12/27/2020
Looking for #FreeContinuingEd at the end of the year? Check out our 14 on-demand presentations, all approved for continuing education by the CDC and L-Cerps provided by Lactation Education Resources. https://bit.ly/30qHrLT
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Mission: To drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support across the United States The U.S.
Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is an independent nonprofit coalition of more than 50 nationally influential professional, educational, and governmental organizations that share a common mission to drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support across the United States. Join our work to make a difference for our nation's families!
Mission: To improve the Nation's health by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.
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12/25/2020
There's no such thing as being too young to make a difference!
Join us by taking action today: https://bit.ly/2QLzFYv
12/24/2020
Next year, our conference is going online! The National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening will be back next June. Our call for proposals has just opened, learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3mBAW0y #NBCC21
12/23/2020
Personal stories and experiences from constituents help decision-makers understand what is at stake and why action is needed. Your story is unique and can make a big impact! https://bit.ly/3me9Oo6
12/23/2020
www.pregnantatwork.org
Most nursing parents have a right to safely express breast milk at work under the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law or a similar state law. 📢 These laws still apply during COVID-19📢
Learn more and share: https://bit.ly/3gOBhff
12/22/2020
Did you know? You can support the USBC while shopping for your favorite breastfeeding advocate in your life! A small portion of each purchase from our store helps support our mission: http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/cafepress
12/22/2020
The call for proposals for the 2021 National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening is now open! Learn more about the tracks and submission process: https://bit.ly/3mBAW0y #NBCC2021
12/22/2020
Check out the incredible impact report from Michigan Breastfeeding Network & Southeast Michigan IBCLC's of Color's partnership earlier this year!
#InvestInDetroitBreastfeeding recap report is now available! We are so grateful to all of the generous donors who made it possible for Southeast Michigan IBCLC's of Color to continue serving metro-Detroit families during COVID-19.
Learn more about our partnership with SEMI: http://ow.ly/ncaU50CLnVC
Read the report: http://ow.ly/7i7p50CLnVz
12/21/2020
www.pregnantatwork.org
Most nursing parents have a right to safely express breast milk at work under the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law or a similar state law. 📢 These laws still apply during COVID-19📢
Learn more and share: https://bit.ly/3gOBhff
12/21/2020
As we prepare for the longest night of the year, in a year that has challenged most of us in many ways, we are grateful for you and your support for breastfeeding families throughout the United States.
We celebrate the light you bring as a family member, colleague, friend, breastfeeding advocate, and more.
Wishing you safety, connection, and support on this day, and every day.
12/21/2020
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12/21/2020
I need to pump milk at work. Have my rights changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I need a place to safely store my pumped milk. What must my employer provide?
I am working remotely. What are my rights?
Find answers to these questions (and more!) in this new resource from Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance, Center for WorkLife Law, and USBC: https://bit.ly/3p7mkI3
12/20/2020
Implementation of Hospital Practices Supportive of Breastfeeding...
"Because of the pandemic, 17.9% of hospitals reported that in-person lactation support had decreased, and 72.9% reported discharging mothers and their babies
This report describes hospital practices supporting breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
12/20/2020
The call for proposals for the 2021 National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening is now open! Learn more about the tracks and submission process: https://bit.ly/3mBAW0y #NBCC2021
12/20/2020
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Have you seen the Statement on Pasteurized Donor Human Milk & COVID-19 from the USBC-affiliated Pasteurized Donor Human Milk (PDHM) Constellation?
Find it here: https://bit.ly/2yraUKz
Learn more about the PDHM Constellation: https://bit.ly/2AWMcTj
12/19/2020
Your gift can make a world of difference for breastfeeding families.
Please consider making a donation of $5 today to help us achieve our mission of creating a landscape of breastfeeding support.
http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/donate
12/19/2020
The call for proposals for the 2021 National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening is now open! Learn more about the tracks and submission process: https://bit.ly/3mBAW0y #NBCC2021
12/19/2020
www.pregnantatwork.org
Most nursing parents have a right to safely express breast milk at work under the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law or a similar state law. 📢 These laws still apply during COVID-19📢
Learn more and share: https://bit.ly/3gOBhff
12/19/2020
Most nursing parents have a right to safely express breast milk at work under the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law or a similar state law. 📢 These laws still apply during COVID-19📢
Learn more and share: https://bit.ly/3gOBhff
12/18/2020
Do you have questions about your rights as a breastfeeding parent in the workplace?
Learn about your rights and resources from the USBC's Workplace Support Constellation: http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/ws-const
12/18/2020
Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition
Did you know that your breastfeeding coalition or organization can create a co-branded version of this resource for breastfeeding workers during the COVID-19 pandemic? Learn more: https://bit.ly/2W5eWk3
12/17/2020
www.pregnantatwork.org
Most nursing parents have a right to safely express breast milk at work under the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law or a similar state law. 📢 These laws still apply during COVID-19📢
Learn more and share: https://bit.ly/3gOBhff
12/17/2020
Share your insights and experiences as a parent, a community member, a lactation support or health care provider, a public health worker, or as someone passionate about the importance of human milk feeding. Your story can help inspire a movement! www.usbreastfeeding.org/support-stories
12/17/2020
Personal stories and experiences from constituents help decision-makers understand what is at stake and why action is needed. Your story is unique and can make a big impact! https://bit.ly/3me9Oo6
12/17/2020
How Lactation Experts Are Redefining Breastfeeding | Well+Good
"When we serve our own community, there is an unspoken language among each other. We can be ourselves; we understand we come from the same history that hurt us, so we feel safe...This allows us to still heal and not feel judged." USBC Board member Kimberly Moore Salas highlighting the incredibly crucial role of the Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor training in Well+Good: https://bit.ly/34fLY5x
Breastfeeding or bodyfeeding can benefit a baby’s overall nutrition. Often the right to do so is denied to Black and Indigenous people.
12/16/2020
Take Action on the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act
Do you have 2 minutes to take action for #breastfeeding workers? Please consider using our easy action tool to contact your legislators:
https://bit.ly/2QLzFYv #PUMPAct
Nearly 1 in 4 women of childbearing age are not covered by the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law. The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act would ensure that all workers are protected.
12/16/2020
USBC : Blogs : Weekly Wire: December 11, 2020
Check out the latest issue of the Weekly Wire for news about a new maternal health action plan, USBC's public event calendar, COVID-19 resources, and more! https://bit.ly/37a50vT
The Staying Abreast: Weekly Wire e-Newsletter is a compendium of news, actions, and resources considered to be of interest or relevance to the breastfeeding field. The newsletter aims to support the USBC's mission "To drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of ...
12/16/2020
Did you know? You can support the USBC while shopping for your favorite breastfeeding advocate in your life! A small portion of each purchase from our store helps support our mission: www.usbreastfeeding.org/cafepress
12/15/2020
www.pregnantatwork.org
The USBC-affiliated Workplace Support Constellation developed a printable resource for breastfeeding workers titled "Your COVID-19 Workplace Rights: Breastfeeding and Lactation." Co-published by the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee and the Center for WorkLife Law, the handout aims to ensure that employees have information about their workplace rights as well as practical solutions to make breastfeeding work during the pandemic and beyond. The resource addresses key questions about workplace rights for breastfeeding employees in the context of COVID-19 including remote working, pumping at work, and childcare facilities. Breastfeeding coalitions and other interested organizations are invited to work with the USBC and the Center for WorkLife Law to develop co-branded versions of the resource by completing the online form.
Access the handout: https://bit.ly/2KePAxh
Access the online form: https://bit.ly/2W5eWk3
12/15/2020
Learn more about this free lactation services reimbursement training! https://bit.ly/3mnBozf
Did you say, how can I be reimbursed for my lactation services? Join DC Health next week as they go over the how-to’s
#reachingr
12/15/2020
Personal stories and experiences from constituents help decision-makers understand what is at stake and why action is needed. Your story is unique and can make a big impact! https://bit.ly/3me9Oo6
12/15/2020
Shop the USBC store and a part of every purchase will go towards support our vision of thriving families and communities! #SupportChangesEverything http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/cafepress
12/14/2020
Find information, resources, and action opportunities related to COVID-19 and infant feeding: https://bit.ly/2Zv7HBb
12/14/2020
USBC : Blogs : Weekly Wire: December 11, 2020
Check out the latest issue of the Weekly Wire for news about a new maternal health action plan, USBC's public event calendar, COVID-19 resources, and more! https://bit.ly/37a50vT
The Staying Abreast: Weekly Wire e-Newsletter is a compendium of news, actions, and resources considered to be of interest or relevance to the breastfeeding field. The newsletter aims to support the USBC's mission "To drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of ...
12/14/2020
How Lactation Experts Are Redefining Breastfeeding | Well+Good
“For many Native parents, there’s a subconscious fear of losing our kids, no matter how well or stable we are. In every generation before us—whether it’s from boarding school, drugs or alcohol, or missing and murdered Indigenous women—they’re wondering if they’re going to be taken away from their babies,” Camie Goldhammer says. “When we breastfeed our babies, we make a promise that we’re going to be there for them." Read more from Well+Good: https://bit.ly/34fLY5x Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor
Breastfeeding or bodyfeeding can benefit a baby’s overall nutrition. Often the right to do so is denied to Black and Indigenous people.
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The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is an independent nonprofit organization that brings together breastfeeding-focused organizations from across the country: breastfeeding coalitions, government departments, non-profits, non-governmental organizations, for-profit organizations, and health professional associations. The USBC was formed in 1998 in response to the Innocenti Declaration of 1990, which calls on every nation to establish a multisectoral national breastfeeding committee. The USBC is now a coalition of more than 100 organizations that support its mission to drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support across the United States. Join our work to make a difference for our nation's families!
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Is it lawful for your supervisor to ask their subordinate for a lactation schedule?
If you have any contact with mothers who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or were under investigation or whose infants were hospitalized for diagnosed or suspected COVID-19 infection, they may be elegible for participation in a worldwide survey currently taking place on the effects of separation because of COVID. This is a survey that is approved by LLL USA and LLL Alliance for Breastfeeding Education and was developed by a team of internationally known researchers. Please see information about the survey, which is short (~8 minutes), anonymous and is also translated into Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese here: https://www.facebook.com/CovidMothers/. Thanks.
I’m at the March for Moms virtual March for maternal safety and I would love to see USBC among the partners in the future.
Is it possible to post your Covid 19 section of the Weekly Wire to your FB page, so we can share it from our state coalition page. As is, none of the links come through.
QUESTION? Is someone working at the federal level getting telehealth reimbursement for LCs?
At the hospital I work at LC in person outpatient/clinic visits are not covered by insurance let alone telehealth
Thank you, be well 🙏🏻
Join us next month in Albuquerque New Mexico!
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My hospital is Baby-Friendly designated and we have used Wellstart modules for our resident education for several years. The website now says it is unavailable. Help!
Is there any details posted yet with regards to the USBC Conference this year? I know it’s in Scottsdale, AZ. Looking for hotel details and agenda, etc.
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Proud to be among 2,500 people from 60+ countries who gathered in Rio de Janeiro over the past week for the 3rd World Breastfeeding Conference and 1st World Complementary Feeding Conference. The meeting rooms were named for famous breastfeeding advocates. I wanted to share this recognition of the international impact of the devoted work of USBC founding members Audrey Naylor and Miriam Labbok. 3rd WBC - XV ENAM
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Just because there is a law does not mean you can get your employer to comply with it. My grandson's girlfriend worked for OK Foods in Fort Smith Arkansas, and was fired on a Saturday night, because she had worked for more than 10 hours and needed to pump. The immediate supervisor refused her access to the staff meeting Room, said he could not allow it because they only had 50 employee that night working, even though she knew that the law said 50 employees per company. Human resource told her she would be allowed to pump 2 extra times per day because they were a large company. The supervisor on that particular night took her badge and sent her home making it to where she could not clock in the next day, told her to not come back. He told human resources she did not show up the next day and therefore she quit her job. She called corporate to complain they told her they could not do nothing about it. So how do you get a company to actually comply with the law . I am sure she's not the 1st one and she lost her job over it. And her job was 10,12 and 14 hours A-day.