• When the System Stops: Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference 2026

    Oglebay Park Resort 465 Lodge Dr, Wheeling, WV, United States

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  • USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation

    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 […]

  • Poster at the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative Summit

    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 […]

  • SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C)

    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 […]

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  • Presenting at the International Association of Emergency Managers Conference

    Long Beach Convention Center 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA, United States

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  • Photovoice Kickoff on Zoom: Thursday Evening Session

    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 the project kickoff and photo training, held on Zoom. Selected participants join one of three sessions: Thursday, […]

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  • Photovoice Kickoff on Zoom: Friday Noon Session

    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 the project kickoff and photo training, held on Zoom. Selected participants join one of three sessions: Thursday, […]

    Free
  • Photovoice Kickoff on Zoom: Saturday Morning Session

    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 the project kickoff and photo training, held on Zoom. Selected participants join one of three sessions: Thursday, […]

    Free
  • SAFE Team Retreat

    We are together in person this week. The team arrives ahead of the Nurse-Family Partnership presentation on the 19th and heads home Sunday. 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 […]

  • Presenting to North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership Home Visitors

    Wrightsville Beach 1 Bob Sawyer Dr, Wrightsville Beach, NC, United States

    The Calm in the Chaos: Protecting Infant Nutrition from House Fires to Hurricanes. The full SAFE Team is at Wrightsville Beach for this one. Norma Escobar is presenting for the North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership Community of Practice. SAFE is the national IYCF-E implementation of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities. BFFC is the blue skies strategy, the […]