Saturday, August 6
Breakout Sessions A, 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
A-1: Panel: Partnering to Create Breastfeeding-Friendly Communities
Moderator: BriAnna Wanner, Salon C
- Continuity of Care: Partnerships to Improve the Duration of Breastfeeding in Contra Costa County (Contra Costa County Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Francine Jolton
- Expanding Support for Breastfeeding in Rural Communities (Gallatin Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Melenie Duval
- Building a Breastfeeding Support Program within the Ho-Chunk Nation Community (Ho-Chunk Nation Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Shawn Meyer, Allie Isaacson
A-2: Panel: Success for All Families: Emphasizing Racial Equity in Breastfeeding Support
Moderator: Emily Taylor, Salon DE
- CHAMPS: Catalyzing Baby-Friendly change across the US (Boston University)
- Cathy Carothers
- The CHAMPS Initiative: Integrating Communities for Reducing Breastfeeding Disparities and Improving Racial Equity (CHAMPS/ROSE)
- Kimarie Bugg, Andrea Serano
- Alaska Native/American Indian CHAMPS: A Look at Culturally Relevant Breastfeeding Education (Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington)
- Camie J Goldhammer
A-3: Panel: Policy Pathways to Strengthen the Landscape of Breastfeeding Support
Moderator: Megan Renner, Salon FG
- Planning and Advocating for Breastfeeding Legislation and Public Policy Alternatives (Lactation Improvement Network of Kentucky)
- Cerise Bouchard, Kristin Worthen
- From Intention to Policy Implementation: Fostering Health Equity to Successfully Initiate Breastfeeding in the Hospitals of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Breastfeeding Promotion Coalition)
- Cindy Calderon, Yvette Piovanetti
- The Road to Success: Building Partnerships and Strengthening Relationships to Integrate Breastfeeding into the Public Health Agenda and Pass the New York State Paid Family Leave Act (New York State Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Susan Vierczhalek, Barbara Dennison
A-4: Panel: Stronger Together: The Power in Community
Moderator: Felisha Floyd, Salon H
- Bosom Buddy Program: Supporting Moms to Achieve the Cream of the Crop (Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Ryan Karim
- Coalition and Community Building Through Breastfeeding Support: Why It Matters and How To Get It Done (Shelby County Breastfeeding Coalition/ BSTARS: Breastfeeding Sisters That Are Receiving Support)
- Jada Wright Nichols, Tiana Pyles
- Engaging the Faith Community to Promote and Support Breastfeeding (Southwest Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Julie Ware
A-5: Panel: Expanding the Network of Lactation Support Providers
Moderator: Amelia Psmythe, Salon ABJK
- Creating a demographic survey to identify baseline characteristics related to the diversity of a breastfeeding support organization: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned (La Leche League)
- Debbi Heffern, Kathleen Anderson, Nekisha Killings
- Reducing disparities in clinical lactation care (USLCA)
- Marsha Walker
- Partnering to Create a Diverse Breastfeeding Community (Coalition of Oklahoma Breastfeeding Advocates)
- Rebecca Mannel
Breakout Sessions B, 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
B-1: Panel: Nothing For Us, Without Us
Moderator: Ifeyinwa Asiodu, Salon ABJK
- Communities Matter: Community Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) in Action for Building Breastfeeding Supportive Communities (The First Food Friendly Community Initiative (3FCI))
- Kimberly Seals Allers
- Community Conversations: Analyzing the Breastfeeding Landscape of New Mexico: A Qualitative Look at Infant Feeding Decisions among New Mexican Families (New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force)
- Cindy Chavez
B-2: Panel: Innovations in Maternity Care Practices
Moderator: Heidi Agostinho, Salon C
- Increasing Exclusive Breastfeeding with a Maternity Care Quality Improvement Project: Birth and Beyond” 10 Steps to Empower Mothers and Nurture Babies (Vermont Breastfeeding Network)
- Tricia Cassi
- A Systems Approach for Statewide Improvement in Maternity Practices: The Texas Ten Step Star Achiever Initiative (Texas Department of State Health Services)
- Julie Stagg, Tracy Erickson
- Building a Culture of Breastfeeding Support One Community at a Time: The Community Supporting Breastfeeding Designation in Kansas (Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc.)
- Brenda Bandy, Martha Hagen
B-3: Panel: New Frontiers in Human Milk Banking & Efforts to End Unethical Infant Formula Marketing
Moderator: Elizabeth Brooks, Salon DE
- A New Era for Human Milk Banking (Human Milk Banking Association of North America)
- Marion Rice, Pauline Sakamoto
- How does donor milk banking support breastfeeding? (North Carolina State University and North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Hope Lima
- Successful Initiatives to Protect Parents and Babies from Predatory Marketing (Public Citizen)
- Kristen Strader
B-4: Panel: Building Webs: Coalitions As Networked Entities
Moderator: Catherine Sullivan, Salon FG
- See You at Basecamp: Using an online project management platform to engage our community coalition (Boulder County Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Linda Kopecky
- Get Your Message Across: Effective Social Marketing for Breastfeeding (Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Melissa Bartick
- Convening the Village: People Partnerships Create Resources to Improve Breastfeeding Outcomes (Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Amy Kovar Resnik
B-5: Panel: Breastfeeding Public Health Partners: Community Connections
Moderator: Mona Liza Hamlin, Salon H
- National Association of Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color
- Felisha Floyd
- National WIC Association: WIC Breastfeeding Updates
- Darlena Birch, Elisabet Eppes
- Building Basics: Creating Breastfeeding Support Programs in the Community (NACCHO)
- Calondra Tibbs
Breakout Sessions C, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
C-1: Panel: Allied Health Professionals: Integrating Breastfeeding into Practice
Moderator: Allison Walsh, Salon C
- Increasing Community Health Workers’ (CHW) capacity to deliver lactation education support in NYC through an Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Marta Kowalska, Lorraine Boyd
- Breastfeeding Initiatives in Rural Kentucky: An action research approach to improving public health (Lactation Improvement Network of Kentucky)
- Mallory Ratliff
- Breastfeeding As a Protective Factor In Infant Mental Health (Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health, Montclair State University)
- Jill Wodnick
C-2: Panel: Increasing Access to High Quality Breastfeeding Support
Moderator: Linda Smith, Salon DE
- Ohio First Steps for Healthy Babies “ Collaborating to Promote Breastfeeding in Ohio Hospitals (Ohio First Steps for Healthy Babies Program)
- Laura Knisley, Jennifer Foster
- District of Columbia Breastfeeding Coalition: Reducing Health Disparities (DC Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Sahira Long, Amira Roess, Michal Young
C-3: Panel: Advancing Support & Security for Breastfeeding Employees
Moderator: Cheryl Lebedevitch, Salon FG
- Six Years Later: How employers are meeting the "Break Time for Nursing Mothers" requirements and the needs of their breastfeeding employees in Kansas (Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc.)
- Brenda Bandy
- Third Time's a Charm: a Comparison and Analysis of the Differences in Success of Three Worksite Support Projects (Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc.)
- Lucy Towbin, Katrina Betancourt
C-4: Panel: Transforming Engagement to Create Equity & Inclusion
Moderator: Muswamba Mwamba, Salon ABJK
- USBC CRASH Committee: Creating and modeling a culture of inclusion, diversity and equity (United States Breastfeeding Committee)
- Mona Liza Hamlin, Brenda Reyes, Emily Talyor
- Working With Diverse Groups to Promote Breastfeeding (Alabama Breastfeeding Committee)
- Gayle Whatley
C-5: Panel: What’s New at Baby-Friendly USA
Moderator: Pauline Sakamoto, Salon H
- Update and Discussion of the Challenges for Implementing the US Baby-Friendly Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Initiative (Baby-Friendly USA)
- Kathleen Marinelli, Patricia T. MacEnroe
- The Nuts and Bolts of Baby-Friendly Annual QI and Re-Designation (Baby-Friendly USA, Inc.)
- Patricia T. MacEnroe
Sunday, August 7
Breakout Sessions D, 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
D-1: Panel: Breastfeeding Among Latinx Communities
Moderator: Kim Moore-Salas, Salon C
- Latinas and Breastfeeding (Urban Strategies)
- Lorena Gonzalez
- Community-based Doula Programs: Innovative Models to Support Latinx Families (HealthConnect One)
- Brenda Reyes
D-2: Panel: Beyond Hospital Doors: Collaborating to Support Breastfeeding Moms
Moderator: Suzanne Haydu, Salon DE
- Normalizing Breastfeeding in NYC (NYC Breastfeeding Leadership Council, Inc. - member of NY Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Theresa Landau
- Lessons Learned from Interactive Web-based Breastfeeding Monitoring after Hospital Discharge: A Qualitative Analysis of Mothers’ Perceptions (Purdue University School of Nursing)
- Azza Ahmed
- Educating health care professional in NYC maternity setting to increase access to lactation education and support (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Marta Kowalska, Lorraine Boyd
D-3: Panel: Integrating Breastfeeding & Safe Sleep
Moderator: Beverly Curtis, Salon FG
- A Deeper Dive into the NAPPSS Approach: Engagement for Trust Building & Systems Change (National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep)
- Suzanne Bronheim, Megan Renner
- Safer Night Nursing: the Elephant in the Room (American Breastfeeding Institute)
- Linda Smith, Tamara Hawkins
D-4: Panel: It Takes a Village!
Moderator: Helen Dimas, Salon H
- MIBFN 310 Connect: A Flint Collective Impact Breastfeeding Project (Michigan Breastfeeding Network)
- Julie Lothamer
- Partnering to Bring Breastfeeding Support to African Americans in Inglewood, California. A project of Soul Food for Your Baby and BreastfeedLA August 2015-present (Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles and Soul Food for Your Baby)
- Cindy Mayumi Young
- Cabbage Game: Community Building for Equity in Access Game (Mass. Breastfeeding Coalition, Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast, Human Milk Banking Assn of N America)
- Naomi Bar-Yam
D-5: Panel: Breastfeeding Public Health Partners: State Connections
Moderator: Carol MacGowan, Salon ABJK
- BPHP State Connections: The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Sanaa Akbarali
- BPHP State Connections: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Jeanette Kowalik, Christina Ratleff
- BPHP State Connections: Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute
- Catherine Sullivan
Breakout Sessions E, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
E-1: Panel: Communities Coming Together to Support Breastfeeding Families
Moderator: Rose Cohen, Salon C
- Community Commitment: A Collaboration to Equitize Breastfeeding (Nebraska Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Sara Brown, Tami Frank
- New York City Department of Health Newborn Home Visiting Program: Enhancing Breastfeeding Support to under-served communities through home visiting (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Libby Carter-Otuya
- Brooklyn Breastfeeding Empowerment Zone: A Rights-Based Neighborhood Approach to Address Breastfeeding Inequity (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Center for Health Equity)
- Sharon Marshall Taylor
E-2: Panel: Coalitions As Vehicles of Change
Moderator: Kinkini Banerjee, Salon DE
- Annual Summit - Not Another Breastfeeding Conference: Key Strategies to Organizing and Sustaining a Successful State Convening (California Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Robbie Gonzalez-Dow, Gini Baker, Ifeyinwa Asiodu
- The Flipped Coalition: Use of a “Year of Listening” to pinpoint the breastfeeding landscape, highlight local priorities, identify new leaders, and connect the central organization with local groups (North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Ellen Chetwynd, Kathy Parry, Catherine Sullivan
E-3: Panel: Policy Change Strategies for a Brighter Tomorrow
Moderator: Brenda Bandy, Salon FG
- Developing Coalition Position Statements to Influence Policy Change (Florida Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Cynthia Lan Sears, Jessica Gordon
- Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems Family Services Makes the Grade (VCU Health Systems Family Services)
- Syreeta Holton
- The Breastfeeding Friendly Medical System (The Milk Mob)
- Anne Eglash, Gail Herrine, Karen Bodnar
E-4: Panel: The Power of Storytelling
Moderator: Brenda Reyes, Salon H
- Tell Your Story (Little Black Breastfeeding Book)
- Jacqueline Strachan Laughlin
- Milky Mamalogues (Tri County Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Tori Sproat
- Cindy’s Story (NYC Breastfeeding Leadership Council)
- Theresa Landau