Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference 2017
Breastfeeding as Social Justice:
From Crucial Conversations to Inspired Action
March 22-24 2017
Sheraton Hotel, Chapel Hill NC
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Tuesday March 21, 2017
Gather for drinks and/or dinner and pre-conference social meet-up
Wednesday March 22
Time
Session
Speakers
9:30-all
day
9:30 -11
Registration opens
11-11:15
Opening welcome and
overview of the
conference
Paige Hall Smith and the planning team
11:1511:20
11:2012:20
BFIC Scholarship
Program and recognition
Breastfeeding: Women’s
rights
Becky Spencer
Mingling in the lobby
w/coffee, tea, snacks
3 TED talks with images
12:30-1:30 Breastfeeding as Social
Justice: Crucial
Conversations
Health Equity
Gender Equity
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:15
Exhibits open
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Lunch
Breastfeeding as Social
Justice: Crucial
Conversations
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Gender equity
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Abby Theuring: The Right to Breastfeed
Valeria Alves da Florencia: The Right to Breastfeed
Ashlee Wells and Rachel Newhouse: Art + Science:
A photographic exploration of postpartum women’s
experiences with their bodies
Michelle Griswald: Breastfeeding: A critical pathway
to equity across and between generations
Alison Steube and Sarah Verbist: The 4th Trimester:
Inequity in understanding, reaching, and supporting
maternal health
T. Kay Hamlin: Community collaboration &
outreach: Tools that work for breastfeeding &
health equity
Julie Smith: Using feminist economic analyses of
breastfeeding to demonstrate economic values of
breastfeeding and assist advocacy for maternity
protection
Laura Gonzolas: Bonding with baby: Processes of
gender inequality and intimate family dynamics
1
among new parents
3:15-3:20
3:20-4:20
Five-minute stretch break
Social injustices affecting
women’s right to
breastfeed
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Brook Bauer: Mothering and breastfeeding as a
human right
Kathleen Marinelli: Social injustice for women and
children in Bangladesh: I thought I had a clue
Ibtisam Grayeb: Challenges to women’s rights to
breastfeed in pediatric intensive care unit in
Palestine
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4:20-4:40
4:45-5:45
5:50-6:50
6:55-7:20
7:20
Following
the
program
Break
Concurrent Session 1
60-minute discussion sessions
Breastfeeding as Social
Camie Goldhammer
Justice: Historical Trauma
Presentation of the
Miriam H. Labbok Award
for Excellence and talk by
recipient
Wrap up for the day
Paige Hall Smith
Reception: heavy hors d'oeuvres + Cash bar
 Poster viewing (8:00-8:30)
 Recognition Service for Miriam H. Labbok (8:45)
Thursday March 23
Time
Session
Breakfast in the lobby
Registration
9:00-9:15
Opening welcome
9:15-10:00 Human milk for human
health
10:00-11:00 Protecting and expanding
access to human milk
Speakers
8:00 – 9:00
Planning team
Elizabeth Quinn
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JP Dadhich and Julie Smith: Protecting the
planet - Greenhouse gas production
implications of declining breastfeeding and
increased milk formula manufacturing in the
Asia Pacific region
Katie Foss: Miracle elixir or pricy
contaminant? Competing discourses that
impede human milk exchange
Ana Sanchez: Outcomes on preterm babies
after the implementation of human milk
collection centers in primary care clinics in
San Salvador, El Salvador, 2013-2015
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11:00-11:15 Break and exhibitor crawl
11:20-12:20 Expanding our reach and
outreach to all caregivers
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12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:40-2:30
Breastfeeding as social
justice: Reflections from
the world
Moderated: Paige Hall
Smith
2:30-3:00
3:10-4:25
Using CDC Breastfeeding
data to support equity in
your community
Enhancing support for
caregivers around the
world
Moderated discussion of folks reflecting on their
work esp. as related to social justice
 WABA
 ILCA
 USBC
 USAID
 CDC
 Erica Anstey
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4:30-4:45
Break
4:50-5:50
Concurrent session #2
Robyn Lee: Breastfeeding and (re)gendering
care work: ‘womanly’ arts, queer potentials
Stephanie DeVane-Johnson and Janiya
Mitnaul Williams: Breastfeeding complexity
in the African American community:
Unraveling the many layers to normalize
breastfeeding
Ingred Ots: The practice of breastfeeding
among middle class women in urban Mexico:
Tensions, beliefs and controversies
Joan Dodgson: Lessons learned from 5 years
of assessing breastfeeding inequities within
Maricopa County, Arizona: A social justice
perspective
Aimee Eden and Clifton Kenon: Emerging
leaders in lactation scholarship: An IBCLC
workforce diversification effort
Dexter Chagwena et al: Parents’
empowerment campaign to support
breastfeeding through workplace support
initiatives
Beatrice Ogunba: SMS intervention method
for improvement of breastfeeding
knowledge in southwestern Nigeria
60-minute discussion sessions
3
6::00-7:00
7:00
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Inspiring Action:
Community Engagement
and Policy Advocacy
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Tina Sherman: Policy advocacy as a strategy
to address health inequities
Brandi Gates: Community action and
engagement
Wrap up and next day
Dinner on your own in Chapel Hill
Field trip?
Friday March 24
Time
8:00-9:00
Session
Speakers
9-9:15
Breakfast in the lobby
Registration
Opening
Planning Team
9:15-9:45
Strategic directions:
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9:45-11:00
Inspiring Action:
Communities at work
around the world
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11:00
11:10-11:40
11:45-12:45
Grab a cookie on the way
to your concurrent
session!
Concurrent Session #3
Concurrent
Workshops: Skill building
Joan Dodgson: Journal of Human
Lactation
Paige Smith: Breastfeeding and Feminism
Conference
Erica Greene Rosenstock: Working toward
a baby-friendly community: Establishing a
district breastfeeding forum in Israel’s
largest HMO
Krista Olson: “Locally grown”:
Breastfeeding and indigenous food
sovereignty in the Hawaiian Islands
Linda Kopecky: Supporting lactation and
access to human milk for all
Nikia L. Sankofa: Removing barriers to
skilled lactation support
30-minute discussion sessions
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Sadie Wych and Brandi Gates: Community
engagement strategies to assess and address
breastfeeding disparities
Tina Sherman: Policy Advocacy
4
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12:45-1:45
2:00-2:45
2:45-3:30
3:30
Lunch
Relatching—Moving
beyond the controversy
Group discussion:
Inspired actions to
advance breastfeeding
through a social justice
lens
Goodbye and next year
Jodine Chase and Jeanette McCullough:
Social Media
Jane Grassley: Addressing Policy Begins
with Careful Issue Analysis
Erin O’Reilly: The Breasts Dialogue
Elizabeth Brooks: Pebble in a pond:
Advocacy for breastfeeding rights starts
with you
Marion Rice: Biological Integrity - Ethics
and control over human milk
Jennifer Grayson
Facilitate discussion
(Jodine Chase, Jeanette McCullough + )
Paige Hall Smith
Post conference conversation in the bar
60-Minute Discussion Concurrent Sessions
WEDNESDAY
1
Wednesday Sara Brown
Title: Removing Barriers to Skilled Lactation Support
Daina Huntley, Rachel Davis, Karyn Paul
Title: Queen City Cocoa B.E.A.N.S.: A non-profit sponsored organization in
Charlotte, North Carolina
2
Wednesday
Jodine Chase
Title: Harmful Rhetoric in the Human Milk Marketplace
Lydia Hamilton
Title: “We are saving babies:” An integrated modal of Human Milk Banking
in the Midwest US
3
Wednesday
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Title: Barriers to Skilled Lactation Care and/or Disparities in Breastfeeding
Anna Blair
Title: Overlooking the Significance of the Loneliness of Mothers
5
4
Wednesday
5
Wednesday
6
Wednesday
THURSDAY
1
Thursday
Dianne Cassidy
Title: Paying it Forward - Support for the Breastfeeding Mother and Baby
Jada Wright
Title: Breastfeeding and the Ancient Wisdom of Self-Care and Interdependence
Abigail Sanders, Ellen Chetwynd, April Fogleman
Title: Descriptive study of IBCLC access at NC WIC agencies
Grisel M. Rivera, Jessica Bridgman
Title: North Carolina Public Health Breastfeeding Program Initiatives
Hannah Tello
Title: Thinking Beyond the Breast: Biopsychosocial Considerations in Providing
Culturally Competent Breastfeeding Support to Lesbian and Transgender
Parents
Robyn Lee
Title: Breastfeeding and (Re)Gendering Care Work: ‘Womanly’ Arts, Queer
Potentials
Arian Davis
Title: Breastfeeding Experiences of Native Women: The Role of Historical
Trauma
**With Camie Goldhammer
2
Thursday
Amber Valentine and Lillian Scott
Infant Feeding Difficulties - A Look at High-Risk Populations and Supporting
Breastfeeding
3
Thursday
Kim Richey
Title: Improving Breastfeeding Support in Guilford County
Kathleen Anderson and Kathy Parry
Topic: FEEDing Project: Optimal Responsive Feeding for Child Development
4
Thursday
Angela Malloy
Title: Examining Ways to Create Breastfeeding Villages for Women of Color in
the Community
Morristein Holman
Title: The Liberation of Lactation: Building Breastfeeding Equity
5
Thursday
6
Thursday
Margaret E. Davis
Title: Biological Nurturing: Giving Breastfeeding Back to Mothers
Deepa Banker
Title: Study of effect of Kangaroo Family Care on lactation
Marion Rice
Title: Biological Integrity - Ethics and Control Over Human Milk
6
Name & Topic
30 Minute Discussions (Friday)
1
Margaret Melville & Kadie Kovach
Title: Are US Airports breastfeeding friendly: Recommendations for action
2
Jennifer Yourkavitch
Title: How does regular breast milk pumping in the early postpartum period affect
breastfeeding duration for working mothers in the U.S.?
3
Beverly Rossman
Title: Teen Mothers and Breastfeeding in the NICU: Wanting to do the Right
Thing
4
Jodine Chase, Michelle Pensa Branco, Sarah DeYoung
Title: Responding to infant feeding during emergencies: The case of the Fort
McMurray Canada wildfire
5
Tanya Cassady
Title: Babies, Borders and Breastmilk: Cross-cultural considerations involving
milk banking in the UK and Europe
Emily Bronson
Title: The right to breastfeed
6
Workshops (Friday)
1
Elizabeth C. Brooks
Title: Pebble in a Pond: Advocacy for Breastfeeding Rights Starts with You
2
Sadie Wych
(w/ Brandi Gates)
Title: Community Engagement Strategies to Asses and Address Breastfeeding
Disparities
3
Jane Grassley, Jody DeMeyer
Title: Addressing Policy Begins with Careful Issue Analysis
4
Erin O’Reilly
Title: The Breasts Dialogue
5
Tina Sherman
Title: Policy Advocacy
Jodine Chase and Jeanette McCullough
Title: Using social media to disseminate our messages and actions
6
7
Posters
Emily A. Bronson
Topic: Supporting lactation and access to human milk for all
Carolina Maria de Sa Guimaraes, RG Conde, BC Brito, FG
Gomes-Sponholz, M Oria, JCS Monteiro
Title: Early breastfeeding within the first hour of birth between Brazilian
adolescents and adult mothers
Carolina Maria de Sa Guimaraes, RG Conde, BC Brito, FG
Gomes-Sponholz, M Oria, JCS Monteiro
Title: Association of breastfeeding self-efficacy and sociodemographic
characteristics of women in the immediate postpartum period at a Baby Friendly
Maternity in Riberirao Preto, Brazil.
Panagiota Kitsantas
Title: Life Stressors and Breastfeeding Outcomes
Rebecca A. Manktelow
Title: Child Advocacy: Managing Continuity of Care through Safe Breast Milk
Storage Practices
Jennifer M. Weaver, Thomas J. Schofield, Lauren M. Papp
Topic: The value of breastfeeding and human milk for health
Elizabeth Woods, Arissa Palmer, Cindy Young
Title: Partnering to Address Breastfeeding Disparities in LA County
Brandi A. Nations
Title: Community Attitudes about Breastfeeding: The Cultural, Social,
Economic, and Political Forces that Create Barriers to Breastfeeding within
Communities
Anna Blair, Karin Cadwell
Title: Exploring complex issues through lenses of social justice, power and
inequities: Choosing research methods that find Serendipity in Maternal Child
Health Research Lactation Studies
Erica Anstey, Jian Chen, Laurie Elam-Evans, and Cria Perrine
Title: Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding Initiation, Exclusivity, and Duration,
by State – National Immunization Survey, United States, 2011-2015
Kathleen Anderson, Pam Freedman, Amber Chreistis, Susan
O’Hara Brill
Title: Supporting breastfeeding families in the community: The Breastfeeding
Family Friendly Community Initiative
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