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Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants

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Welcome to WALC!

To access the member list or post to the member blog, you will need to login (very top right of this page)  with your password.  Your user name is your first initial and last name (ex. Murphy Brown would be MBrown).  If you don’t know your password, go to the login page and click “Lost your password?”  If you find problems, let us know on the Contact Form on the “About Us” page.

Also – find us on FaceBook:  WALC FaceBook Page

WALC Webinar May 18 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – Baby Cafés- Register Now

Apr 12

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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

Grant Applications Due May 1, 2021

Apr 6

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Grant Applications – It’s that time of year!
When WALC has adequate funds in the treasury, we consider grants to individuals or organizations to fund projects consistent with the purposes of WALC. Please review our statement of purpose here.  
  1) Grant applications must be submitted by a current WALC member. The grant applicant does not necessarily have to be a member of the organization seeking the grant.
  2) Grant applications are reviewed at our May Board meeting. Applications should be submitted by May 1st to be considered at this meeting.  Applications are submitted online. If you cannot apply online, please get in touch and we will discuss alternatives.

Join us for webinar May 18 10:00-12:00 learn more about Baby Cafés!

Mar 29

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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!

The WALC 2021 Conference Merchandise Campaign is live!

Mar 4

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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/

WALC Conference – this week!

Mar 2

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Our WALC Conference is this week!  March 4 & 5.    If you are registered for the conference be sure to read your email from last week and get yourself set up on WHOVA.  And if you haven’t registered, you can still join us by registering ASAP: WALC Conference Registration.

WALC Webinar via Zoom – January 15, 2021

Dec 1

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Friday, January 15, 2021, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Mary Muse, IBCLC, MPH, CHES, LLL, The Role of the Grandmother in Breastfeeding: What Lactation Professionals can learn from Grandmothers in offering lactation support. 

Earn 2 L CERPS, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, followed by WALC Business Meeting

Registration is required.  Registrants will receive a link to Zoom event.

For more information go to Meetings/Next Meeting, WALC.net and to register: Registration 

USLCA Group Renewal Discount

Nov 20

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USLCA Membership Discount – WALC Members get a $10 discount when they join or renew with USLCA.

The WALC Code for discount is walc2021 – it is only applicable when signing up for the “Standard” Membership. The USLCA Group Discount Code Instructions are attached.  Benefits of USLCA membership include:

  • Online Access and Print Subscription to Clinical Lactation
  • 8 Free Recorded Webinars/Year
  • Discounted Live and Recorded Webinars
  • “Find an IBCLC” Directory
  • Access to USLCA’s IBCLC Hub
  • Discounts to Conferences/Regional Workshops

Redeeming a Group Discount Code – revised 2020

WALC General Business Meeting 11.18.20 6:30 p.m.

Nov 16

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We will be holding a General Business Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday November 18th at 6:30 p.m. Please watch your inbox for an invite!

Join La Leche League of WI in Partnership with WALC November 5-6 Online Event

Oct 5

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Continuing Education Webinar 2020 presents Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA

Thursday, November 5, 9:00 AM – Friday, November 6, 4:00 PM, CST, earn 12 CERPS  

A two day online conference – live webinar sessions as well as recording to be viewed once.

Topics will include:

  1. Breastfeeding Makes all the Difference
  2. The Impact of Violence in the Perinatal Period
  3. A New Paradigm in Depression in New Mothers
  4. Nighttime Breastfeeding and PPD/A
  5. Birth Trauma
  6. Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
  7. What We Can Learn from Fed is Best
  8. Should this Study Change my Practice

For information, registration options, cost and “link to register via Eventbrite,” go to walc.net Meetings/Next Meeting 

Reminder – WALC Webinar via Zoom September 18, 2020

Sep 11

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Join us on Friday, September 18, 2020, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Combatting Racial Inequities in Infant Mortalities, Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH

For more information and to register now go to Meetings/Next Meeting at walc.net  Registrants will receive a link to Zoom event.