The SAFE Team is part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it, through their own photographs.This is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves, ask your questions, and […]
Every Day is Someone’s Emergency: Infant and Young Child Feeding Safety in Disasters and Daily Practice. Melinda Delisle and Corey Graywood are presenting at the NCPHA Fall Educational Conference. It is a joint workshop of the Emergency Preparedness and Response section and the Women’s and Children’s Health section, which is the whole point. Those two […]
Did Hurricane Helene impact your pregnancy, infant feeding journey, or work supporting families? We want to hear your story. Join one of our Photovoice Projects below to share your experience. SEPTEMBER 29TH: 1PM & 7PM OCTOBER 3RD: 10AM & 4PM 3 meetings (one in person) Gift cards available for each Tell your story through photos […]
The SAFE Team is part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it, through their own photographs.This is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves, ask your questions, and […]
The SAFE Team is part of a Photovoice project documenting how families in Western North Carolina fed their babies and young children after Hurricane Helene — told by the people who lived it, through their own photographs.This is a virtual information and recruitment session. Come find out what taking part involves, ask your questions, and […]
When the System Stops: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in Appalachia. Brandi Harrison, Jayne Carpenter, and Love Anderson are on the Day Two panel at the 6th Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. BFFC is the blue skies strategy, the slow work of building communities […]
The US Breastfeeding Committee owns this constellation. We facilitate it. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. BFFC is the blue skies strategy, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business. This is the gray skies work, for the days that strategy gets tested. Constellations are […]
Rachel Fann is presenting a poster at the 2026 VNPC Annual Summit, the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative’s tenth. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. BFFC is the blue skies strategy, the slow work of building communities where feeding a baby is everyone’s business. This is the gray skies work, for […]
We convene S3C quarterly for the people doing this work on the ground: the ones writing the plans, sitting on preparedness committees, and answering the phone when the water goes out. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. BFFC is the blue skies strategy, the slow work of building communities where […]
The Invisible Infrastructure: Securing First Food in the Wake of Hurricane Helene. Ashley Mickelson and Love Anderson are presenting at the IAEM 74th Annual Conference and EMEX, which is the room where the country’s emergency managers actually are. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. BFFC is the blue skies strategy, […]
