMP:20260725T142636Z
CREATED:20260725T142636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T142636Z
UID:6932-1793275200-1793278800@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:NC Breastfeeding Coalition Statewide Meeting: Year End Wrap Up
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities provides technical assistance to the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition as we pilot the implementation of the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community. \nWhat we learned working in local municipalities is that there are some things a local community simply cannot do on its own. Some things have to be done at the state level. This meeting is where local advocates come together to do that work statewide. \nThis is the year end wrap up. Come see what actually moved in 2026 and help decide what we go after next. Every level of government has a role in this\, and so do you. \nMeeting details and the registration link are on the NCBC meetings page.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/nc-breastfeeding-coalition-statewide-meeting-year-end-wrap-up/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,Meetings,North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition,Statewide
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T143000
DTSTAMP:20260725T142800Z
CREATED:20260725T142800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T142800Z
UID:6934-1793710800-1793716200@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C)
DESCRIPTION:The SAFE Team convenes S3C quarterly for the people doing infant and young child feeding in emergencies work on the ground: the ones writing the plans\, sitting on preparedness committees\, and answering the phone when the water goes out.   SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested.   An emergency does not wait for a community to figure out how babies will be fed. This is where we work through what is actually happening where you are\, what is stuck\, and what the rest of us have already learned the hard way.   Come with foundational IYCF-E knowledge from training\, coursework\, or response experience. Registration required.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/safe-support-and-strategic-core-s3c-2/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National,SAFE Infant Feeding
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260726T121335Z
CREATED:20260725T143008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T121335Z
UID:6937-1794232800-1794236400@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:The Invisible Infrastructure: Securing First Food in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
DESCRIPTION:Ashley Mickelson and Love Anderson are presenting at the IAEM 74th Annual Conference and EMEX\, which is the room where the country’s emergency managers actually are. \nSAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. \nHelene showed what happens when the infrastructure that feeds infants is invisible in a plan. It is not a shelter supply line and it is not a medical annex. It is a system of people\, and when it breaks there is no form for it. This session makes the case to emergency managers that first food belongs in the plan before the storm\, not in the after action report. \nRegistration and the full program are on the IAEM conference site.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/the-invisible-infrastructure-securing-first-food-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene/
LOCATION:Long Beach Convention Center\, 300 E Ocean Blvd\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,National,Presentations,SAFE Infant Feeding
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20260725T143315Z
CREATED:20260725T143315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T143315Z
UID:6947-1794960000-1795391999@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:SAFE Infant Feeding Team Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The SAFE Infant Feeding Team is together in person this week. The team arrives ahead of the Nurse-Family Partnership presentation on the 19th and heads home Sunday. \nSAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. \nThis is an internal working retreat\, not a public event. We are listing it so you know the team will be slow to answer that week. A group that spends the year inside other people’s emergencies has to take a few days to plan its own work on purpose.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/safe-infant-feeding-team-retreat/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,SAFE Infant Feeding,Team Retreats
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261120
DTSTAMP:20260726T121407Z
CREATED:20260725T143152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T121407Z
UID:6942-1795046400-1795132799@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:The Calm in the Chaos: Protecting Infant Nutrition from House Fires to Hurricanes
DESCRIPTION:The full SAFE Infant Feeding Team is at Wrightsville Beach for this one. Norma Escobar is presenting for the North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership Community of Practice. \nSAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. \nNurse home visitors are often the only person who lays eyes on a family in the days after a house fire or a flood. That is the point of this session. Most of the emergencies that separate a baby from their feeding plan are small and local and never make the news\, and the people who catch them are already in the home. \nThis is a session for the North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership community of practice. Session time to be announced.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/the-calm-in-the-chaos-protecting-infant-nutrition-from-house-fires-to-hurricanes/
LOCATION:Wrightsville Beach\, 1 Bob Sawyer Dr\, Wrightsville Beach\, NC\, 28480\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,SAFE Infant Feeding,Statewide
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T140000
DTSTAMP:20260725T143444Z
CREATED:20260725T143444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T143444Z
UID:6950-1796821200-1796824800@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation
DESCRIPTION:The US Breastfeeding Committee owns this constellation. The SAFE Infant Feeding Team facilitates it. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. If BFFC is the blue skies strategy\, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business\, SAFE is the gray skies strategy\, for the days that work gets tested. Constellations are how USBC does collective work. Member organizations commit to a shared piece of the national agenda and meet over time to actually move it. Facilitating the infant and young child feeding in emergencies constellation means this conversation now has a permanent home inside the national coalition instead of living in a handful of people’s inboxes. Participation is open to US Breastfeeding Committee member organizations. If your organization is a USBC member and you want a seat at this table\, contact USBC for an invitation. If you are not a member yet\, that is the first step\, and it is worth taking.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/usbc-infant-and-young-child-feeding-in-emergencies-constellation-2/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National,SAFE Infant Feeding
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270128T163000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012418Z
CREATED:20260805T012418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T012418Z
UID:7055-1801146600-1801153800@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice In-Person Group Session
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team are part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it\, through their own photographs. \nThis is the one in-person meeting of the project. Participants bring the photographs they have taken since October\, share them with the group\, and work together on the themes that will shape the public exhibit in the spring. \nHeld at the AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Wellness and Opportunity Center\, 216 Asheland Ave\, Asheville. \nSnow date: Thursday\, February 18\, 2027\, 2:30–4:30 pm\, same location. \nThe date and room are held and will be confirmed in October. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/photovoice-in-person-group-session/
LOCATION:AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Wellness and Opportunity Center\, 216 Asheland Ave\, Asheville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270218T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270218T163000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012419Z
CREATED:20260805T012419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T012419Z
UID:7056-1802961000-1802968200@breastfeedingcommunities.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice In-Person Group Session (Snow Date)
DESCRIPTION:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team are part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it\, through their own photographs. \nThis is the backup date for the Photovoice in-person group session. It will be used only if weather cancels Thursday\, January 28\, 2027. \nHeld at the AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Wellness and Opportunity Center\, 216 Asheland Ave\, Asheville. \nThe date and room are held and will be confirmed in October. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/photovoice-in-person-group-session-snow-date/
LOCATION:AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Wellness and Opportunity Center\, 216 Asheland Ave\, Asheville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
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