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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T161000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T173000
DTSTAMP:20260726T170418Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T130000
DTSTAMP:20260725T142636Z
CREATED:20260725T142636Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T143000
DTSTAMP:20260725T142800Z
CREATED:20260725T142800Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T140000
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DTSTAMP:20260726T121335Z
CREATED:20260725T143008Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20260725T143315Z
CREATED:20260725T143315Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261120
DTSTAMP:20260726T121407Z
CREATED:20260725T143152Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T140000
DTSTAMP:20260725T143444Z
CREATED:20260725T143444Z
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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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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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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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