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