WALC

Thank you Jill Rabin, Summer Kelly and Susan Urbanski for presenting at WALC’s January Education Offering!

Here are links for a resource list from Jill Rabin and the slides and a poster from Summer and Susan’s presentation.

Enjoy!

Jill Rabin WALC Resource List 1.21.22

MMBWGL WALC Meeting Milk Bank Updates SLIDES 1-21-2022

Milk Bank micro and drug testing poster WALC Meeting 1-21-22

Join us on January 21, 2022 – WALC Zoom Webinar, 10:00 am to 12 noon

10am Jill Rabin, IBCLC will speak on “Facilitating Breastfeeding in Babies with Feeding Challenges”.

11am Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes will discuss Human Milk Banking which will include updates on their work.

12:10 Brief general business meeting.

To register WALC.net – Next Meeting  REGISTER

LLL of WI and WALC are proud to co-sponsor a virtual fall event. Featuring: Lisa Marasco, Anna Brauch, and Zoua Lee and Tiffany Yang with the Hmong Breastfeeding Coalition of MN.

About this event:
2021 La Leche League of Wisconsin and WALC Conference

Schedule
Thursday, November 4

10:00-11:30 am – Anna Brauch – Supporting Infant Feeding for Queer, Trans, & Non-Binary Parents

11:30 am-1:00 pm – Anna Brauch – Rebirthing to Heal Trauma and Re-establish Feeding

Friday, November 5

9:00-10:30 am – Zoua Lee and Tiffany Yang, Hmong Breastfeeding Coalition of MN – Storytelling to Re-normalize Breastfeeding in the Hmong Community

10:30 am- 12:00pm – Lisa Marasco – Lactogenic Foods for Milk Production

General Information
All conference sessions will be recorded and available for viewing for 30 days after the event. All evaluations forms must be filled out in order to receive credit for attendance. Evaluation links will be sent at the end of the conference.

This conference has been approved for 6 L CERPS. Each session will grant 1.5 L CERPS.

Register here

Please join us September 17 from 10-Noon for the WALC Quarterly Education and Business Meeting!

10-11 USLCA Webinar – Feisty or Calm, Understanding How Temperament Impacts Breastfeeding

Andrea Herron, RN, MN, CPNP, IBCLC 1 (L) CERP

11-11:30 Federal Break Time Requirements for Nursing Mothers

Corey Walton with Department of Labor .5 (L) CERP

11:30-12 Exclusive Pumping: Learning from Parent Experiences to Improve Care-Lisa will present current research from her dissertation

Lisa Anders, PhD, RN, IBCLC .5 (L) CERP

12:10-12:40 General Business Meeting

Please visit our Next Meeting page for additional information.

The WALC Board loves grant time! We get to see what others are up to in the world of breastfeeding and we get to support it! Below are some of the projects in Wisconsin that WALC supports through our grant program.

Maroon Calabash was awarded a grant to support their multi-faceted plan that includes:

• conducting community assessments and interviews to more deeply understand local family’s experiences and areas of need and advocacy support, and to inform curriculum development for their breastfeeding/chestfeeding virtual community
• development of a strong, gender-inclusive, and culturally aligned curriculum. This will include an active/live local breastfeeding resource hub, Black centered breastfeeding/chestfeeding content, newsletters, virtual conversations, contests, and celebration spaces.

Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department (DHHS) was awarded a grant towards the purchase of a chair, locking cabinet and a mini-refrigerator for the employee lactation room in the Sheriff’s Department. We are happy to support employees that choose to provide human milk to their babies with a lactation room that is available to employees 24/7!

Additional individual grants were awarded towards 1st time IBCLC exam fees and CLC course attendance.

Congratulations to all grant recipients! Thank you for all you are doing to meet families where they are and for all you do to support them.

Join us for our next WALC Webinar via Zoom – Tuesday, May 18th, Baby Cafés-Providing Professional Breastfeeding Support and Peer Social Connections, 10:00 am-12:00 noon, followed by brief Business Meeting.

Panelists include Lucia Jenkins – Baby Café USA Founder, Tawanda Logan-Hurt, Shonte Terhune and Portia Williams. You won’t want to miss it!

Read more about Baby Cafés here. For information and to register, walc.net “Next Meeting” – Registration

Join us for WALC Webinar via Zoom – Tuesday, May 18th, learn more about Baby Cafés.

Panelists include Lucia Jenkins, Tawanda Logan-Hurt, Shonte Terhune and Portia Williams. 

Read more about Baby Cafés here.

Registration information coming soon!

We created a logo just for this conference! With the online format, we decided to not have the silent auction this year. Please consider supporting the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes.

Bonfire is open for purchases through Sunday March 7th.

https://www.bonfire.com/store/milk-bank-wgl-fundraising/