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SUMMARY:National Breastfeeding Month
DESCRIPTION:For our readers\, National Breastfeeding Month lasts all year. Every day is National Breastfeeding Month when this is your work. \n  \nAugust is when the rest of the country joins us. \n  \nIt is a transformative month for this organization. We come out of every August with new framing and new ideas that carry us through the next eleven months. It is also exhausting. Most of us have something on the calendar every single day\, and we push hard. \n  \nSo let this month fuel you. See the joy in it. Choose progress over perfection.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/national-breastfeeding-month/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260908
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SUMMARY:Workplace Lactation Week
DESCRIPTION:Workplace Lactation Week is sponsored by Healthy Horizons. \n  \nThey publish substantial free resources for employers building lactation support\, which is usually the hardest part of this work to move in a community. Go look at what they have. \n  \nCelebrate it locally. Use the week to move one employer where you are.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/workplace-lactation-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260915
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SUMMARY:Semana de la Lactancia Latina
DESCRIPTION:Semana de la Lactancia Latina is organized by the Union de Lideres de Lactancia Latino. \nThey plan the week\, they build the resources\, and they publish a week of things to do. Their work supporting Spanish-speaking families is far better than anything the rest of us could assemble on our own. Go to their page and see what they have. \nCelebrate it locally. If Spanish-speaking families live in your community\, this week belongs on your calendar and their resources belong in your hands.
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/semana-de-la-lactancia-latina/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923
DTSTAMP:20260725T141721Z
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SUMMARY:Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week
DESCRIPTION:Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week is organized by the DC Breastfeeding Coalition. \nUniversal access is not an add-on to this work. A family who cannot get information in the language they actually use is a family we have not served\, and this week names that plainly. Follow their page and use what they publish. \nCelebrate it locally. Ask one hard question where you are: if a Deaf parent walked into your support group next week\, what would happen?
URL:https://breastfeedingcommunities.org/event/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-breastfeeding-week/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T173000
DTSTAMP:20260726T123705Z
CREATED:20260726T123705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T123705Z
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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-3/
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:20260929T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T140000
DTSTAMP:20260805T012415Z
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SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info 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 a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves\, ask your questions\, and sign up if it is right for you. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\nThree meetings in all\, one of them in person in Asheville\nYou take photographs between October and January\nA gift card is offered for each meeting you attend\nThe photographs become a public celebration exhibit in spring 2027\n\nFour identical sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: Tuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm\, or Saturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. \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-virtual-info-session/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T190000
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SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info 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 a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves\, ask your questions\, and sign up if it is right for you. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\nThree meetings in all\, one of them in person in Asheville\nYou take photographs between October and January\nA gift card is offered for each meeting you attend\nThe photographs become a public celebration exhibit in spring 2027\n\nFour identical sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: Tuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm\, or Saturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. \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-virtual-info-session-2/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events,SAFE Infant Feeding
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