Camie is a clinical social worker and lactation consultant, the founder and chair of the Native American
Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington, a founding member of the Collaborative for Breastfeeding Action and Justice, and a member of the Native American Women's Dialogue on Infant Mortality.
The
Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Coalition wants to recognize breastfeeding - friendly employers that support their employees by providing and maintaining high - quailty lactation support programs and appropriate onsite environments.
Breastfeed Chicago, a Chicago Area
Breastfeeding Coalition member organization and exemplary breastfeeding advocacy organization has put together this directory of IBCLC Lactation Consultants in private practice and listing of area drop - in clinics.
Dr. Long has served as president of the
DC Breastfeeding Coalition since its inception in 2004, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere.
Julie Fields currently serves the Kansas
Breastfeeding Coalition as manager of the «Breastfeeding Welcome Here» (BWH) program and manager of the KBC's online Local Resource Directory.
Founded in 1990, the
Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition, COBFC is a volunteer organization comprised of physicians, nurses, public health officials, dietitians, lactation consultants, counselors, and members of the business community who have led the way for Colorado children to be breastfeeding at the highest rates in the nation.
In recognition of National Breastfeeding Month (NBM), each year the USBC hosts a social media advocacy and / or outreach campaign
inviting breastfeeding coalitions, member / partner organizations, and individual supporters to join online actions and conversations to build support for the policy and practice changes needed to build a «landscape of breastfeeding support.»
Most birth control pills contain estrogen, which can cause your milk supply to dwindle, according to the Coastal
Bend Breastfeeding Coalition.
She is a founding and current member of the
Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition, has been on the Board of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine for many years, and chairs its Protocol Committee.
So when a group of health - care workers and advocates from the
Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition asked her in January to join their movement to lobby the Legislature to allow women to breast - feed at work and in public, she jumped at the opportunity.
The Chicago Area
Breastfeeding Coalition congratulates these hospitals on achieving what is considered the Gold Standard in the world of breastfeeding ---- the international designation of Baby - Friendly Hospital granted by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
Lactation consultant and
Marin Breastfeeding Coalition member Susan Martinelli points to the health benefits as part of the reasoning behind the ads,
Through developing and implementing a worksite lactation support toolkit for employers, and providing training to
regional breastfeeding coalitions, this community outreach effort ultimately benefits those who are breastfeeding and returning to work.
«It is hard to explain to a young mother that formula is really not necessarily the best when society and advertisement is saying something else,» said Terry Jo Curtis, founder of the Indiana
Black Breastfeeding Coalition in Indianapolis.
I love this article... thank you so much for naming this and supporting culturally
specific breastfeeding coalitions as important parts of a system of equity and empowerment to address healing inequities in breastfeeding rates and duration and support.
Memorial Community Health
Services Breastfeeding Coalition - Dates and times TBA Memorial Community Health Services 1423 7th St Aurora NE 68818 East Hospital Entrance.
The Texas
Breastfeeding Coalition supports The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding and encourages every Texan to support breastfeeding families and make Texas breastfeeding friendly.