Registration is live for the breastfeeding summit, focusing on 'The impact of institutional racism, power and white privilege on breastfeeding rates and maternal-infant mortality.' This summit is happening on June 21-22, 2013, at the Brockey Conference Center South Seattle Community College in Seattle, WA, and is 'A collaboration of the Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington, Mahogany Moms Breastfeeding Coalition, Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington, and Community Breastfeeding Activists.'
There's a pretty cool line-up of speakers, including Kathi Barber -- author of The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding, Midwife Shafia M. Monroe, founder of the International Center for Traditional Childbearing, where I joined as a member and also trained as a Full-Circle Doula.
The purpose of this conference is to collaborate, educate and act together as a community of breastfeeding supporters to learn about and counter institutional racism and social injustice in perinatal support services.
Below is the rest of the info I copied from the event page, with a bit about the speakers, and you can click here to register:
Goals:
Raise awareness in the breastfeeding support community and other perinatal support fields, of significant health disparities between women of color and white women and the impact of racism, injustice, and white privilege on maternal-infant health services and outcomes.
Facilitate the development of an action plan to address these disparities and identify actions that individuals, organizations, and communities can take, in line with the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.
Objectives:
Educate health care providers, breastfeeding counselors, childcare providers, employers and community members on how to counter institutional racism in their communities and organizations.
Facilitate a dynamic cross-exchange of culturally competent breastfeeding information and best-practice support strategies for women of all ethnicities.
Facilitate collaborative discourse to develop an action plan to address current disparities in both breastfeeding rates and access to breastfeeding services.
Confirmed Speakers:
Kathi Barber, CLC, Founder of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance and author of The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding
Sheila Capestany, MPH, MSW, Executive Director of Open Arms Perinatal Services
Shafia Monroe, Midwife, President and CEO of International Center for Traditional Childbearing
Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM
Joan E. Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Jeanette McCulloch, IBCLC, LLL & Wendy Gordon, LM, CPM, MPH
Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, MSEd & Jeanine Valrie, MPH
Inga Aaron, BA, Community Breastfeeding Activist
Sherry Payne, MSN, RN, CNE, IBCLC, Executive Director Uzazi Village
Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, CLE, Postpartum Doula, Founder and Chair of the Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington
Goals:
Raise awareness in the breastfeeding support community and other perinatal support fields, of significant health disparities between women of color and white women and the impact of racism, injustice, and white privilege on maternal-infant health services and outcomes.
Facilitate the development of an action plan to address these disparities and identify actions that individuals, organizations, and communities can take, in line with the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.
Objectives:
Educate health care providers, breastfeeding counselors, childcare providers, employers and community members on how to counter institutional racism in their communities and organizations.
Facilitate a dynamic cross-exchange of culturally competent breastfeeding information and best-practice support strategies for women of all ethnicities.
Facilitate collaborative discourse to develop an action plan to address current disparities in both breastfeeding rates and access to breastfeeding services.
Confirmed Speakers:
Kathi Barber, CLC, Founder of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance and author of The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding
Sheila Capestany, MPH, MSW, Executive Director of Open Arms Perinatal Services
Shafia Monroe, Midwife, President and CEO of International Center for Traditional Childbearing
Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM
Joan E. Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Jeanette McCulloch, IBCLC, LLL & Wendy Gordon, LM, CPM, MPH
Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, MSEd & Jeanine Valrie, MPH
Inga Aaron, BA, Community Breastfeeding Activist
Sherry Payne, MSN, RN, CNE, IBCLC, Executive Director Uzazi Village
Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, CLE, Postpartum Doula, Founder and Chair of the Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington
If you have any other questions, let me know. Or you can email the committee. Hope to see you.
