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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/
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
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DTSTAMP: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/
CATEGORIES:Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities,Meetings,North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition,Statewide
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National,SAFE Infant Feeding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T150000
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
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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/
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
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DTSTAMP: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/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National,SAFE Infant Feeding
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