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January 25, 2010 US Breastfeeding Coalition Supporters Go to Capitol Hill in Support of the
BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION ACT
Florida attendees to the Third National Conference of State/Territory/Tribal Breastfeeding Coalitions -- Empowering Coalitions: Power Tools for Change --  from left to right, Debbie Albert, PhD., RN, IBCLC, Pat Lindsey, IBCLC, RLC, Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC and Sandra Sullivan, MD, IBCLC
After attending the USBC Coalition Conference -- January 23-25, 2010, in Arlington, Virginia, the above Florida attendees went to Capitol Hill to meet with representatives of both Florida Senators and their district representatives to educate and ask for support of the BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION ACT.  By clicking here, YOU can email a request to your representative to co-sponsor and support the BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION ACT.

Forty-eight attendees from all across Florida participated in the 2-day Train-the-Trainer workshop at Daytona Beach's Volusia County Health Dept. Participants will be developing a state-specific plan to implement the Business Case for Breastfeeding in Florida communities.

This outreach project is a project of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The training was done by Cathy Carothers, BLA, IBCLC, RLC (who developed the materials) and Tiffany Pertillar, MSW, MPH.
December 14-15, 2009
Click here to watch a podcast about the project.
Click here to learn more about this outreach project and its materials from HRSA.

Healthy People 2020 Testimony
Photo: Front Row L-R Mirine Dye, Marie Witherall, RN IBCLC Evergreen Medical and Aliya Haq, MS, RD Seattle WIC; Back Row L-R Melissa Bonghi, LLLL and IBCLC, Emily Healy, LLLL and IBCLC, Molly Pessl, RN, IBCLC Evergreen Medical

Florida Breastfeeding Coalition and Florida Lactation Consultant Association member, Mirine Dye of the Florida Keys, gave the following testimony in front of the Federal Interagency Workgroup for Healthy People 2020 in Seattle, November 20. She also met with the other Seattle-King County Lactation Consultants who were also present. A total of 4 lactation consultants gave testimony, covering many of the breastfeeding objectives, including Mirine. The comment period is now closed for the setting of objectives for the Healthy People 2020 strategic plan which outlines the goals and objectives for our nation’s health programs and health status of the people. Healthy People documents are essential for program planners, funders, grant writers and organizations, both community and non-profit. The workgroup asked for comment, criticism, input and potential data sources. Mirine spoke on both the Education and Community Based Programs section and the Maternal Infant Child Health section. Each speaker was allowed 3 minutes.





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