At Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities, we are thrilled to celebrate the tremendous progress happening across North Carolina to create more supportive environments for families. We are especially proud of: We believe every county deserves […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a major change: instead of publishing a Breastfeeding Report Card, they are now releasing the Early Childhood Nutrition Report Card. This change
By Linels Higuera Ancidey, IBCLC, MPH Candidate, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Field Placement with Breastfeed Durham, Summer 2025 The First Peel: A Circle Rooted in Community In
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By Samantha Sallee, MPH CandidateUNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthField Placement with Breastfeed Durham, Summer 2025 Creating spaces that support breastfeeding families is about more than comfort—it’s about health, equity,
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Across North Carolina, teachers and students have spoken out about the challenges of breastfeeding and pumping in schools. Their words paint a vivid picture of what too many families face
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By Janiah Fladger, MPH CandidateUNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthField Placement with Breastfeed Durham, Summer 2025 When I joined Breastfeed Durham as their Summer Recruitment Coordinator, I knew I’d be supporting
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A lactation-friendly workplace is one that welcomes lactating employees and proudly supports their infant feeding goals by providing time and private space to express milk—recognizing that meeting human biological needs
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We are thrilled to announce a historic milestone—Carrboro, North Carolina, is the first community to officially complete all Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community! This achievement is the
At our recent Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities (BFFC) Implementation Leaders Collaborative Round Table, we explored a central question in our work: “How do we engage with businesses?” For many of us,
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What does it take to truly normalize breastfeeding across educational spaces? In Durham, North Carolina, it began with trust, persistence, and deep listening. In this article, Julianne Williams, a recent
