WALC

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/

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.

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 

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!

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 

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.

Where have the last few months gone!?! The WALC grant application deadline is Monday September 7, 2020. We will consider applications submitted after that date as funding allows. The grant application can be found on our home page under “Scholarships & Grants” https://www.walc.net/application-for-walc-grant/

We encourage you think outside the box. Our families need support and assistance and we need innovative ways to help them! As passionate breastfeeding professionals, we need to find creative ways to create connections and networks of support for families.

Thank you for all you do to support families and please be sure to make time to take care of yourself as well. This is a tough time for all of us. We are stronger together!

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

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

Join WALC, Brown County Breastfeeding Coalition and Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition for a webinar via Zoom, earn 2 CERPS

In this dynamic and interactive discussion, Dr. Zapata will:

• Share her personal journey as a mother of a critically ill premature infant
• Review current black infant mortality rates in WI
• Discuss root causes of inequities in maternal child health outcomes, including race-based stress
• Explore innovative areas of research and community-based initiatives aimed at reducing these inequities

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

To register go to Meetings/Next Meeting at walc.net