Through fall 2024 the SAFE Team delivered near-daily just-in-time volunteer trainings and orientations across Western North Carolina while distributing infant-feeding kits from the Weaverville hub.
Virtual orientation for new SAFE Team volunteers responding to Hurricane Helene.
Hybrid Lunch & Learn on Infant Feeding in Emergencies and Rapid Needs Assessment, hosted at the AmeriHealth Wellness Center in Asheville, NC.
Hybrid Lunch & Learn on infant feeding in emergencies, hosted at the Hendersonville WIC office, Henderson County, NC.
The SAFE Team's weeklong in-person IYCF-E training program ('boot camp') at The Forgery in Weaverville, NC — Sunday-to-Saturday cohorts with a multi-day didactic core.
Presentation to MRT-TI students on building Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team's emergency response.
IYCF-E discussion panel at the New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition annual conference, sharing firsthand lessons from the NC Hurricane Helene response.
Love Anderson presented the 'Safe Infant Feeding in Emergencies' session (10–11am ET, co-presented with Katie Potestio, NYS Dept. of Health) at the Regional Pediatric Preparedness Symposium, hosted by the Capital District Region HEPC Pediatric Preparedness Workgroup at the University at Albany (ETEC Building), Albany, NY.
Two SAFE Team workshops at the 2025 National VOAD Conference, Louisville, KY: 'Supporting Infant Feeding in Disasters' and 'Supporting Pregnant and Lactating Families During Emergencies.'
Opening plenary speaker at the American Society for Nutrition's NUTRITION 2025 conference, Orlando, FL, on nutrition on the frontlines of global health and crisis.
