Observances

World Breastfeeding Week is hosted by WABA, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action.   It was a call to action from WABA that started the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding […]

For our readers, National Breastfeeding Month lasts all year. Every day is National Breastfeeding Month when this is your work.   August is when the rest of the country joins […]

Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is led by the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective.   The Collective plans the week, chooses the theme, and puts together a full slate of sessions and […]

AANHPI Breastfeeding Week is led by the Asian Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force.   The Task Force plans the week, sets the theme, and publishes the full slate of sessions […]

Black Breastfeeding Week closes out National Breastfeeding Month every year, August 25 through 31.   The organizers plan the week, set the theme, and publish the events and resources that […]

Workplace Lactation Week is sponsored by Healthy Horizons.   They publish substantial free resources for employers building lactation support, which is usually the hardest part of this work to move […]

Semana de la Lactancia Latina is organized by the Union de Lideres de Lactancia Latino. They plan the week, they build the resources, and they publish a week of things […]

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week is organized by the DC Breastfeeding Coalition. Universal access is not an add-on to this work. A family who cannot get information in […]