Get Active in 2019!

No, we aren’t talking about fitness resolutions (that may be faltering by this point in January- especially in this cold weather!) We are talking about getting active and participating in YOUR Professional organization- SELCA! Active members receive special membership designation and additional benefits, and it is very easy to become an active member- simply hold[…]

SELCA Honors #Indigenous People

Breastfeeding connects . . . parent to child, to ancestry, to community- reaching across time, geography, and culture. SELCA supports everyone who support breastfeeding families, and today we recognize and celebrate the indigenous people of this land.  Wonderful work is being done in expanding breastfeeding support in these underserved populations (if you don’t know them[…]

Tackling Inequity & Enhancing Careers!

In an article referenced by Elizabeth Brooks in this Facebook post, research confirmed what many of us intuitively know, or have experienced ourselves- Care-taking creates inequitable hurdles to participating in continuing education and professional development, and this “baby penalty” disproportionately impacts women, particularly women of color. While breastfeeding conferences have traditionally welcomed breastfeeding infants in[…]

Black Breastfeeding Week continues… And what difference is it making?

By now in celebration of Black Breastfeeding Week, SELCA has highlighted some of our members that are making a difference, provided ideas for how to celebrate #BBW18, and focused on the NEED for Black Breastfeeding Week.   We have shared resources this week from across the internet to “help you help breastfeeding families”…and now, we[…]

Supporting Each Other & Supporting Black Communities: These SELCA Members #LoveonTop

Last year, in response to a listicle challenge by Stacy Davis, BA, IBCLC, SELCA highlighted Kiana Ayers, RN, IBCLC with this #BBW post. As an update to last year’s #BBW post on emerging leaders, we come back to SELCA Treasurer Kiana Ayers, who has in 2018 moved beyond emerging and established herself as a leader[…]

#Loveontop- This SELCA Member just won’t stop!

Local Registered Dietitian, IBCLC, author and business owner of Pea Pod Nutrition & Lactation Support, Alicia Simpson, is racking up  the awards!  Alicia was the Friend of SELCA award recipient last November, and the recent awardee of the USLCA Terry Jo Curtis Award.  Her passion, however, is not for the hardware but for helping. Her[…]

Black Women Do Breastfeed

The Centers for Disease Control is the go-to for public health stats and strategies.  In 2013, the CDC suggested that that black moms may need more targeted and direct support so that they can not only initiate but also continue breastfeeding.  The gap between black and white breastfeeding initiation rates narrowed from 24 percentage points in[…]