• BFFC Board Meeting

    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. That 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 […]

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  • When the System Stops: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in Appalachia

    Oglebay Park Resort 465 Lodge Dr, Wheeling, WV, United States

    Brandi Harrison, Jayne Carpenter, and Love Anderson are on the Day Two panel at the 6th Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference. 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 […]

  • USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation

    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 […]

  • BFFC Board Meeting

    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. That 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 […]

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  • SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C)

    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 […]

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  • The Invisible Infrastructure: Securing First Food in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

    Long Beach Convention Center 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA, United States

    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. 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 […]

  • SAFE Infant Feeding Team Retreat

    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. 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 […]

  • USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation

    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 […]