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    • Join USBC
    • Membership FAQs
    • Membership Categories
    • Membership Fee Schedules
    • Membership Interest Form
    • Creating Space Scholarship
  • Policy & Actions
    • Active Legislation
    • Federal Appropriations for Breastfeeding
    • Federal Policies, Programs, & Initiatives
    • PUMP Act >
      • The PUMP Act Explained
    • Take Action
    • Letters & Public Comments
  • Resources
    • USBC Directories >
      • USBC Member Directory
      • Affiliated Coalitions Directory
      • Equity Champions Directory
    • Constellation Developed Resources
    • Breastfeeding In Emergencies
    • Infant Formula Recall and Shortage
    • Lactation Support Provider Training Directory
    • Learning Opportunities
    • Monthly Observances >
      • Black History Month
      • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
      • LGBTQIA+ Resources and Pride Month
      • National Breastfeeding Month
      • Hispanic Heritage Month
      • Native American Heritage Month
      • Safe Sleep and SIDS Awareness Month
    • Image Gallery Access
    • State Breastfeeding Reports
    • Workplace Guide
  • News & Events
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    • History
    • Constellation Work Groups >
      • Continuity of Care Constellation
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      • Disrupting Formula Marketing Constellation
      • Lactation Support Providers Constellation
      • Pasteurized Donor Human Milk Constellation
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Learning Opportunities

Previous Sessions

Collaboratively Pursuing Policy Solutions: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee

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Presenter slides: Psmyth Seger, Lebedevitch

​This webinar is not applicable for continuing education credits once the live viewing has ended.
The evidence is clear that the policies and systems that shape and influence our lives have a significant and lasting impact on infant feeding outcomes. Too often, policy decisions have a population-level impact yet do not take into consideration the needs of infants, their mothers and lactating parents, and their families. For decades, the lactation field has come together to identify policy barriers and gaps and push for change. 

USBC Deputy Director Amelia Psmythe Seger and USBC Senior Policy & Communications Manager Cheryl Lebedevitch review the organization's approach to organizing stakeholders for policy, systems, and environmental change efforts. They describe strategies for collaborating to create legislative change and share the policy priorities identified for the 118th congressional session.​

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Webinar Recordings 

Racism and the Colonial Roots of Gendered Language in Public Health and Biomedicine

Language and culture have a complex yet profound, interdependent relationship. Language is a system of communication to build relationships and create a sense of community. Culture is a set of behaviors, beliefs, and values shared by a group of people that influences their behavior and the interpretation of other people's behavior. Language influences culture, and culture influences language.
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During this presentation, hosted October 12, 2022, Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist unpacks colonial influences on gendered language, the fluidity of language in other cultures, and inclusive approaches to transform the culture of the First Food field. The presenter slides include a reference list and questions for critical self-reflection.

Presented by:
  • Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist, PhD, MA, IBCLC ​
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Presenter Slides: Palmquist, Aunchalee
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This webinar is not applicable for continuing education credits once the live viewing has ended.

Racial Equity 101 Series

This Racial Equity 101 series includes three previously-recorded webinars that will begin to lay the foundation for an understanding of the principles of racial equity. They are not exhaustive, as the work is ongoing for each of us, as individuals, and as organizations. You are welcome to view them at your convenience and return to them as you continue reflecting and processing the information. 

Equity work with meaning and impact begins with a personal learning journey. The USBC places a premium on meaningful opportunities for all voices to be heard, and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Centering racial equity is a fundamentally-important part of our collective work building a "landscape of breastfeeding support" for all babies and families across the U.S. We're thrilled to have you on this journey with us!

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Click here or on the image above to access a form that, once completed, will provide you with links for viewing the presentations. ​Please note, as these sessions were previously-recorded, continuing education is not available.

Session 1: Securing Our Own Masks Before Helping Others

In this webinar, Felisha Brooks-Floyd presents on the foundational skills of confronting implicit bias within ourselves before engaging with external sources of bias. She discusses how racism is upheld by both explicit and implicit bias and how racism is a structure we have all inherited. Attendees will learn how to perform critical self-assessments so that we are prepared to dismantle systems of structural racism and advance true and meaningful equity and inclusion. 

Presented by:
  • ​Felisha Brooks-Floyd, BS, CLC, IBCLC

Session 2: Decolonizing Lactation Education

Become acquainted with the Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor program and learn how the formation of this course was built to serve the Native community with skilled Native lactation care. Breastfeeding is a traditional practice and is essential in Indigenous resiliency, and viewers will learn how important it is that these communities receive culturally-relevant care. During this webinar, viewers will gather insight into the needs of Native families and learn how the IBC program is uniquely poised to deliver them. 

Presented by:
  • Camie Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC
  • Kimberly Moore-Salas, IBCLC

Session 3: Leading for Racial Equity

Discover the key elements of Cultivating Leaderful Ecosystems and Advancing Deep Equity in this presentation centering on racial equity and liberation. Attendees learn about diversity, inclusion, and equity differences in this presentation and how white dominant culture can be transformed into an equity-promoting culture. This webinar encourages skill-building in listening, accountability, and holding one another in grace as we all aim for collective improvement and growth.

Presented by:
  • Elissa Sloan Perry

Unpacking Commercial Milk Formula Marketing Webinar Recordings

​Unpacking Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: Communities, Contexts, and Impacts

​The USBC is pleased to have hosted the 2021 three-part webinar series: Unpacking Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: Communities, Contexts, and Impacts. This series marked the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and is part of an effort to create a shared understanding of commercial milk formula marketing practices and the disparate impact of marketing practices on communities in the U.S. and around the world.

​These three sessions have been approved for continuing education by the CDC. Please click the respective links below to view after- accreditation information before participating.
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  1. Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: International Contexts and Tools
  2. Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: Communities and Emergencies
  3. Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: Organizing for Impact

Session 1: Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: ​International Contexts and Tools

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​Handouts: Links to WHO publications to support Code
Presenter Slides: Grummer-Strawn, Crossley
The distinguished panelists described the international contexts of commercial milk formula marketing practices and impacts, as well as the role the U.S. plays in the global community. They discussed the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, published in 1981 but has yet to be adopted in the U.S. while highlighting potentially useful shifts in approach moving forward. They shared tools for recognizing and tracking commercial milk formula marketing practices in the U.S. Key findings were shared from the 2018 "U.S. Access to Nutrition Index," which included an evaluation of three major infant formula manufacturers and other products marketed as a partial or total replacement for breast milk.
​Presented by:
  • Laurence Grummer-Strawn, PhD, Technical Officer, World Health Organization
  • Rachel Crossley, MSc, Senior Advisor, Access to Nutrition Initiative
​Session 2: Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: Communities and Emergencies
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Handouts: Guia Express Guide: English, Spanish
Presenter slides: Ludman, Bugg, Santaballa ​
The second session in the series addresses how formula marketing impacts provision of lactation support to communities with diverse needs. Speakers highlighted the effects of formula marketing in BIPOC communities and the unique challenges of infant feeding in times of emergency or natural disaster.

​Presented by:
  • Kimarie Bugg, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere
  • Malaika Ludman, Birthmark Doula Collective
  • Lourdes Santaballa, Alimentación Segura Infantil ​
Session 3: Commercial Milk Formula Marketing: Organizing for Impact
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Research article: Caregiver's Provision of Non-Recommended Commercially Prepared Milk-Based Drink to Infants and Toddlers 
Counter-marketing videos: https://uconnruddcenter.org/healthydrinksfortoddlers/
​Panelists discussed Breast Milk Substitutes (BMS) labeling, the impacts of formula marketing, and the opportunities for collective work to influence policy on commercial milk formula marketing.

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​Presented by:
  • Sally Mancini, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
  • Jennifer Pomeranz, NYU School of Global Public Health 
  • Marsha Walker, National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (ret.) ​

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