• 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 […]

  • 2026 Art of Breastfeeding Conference: Lactation Hot Topics

    The McKimmon Conference & Training Center 1101 Gorman St, Raleigh, NC, United States

    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 […]

    $175.00
  • 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 […]

    Free
  • NC Breastfeeding Coalition Statewide Meeting: Year End Wrap Up

    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. What 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 […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

  • The Calm in the Chaos: Protecting Infant Nutrition from House Fires to Hurricanes

    Wrightsville Beach 1 Bob Sawyer Dr, Wrightsville Beach, NC, United States

    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. 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 […]

  • 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 […]