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Asian and Pacific Islander Equity

Communities / Love Anderson

Photo from “Elisabeth Millay/BreastfeedLA and API Breastfeeding Task Force” The murders in March of eight individuals in Atlanta, including six Asian and Asian American women, weighs heavily on Breastfeeding Family […]

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Collective Impact Webinar Series Begins March 31st

Communities / Kathleen Anderson

Nurture, #RVAbreastfeeds, CINCH, and #757Breastfeeds are launching the Collective Impact Capacity Building Webinars Series for maternal health and breastfeeding stakeholders in Richmond and Hampton Roads, Virginia. The series starts on Wednesday, March

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Equity in the IBCLC Credential

Communities, Lactation Support Providers / Kathleen Anderson

Lactation support providers from Durham, Orange, Chatham, and Wake Counties in North Carolina recently met to discuss the landscape of lactation support in our communities, especially the gaps in care

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Hillsborough, North Carolina, proclaimed a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community

Communities, Proclamation / Kathleen Anderson

On February 8th, 2021, Jenn Weaver, the Mayor of Hillsborough NC, proclaimed the Town of Hillsborough as a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community.  The town is committed to supporting breast/chest/human milk

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#RVAbreastfeeds

Communities / Kathleen Anderson

We are excited to share an invitation from #RVAbreastfeeds, an enthusiastic Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community (BFFC) team in Richmond, Virginia, that is moving its community towards the Breastfeeding Family Friendly

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Breastfeeding Family Friendly Food Banks

Businesses, Non-Profit Organizations / Kathleen Anderson

COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on our communities from businesses to  schools to government services. Families finances are stressed, and many food pantries are feeling the strain of additional

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Richmond VA has been proclaimed a “Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community!”

Proclamation / Kathleen Anderson

On August 26th, 2020, during Black Breastfeeding Week, the Mayor of Richmond VA proclaimed the City of Richmond as a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community.  The city is committed to supporting

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Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week 2020!

Black Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month / Kathleen Anderson

It is Week 4 of National Breastfeeding Month 2020 in the US, a month-long breastfeeding awareness event.  And the month culminates in Black Breastfeeding Week 2020.  Revive. Restore. Reclaim! For

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Celebrating Native Breastfeeding Week!

National Breastfeeding Month, Native Breastfeeding Week / Kathleen Anderson

National Breastfeeding Month 2020 continues in the US!  This week, from Sunday, August 9, to Saturday, August 15, breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding is celebrated as part of Native

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Celebrating Breastfeeding 2020!

National Breastfeeding Month, World Breastfeeding Week / Kathleen Anderson

This week, August 1-7, is World Breastfeeding Week (WBW).  WBW has been celebrated the first week of August every year since 1992 to commemorate the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion

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