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[…]
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[…]