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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260509
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UID:8294-1778025600-1778284799@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:NC Public Health Preparedness & Response Symposium
DESCRIPTION:SAFE Team session ‘Integrating Specialized Infant Feeding for Community Resilience (IYCF-E)’ at the NC Public Health Preparedness & Response Symposium\, Winston-Salem\, NC.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/nc-public-health-preparedness-response-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513
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UID:8295-1778544000-1778630399@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Nourishing Resilience — Session 9: Managing On-the-Ground Response
DESCRIPTION:Nourishing Resilience training series — Session 9: Managing On-the-Ground Response.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/nourishing-resilience-session-9-managing-on-the-ground-response/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T143000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T173936Z
UID:6850-1778590800-1778596200@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Nourishing Resilience #8 - Managing On-the-Ground Response for IYCF-E
DESCRIPTION:In the event of a disaster or other emergency\, you may determine that active response is needed. After hurricane Helene\, the SAFE Team engaged in an organized\, active response beginning within a week after the storm until daily ground operations wrapped at the end of February. Hear from Digital Coordinators Ashley Mickelson and Rachel Fann\, and Boots-on-the-Ground Coordinator Melinda Delisle\, about how daily operations ran for the SAFE Team. \nIn this session\, we will cover: \n\nWays to determine whether or not an active response is needed\, and how much of one.\nLevels and types of organization for active response.\nEssential elements for a group response.\nFinding volunteers.\nTypes of systems and tools (mostly free and low-cost) to use.\nHow remote digital coordinators are a gift to on-the-ground operations and aid smooth functioning.\n\nIf you are not yet registered\, Register Here. Otherwise\, watch for the reminder emails and join us!
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/nr8-managing-response/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260528
DTSTAMP:20260729T114828Z
CREATED:20260729T114828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114828Z
UID:8296-1779840000-1779926399@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:IABLE Breastfeeding Medicine Deep Dive — IYCF-E Module
DESCRIPTION:IABLE Breastfeeding Medicine Deep Dive — IYCF-E module (live webinar).
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/iable-breastfeeding-medicine-deep-dive-iycf-e-module/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260606
DTSTAMP:20260729T114829Z
CREATED:20260729T114829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114829Z
UID:8297-1780444800-1780703999@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:USBC National Breastfeeding Conference (NBCC26) — Plenary Panel
DESCRIPTION:Plenary panel at the 2026 National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening (USBC)\, Bethesda\, MD.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/usbc-national-breastfeeding-conference-nbcc26-plenary-panel/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260610
DTSTAMP:20260729T114834Z
CREATED:20260729T114834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114834Z
UID:8298-1780963200-1781049599@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Nourishing Resilience — Session 10: Preparing Resilient Communities Pre-Disaster (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:Nourishing Resilience training series — Session 10: Preparing Resilient Communities Pre-Disaster (Part 2).
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/nourishing-resilience-session-10-preparing-resilient-communities-pre-disaster-part-2/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260610
DTSTAMP:20260729T114837Z
CREATED:20260729T114837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114837Z
UID:8299-1780963200-1781049599@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:2nd Annual Dr. Michael Frogel Memorial Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Conference
DESCRIPTION:SAFE Team participation in the 2nd Annual Dr. Michael Frogel Memorial Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Conference (virtual).
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/2nd-annual-dr-michael-frogel-memorial-pediatric-disaster-preparedness-conference/
CATEGORIES:Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260624
DTSTAMP:20260729T114840Z
CREATED:20260729T114840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114840Z
UID:8300-1782086400-1782259199@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:KLIC Lactation & Collaboration Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:SAFE Team at the Kentuckiana Lactation Improvement Coalition (KLIC) Lactation and Collaboration Summit 2026\, Louisville\, KY.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/klic-lactation-collaboration-summit-2026/
CATEGORIES:Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260715
DTSTAMP:20260729T114841Z
CREATED:20260729T114841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114841Z
UID:8301-1783987200-1784073599@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Nourishing Resilience — Session 11: Influencing Policies for Better Preparedness
DESCRIPTION:Nourishing Resilience training series — Session 11: Influencing Policies for Better Preparedness.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/nourishing-resilience-session-11-influencing-policies-for-better-preparedness/
CATEGORIES:Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260718
DTSTAMP:20260729T114843Z
CREATED:20260729T114843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T114843Z
UID:8302-1783987200-1784332799@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:NACCHO360 Annual Conference — SAFE Team Poster
DESCRIPTION:SAFE Team poster at the NACCHO360 Annual Conference\, Louisville\, KY.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/naccho360-annual-conference-safe-team-poster/
CATEGORIES:Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260808
DTSTAMP:20260726T121703Z
CREATED:20260726T121703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T121703Z
UID:7250-1785542400-1786147199@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:World Breastfeeding Week
DESCRIPTION:World Breastfeeding Week is hosted by WABA\, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action. \nIt was a call to action from WABA that started the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community. That framework is what SAFE implements when the weather turns. This week is where our whole line of work begins. \nIt is easy to let an awareness week pass\, and easier still in emergency response\, where the work is measured in deployments and not in observances. But these calls to action\, and the accountability that comes with them\, are the reason any of this is anybody’s business. Take the week. \nWABA publishes a full week of materials and a call to action each year. Follow their lead\, and celebrate it where you are.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/world-breastfeeding-week/
CATEGORIES:National,Observances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260804T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260804T143000
DTSTAMP:20260726T105122Z
CREATED:20260726T105122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T105122Z
UID:7203-1785848400-1785853800@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSAFE 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. \nAn emergency does not wait for a community to figure out how babies will be fed. This is where we work through what is actually happening where you are\, what is stuck\, and what the rest of us have already learned the hard way. \nCome with foundational IYCF-E knowledge from training\, coursework\, or response experience. Registration required.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/safe-support-and-strategic-core-s3c/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260819
DTSTAMP:20260815T141456Z
CREATED:20260815T141456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T141456Z
UID:8633-1787011200-1787097599@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Greensboro CDSA Staff Training Day
DESCRIPTION:Rachel is delivering infant and young child feeding in emergencies training for staff at the Greensboro Children’s Developmental Services Agency\, in Greensboro\, North Carolina. This is a closed staff training day rather than a public session. Sixty to seventy attendees are expected.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/greensboro-cdsa-staff-training-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T123000
DTSTAMP:20260815T141342Z
CREATED:20260815T141342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T141342Z
UID:8631-1787050800-1787056200@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition Webinar
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to infant and young child feeding in emergencies\, presented for the Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition. Ashley Mickelson is presenting\, with Rachel providing webinar support. Ninety minutes covering what IYCF-E is\, what the SAFE Team learned running the infant feeding response in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene\, and what a state coalition can do to prepare before the next disaster. Registration is handled by the Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/minnesota-breastfeeding-coalition-webinar/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T113000
DTSTAMP:20261024T141332Z
CREATED:20260829T182818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261024T141332Z
UID:7217-1790589600-1790595000@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Training Durham's Community Advisory Board Partners
DESCRIPTION:View the training slides Printable handouts \nSAFE Infant Feeding in Micro-Emergencies. A training for Durham’s home visitors and direct service staff\, led by Love Anderson and Rachel Fann and delivered by the Breastfeed Durham team. \nMost emergencies are small. A house fire\, an eviction\, a power cut\, a breakdown on the highway with a cooler of milk in the back. They do not make the news and they do not activate an emergency operations center\, but they separate a baby from their feeding plan just as effectively as a hurricane does. The people who catch them are home visitors\, and they are usually already in the house. \n\nEverything from the training\, in one place\nFamilies: this list now has a permanent home on the Breastfeed Durham website\, kept up to date: breastfeeddurham.org/emergency. The short address safeinfantfeeding.org/durham and the QR code on the handouts go there too. \nJump to: Printable handouts · Feeding babies safely · Emergency kit checklist · Family preparedness · Communication boards · Durham County · Staying together · More \nPrintable handouts\nPrint these for families or keep them in your visit bag. Each is one page\, in English and Spanish\, with the QR code back to this page. \nResources for families and the people who serve themOne page · PDFLet’s build a family emergency kitOne-page checklist · PDF\nEn español: Recursos para las familias y quienes las atienden (PDF) · Preparemos un kit de emergencia familiar (PDF) \nFeeding babies safely\n\nInfant Feeding Safety Scale: the safest to least safe ways to feed a baby. This is the hierarchy from the table activity.\nSAFE Infant Feeding Quick Reference Guide / Guía de referencia rápida: simple picture instructions for families\, in English and Spanish.\nPreparing powdered formula safely in an emergency: the water temperature matters more than anything else.\nDIY cold sanitation kit / en español: clean bottles\, pump parts\, and cups without power or hot water.\nStoring formula safely: opened and unopened containers.\nPlanning ahead for winter weather with infants and young children\nShort videos: Safe infant feeding in emergencies · Hand expression · Infant carrying · Keeping baby warm / en español\nCDC resources for families and the full CDC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Toolkit\nAll SAFE Team family resources\nWant to go deeper? Nourishing Resilience is our free recorded training series on infant and young child feeding in emergencies.\n\nLet’s build a family emergency kit\nMost families pack a large waterproof tub (or two) for shared supplies and a small backpack for each person with their clothes\, medications\, and copies of documents in case you get separated. Plan for at least four days. Keep a master list inside the kit and check it every 6 months\, or sooner when your family’s needs change. Tap each section to open it\, or print the one-page checklist (en español). \n\nFood\, water\, and kitchen\n\nAt least 8 gallons of water per person (2 gallons per person per day)\, more if it is hot\nNon-perishable food for everyone in the family\nCamp stove and fuel\nUtensils\, dishes\, and a water bottle for each person\nBasic cookware and cooking utensils\nManual can opener\nDishwashing supplies: soap\, scrub brushes\, bottle and straw brushes\nZip-top bags in several sizes\nWater purification tablets\, or plain unscented bleach (nothing added) for purifying water\nWater filter\, and written instructions for purifying water\nPaper towels\nA bin for washing items\n\n\n\nBaby and kids\n\nDiapers or training pants\, diaper ointment\, and wipes\n3 to 4 complete changes of clothes\nBaby carrier\nA small cooler you can pack quickly with expressed breast milk and ice packs\nIf breastfeeding: breast pads\, a manual breast pump\, and milk storage bags\nDisposable cups for cup feeding\nIf formula feeding: enough ready-to-feed formula for 4 days (a fully formula-fed baby usually takes 24 to 32 oz a day; small single-feed bottles mean nothing has to be kept cold)\, disposable bottle nipples\, and bottles if you use them\nBaby food or your child’s preferred snacks\nAny special cups\, plates\, or utensils your child prefers\nComfort items: blanket\, stuffed animal\, sensory tools\nToys\, books\, and games\nA laminated “All About Me!” form for each child\nA laminated Emergency Information Form for each child (the AAP has one to download)\n\n\n\nMedical and first aid\n\nPrescription medications\, with instructions\nWritten contact information for every provider\nImportant medical records\nBackup power for medical equipment\nElectrolyte powder\nOver-the-counter medications: allergy\, pain\, NSAID\, antibiotic ointment\, antacid\nFirst aid kit: bandages\, elastic bandage\, gauze\, tourniquet\, foil blanket\, gloves\, scissors\, medical tape\, thermometer\n\n\n\nHousehold supplies\n\n2 to 3 complete changes of clothes and a change of shoes for each person\nFlashlights or headlamps\, batteries\, and lanterns (solar is best)\nChargers\, battery packs\, and solar chargers\nEmergency broadcast radio\nPocket knife or multi-tool\, duct tape\, rope or paracord\, and a tarp\nToilet paper\, menstrual products\, and other toiletries\nDisinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer\nBlankets and trash bags\nN95 masks\n\n\n\nAssistive technology\n\nBackup communication boards (see communication boards below)\nA list of your child’s usual supports and devices\nChargers and backup power for devices\n\n\n\nPets\n\nPet food\, water\, and bowls\nVeterinary records\, including vaccines\nMedications\nLeash\, toys\, and a blanket or travel bed\n\n\n\nDocuments (in a waterproof pouch)\n\nAn Emergency Information Form for each family member and an “All About Me!” form for each child\nCopies of power of attorney documents\, wills\, and other legal documents\nCopies of ID: birth certificates\, Social Security cards\, driver licenses\, passports\, National Child ID Program cards\nVehicle titles and your house deed or lease\nProvider lists and medication lists for each family member\nHealth insurance cards\nEmergency contacts and other important phone numbers\nRecent photos of every family member and pet\, alone and together\nBank\, credit card\, and loan contact information\nWhere the nearest shelter that meets your family’s needs is\, and where the Family Assistance Center will be\nA list of what is in your kit\n\n\n\nMiscellaneous\n\nSpare house and car keys\nEmergency cash (cards may not work)\nPlaying cards or activity books\nA paper map or road atlas\n\n\nFamily preparedness\n\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics: disaster preparedness for families\, including the Emergency Information Form\nSesame Workshop: helping children get ready for emergencies (English and Spanish)\nReady.gov: Ready Kids\nNational Pediatric Disaster Coalition: resources for children and families\n\nEmergency communication boards\nMany children have a harder time communicating under stress. Pack a printed board even if your child usually talks. \n\nTemple University Institute on Disabilities: emergency picture communication aid\nProject Core\, UNC Chapel Hill Center for Literacy and Disability Studies: printable core vocabulary boards\n\nDurham County\n\nAlert Durham: free emergency alerts by text\, call\, or email for the addresses you choose.\nWould someone in your home need help evacuating (no car\, medical equipment that needs power\, a disability)? Durham’s online sign-up for this is not working right now\, so call Durham County Emergency Services at (919) 560-8285 and ask how to let Emergency Management know.\nFeeding help in Durham: Breastfeed Durham\n\nStaying together\nPick a family code word\, and make sure your child’s caregivers and child care program know your emergency plan and theirs. \n\nNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children: disaster preparedness and reunification\, including family emergency playbooks in English and Spanish\nUnaccompanied Minors Disaster Registry (only active during a declared disaster)\nNational Child ID Program kit\nTeam Adam: retired law enforcement who help find children separated from their families in a disaster\nNational Emergency Child Care Network: free emergency child care for any family in a disaster or a personal crisis like a house fire\, job loss\, or medical emergency. Fill out their form online and trained volunteers come to you.\n\nMore\n\nDisaster birth plan (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)\nChild Trends: toolkit for child welfare agencies to help young people heal and thrive during and after natural disasters\nSimple activities for children and adolescents: written during COVID\, and just as useful for any long stretch at home or in a shelter\n\nResources and kit checklist compiled by Rachel Fann\, MS\, CCC-SLP\, CLC\, SAFE Infant Feeding Team. \n \nScan to open the family list on your phone: breastfeeddurham.org/emergency \n\n\nAbout SAFE\nSAFE is the national IYCF-E (infant and young child feeding in emergencies) 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. \nThis is a closed session for Community Advisory Board core partners (DBNC staff and volunteers\, Healthy Families Durham\, and Family Connects Durham) along with Early Head Start home-based staff. The resources on this page are open to everyone.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/safe-infant-feeding-in-micro-emergencies/
LOCATION:Book Harvest\, 2501 University Drive\, Durham\, NC\, 27707\, United States
CATEGORIES:Durham,Presentations,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T140000
DTSTAMP:20260929T171408Z
CREATED:20260805T012214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T171408Z
UID:8514-1790686800-1790690400@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Did Hurricane Helene impact your pregnancy\, infant feeding journey\, or work supporting families? We want to hear your story. Join one of our Photovoice info sessions on Zoom to learn more. \nJoin on Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/4292749710 \nFour sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: \n\nTuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm ET\nTuesday\, September 29 at 7:00 pm ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 4:00 pm ET\n\nCan’t make a session?\nFill out the WNC Photovoice Project interest form. You will be notified of your acceptance to the project using the contact information you provide. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\n3 meetings (one in person)\nGift cards available for each\nTell your story through photos\nHave your photos and story featured at a special community event\n\nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. \nDownload the flyer (PDF)
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T200000
DTSTAMP:20260929T171424Z
CREATED:20260805T012215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T171424Z
UID:8515-1790708400-1790712000@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Did Hurricane Helene impact your pregnancy\, infant feeding journey\, or work supporting families? We want to hear your story. Join one of our Photovoice info sessions on Zoom to learn more. \nJoin on Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/4292749710 \nFour sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: \n\nTuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm ET\nTuesday\, September 29 at 7:00 pm ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 4:00 pm ET\n\nCan’t make a session?\nFill out the WNC Photovoice Project interest form. You will be notified of your acceptance to the project using the contact information you provide. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\n3 meetings (one in person)\nGift cards available for each\nTell your story through photos\nHave your photos and story featured at a special community event\n\nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. \nDownload the flyer (PDF)
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session-2/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T170000
DTSTAMP:20260729T140429Z
CREATED:20260729T140429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T140429Z
UID:7233-1790868600-1790874000@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Presenting at the North Carolina Public Health Association Conference
DESCRIPTION:Every Day is Someone’s Emergency: Infant and Young Child Feeding Safety in Disasters and Daily Practice. \nMelinda 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 rooms do not meet often enough. \nSAFE 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. \nThe conference theme this year is From the Mountain to the Coast: Public Health for all North Carolinians. This state’s public health workforce is the room this has to land in. Emergency infant feeding is not a specialty topic in North Carolina anymore. After Helene it is a job description. And the title says the rest of it: the house fire on a Tuesday counts too. \nThe Fall Educational Conference runs September 30 through October 2 at the Embassy Suites Convention Center in Concord. Registration and the full agenda are on the NCPHA website.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/every-day-is-someones-emergency-infant-and-young-child-feeding-safety-in-disasters-and-daily-practice/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Convention Center Concord\, 5400 John Q Hammons Dr NW\, Concord\, NC\, 28027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Presentations,Statewide,Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T110000
DTSTAMP:20260929T171430Z
CREATED:20260805T012216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T171430Z
UID:8516-1791021600-1791025200@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Did Hurricane Helene impact your pregnancy\, infant feeding journey\, or work supporting families? We want to hear your story. Join one of our Photovoice info sessions on Zoom to learn more. \nJoin on Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/4292749710 \nFour sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: \n\nTuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm ET\nTuesday\, September 29 at 7:00 pm ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 4:00 pm ET\n\nCan’t make a session?\nFill out the WNC Photovoice Project interest form. You will be notified of your acceptance to the project using the contact information you provide. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\n3 meetings (one in person)\nGift cards available for each\nTell your story through photos\nHave your photos and story featured at a special community event\n\nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. \nDownload the flyer (PDF)
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session-3/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T170000
DTSTAMP:20260929T171437Z
CREATED:20260805T012217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T171437Z
UID:8517-1791043200-1791046800@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Virtual Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Did Hurricane Helene impact your pregnancy\, infant feeding journey\, or work supporting families? We want to hear your story. Join one of our Photovoice info sessions on Zoom to learn more. \nJoin on Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/4292749710 \nFour sessions are offered. Come to whichever one fits: \n\nTuesday\, September 29 at 1:00 pm ET\nTuesday\, September 29 at 7:00 pm ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 10:00 am ET\nSaturday\, October 3 at 4:00 pm ET\n\nCan’t make a session?\nFill out the WNC Photovoice Project interest form. You will be notified of your acceptance to the project using the contact information you provide. \nWhat taking part looks like\n\n3 meetings (one in person)\nGift cards available for each\nTell your story through photos\nHave your photos and story featured at a special community event\n\nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. \nDownload the flyer (PDF)
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-virtual-info-session-4/
LOCATION:Online / Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261010
DTSTAMP:20261008T201427Z
CREATED:20261008T200620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T201427Z
UID:7238-1791504000-1791590399@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:When the System Stops: Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:View the slides Printable handouts \nWhen the System Stops: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in Appalachia. Brandi Harrison\, Jayne Carpenter\, and Love Anderson at the 6th Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference\, Friday\, October 9\, 2026\, at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling\, West Virginia. Brandi and Jayne are the two Western North Carolina IBCLCs who put out the call for help after Hurricane Helene. The SAFE Team grew out of that call. \nAppalachia has already lived this. When the roads wash out and the power stays off for a week\, the formula supply chain and the lactation support system fail at the same time\, and the families furthest up the holler feel it first. Every emergency plan we have seen assumes someone else is handling the babies. This session is about what a community can put in place before the water rises. \n\nEverything from the session\, in one place\nShare this page with coworkers and families. The short address is safeinfantfeeding.org/appalachia. \nJump to: Printable handouts · Before the next storm · Feeding babies safely · Emergency kit checklist · Family preparedness · Communication boards · Your county · Staying together · More \nPrintable handouts\nPrint these for families or keep them in your bag. Each is one page\, with the QR code back to this page. \nResources for families and the people who serve themOne page · PDFLet’s build a family emergency kitOne-page checklist · PDF\nEn español: Preparemos un kit de emergencia familiar (PDF) \nBefore the next storm: for lactation professionals\, coalitions\, and counties\n\nAsk every pregnant family one question: what is your plan to feed your baby if the water and power go out?\nLearn your county emergency manager’s name\, and make sure they know yours. Setting up local infant and young child feeding emergency preparedness walks through the first steps.\nDoes your emergency plan account for infants? A quick self-assessment for agencies and coalitions.\nRapid Needs Assessment: the right questions to ask a family in the first few minutes.\nSanitation kit guide: build one kit and teach one family how to clean feeding supplies without power or hot water.\nIYCF-E County Policy Adoption Toolkit: what to ask your county to put in writing.\nPut infant feeding on your coalition’s next agenda\, and sign up for the SAFE Team newsletter to stay connected.\n\nFeeding babies safely\n\nInfant Feeding Safety Scale: the safest to least safe ways to feed a baby. This is the hierarchy from the table activity.\nSAFE Infant Feeding Quick Reference Guide / Guía de referencia rápida: simple picture instructions for families\, in English and Spanish.\nPreparing powdered formula safely in an emergency: the water temperature matters more than anything else.\nDIY cold sanitation kit / en español: clean bottles\, pump parts\, and cups without power or hot water.\nStoring formula safely: opened and unopened containers.\nPlanning ahead for winter weather with infants and young children\nShort videos: Safe infant feeding in emergencies · Hand expression · Infant carrying · Keeping baby warm / en español\nCDC resources for families and the full CDC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Toolkit\nAll SAFE Team family resources\nWant to go deeper? Nourishing Resilience is our free recorded training series on infant and young child feeding in emergencies.\n\nLet’s build a family emergency kit\nMost families pack a large waterproof tub (or two) for shared supplies and a small backpack for each person with their clothes\, medications\, and copies of documents in case you get separated. Plan for at least four days. Keep a master list inside the kit and check it every 6 months\, or sooner when your family’s needs change. Tap each section to open it\, or print the one-page checklist (en español). \n\nFood\, water\, and kitchen\n\nAt least 8 gallons of water per person (2 gallons per person per day)\, more if it is hot\nNon-perishable food for everyone in the family\nCamp stove and fuel\nUtensils\, dishes\, and a water bottle for each person\nBasic cookware and cooking utensils\nManual can opener\nDishwashing supplies: soap\, scrub brushes\, bottle and straw brushes\nZip-top bags in several sizes\nWater purification tablets\, or plain unscented bleach (nothing added) for purifying water\nWater filter\, and written instructions for purifying water\nPaper towels\nA bin for washing items\n\n\n\nBaby and kids\n\nDiapers or training pants\, diaper ointment\, and wipes\n3 to 4 complete changes of clothes\nBaby carrier\nA small cooler you can pack quickly with expressed breast milk and ice packs\nIf breastfeeding: breast pads\, a manual breast pump\, and milk storage bags\nDisposable cups for cup feeding\nIf formula feeding: enough ready-to-feed formula for 4 days (a fully formula-fed baby usually takes 24 to 32 oz a day; small single-feed bottles mean nothing has to be kept cold)\, disposable bottle nipples\, and bottles if you use them\nBaby food or your child’s preferred snacks\nAny special cups\, plates\, or utensils your child prefers\nComfort items: blanket\, stuffed animal\, sensory tools\nToys\, books\, and games\nA laminated “All About Me!” form for each child\nA laminated Emergency Information Form for each child (the AAP has one to download)\n\n\n\nMedical and first aid\n\nPrescription medications\, with instructions\nWritten contact information for every provider\nImportant medical records\nBackup power for medical equipment\nElectrolyte powder\nOver-the-counter medications: allergy\, pain\, NSAID\, antibiotic ointment\, antacid\nFirst aid kit: bandages\, elastic bandage\, gauze\, tourniquet\, foil blanket\, gloves\, scissors\, medical tape\, thermometer\n\n\n\nHousehold supplies\n\n2 to 3 complete changes of clothes and a change of shoes for each person\nFlashlights or headlamps\, batteries\, and lanterns (solar is best)\nChargers\, battery packs\, and solar chargers\nEmergency broadcast radio\nPocket knife or multi-tool\, duct tape\, rope or paracord\, and a tarp\nToilet paper\, menstrual products\, and other toiletries\nDisinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer\nBlankets and trash bags\nN95 masks\n\n\n\nAssistive technology\n\nBackup communication boards (see communication boards below)\nA list of your child’s usual supports and devices\nChargers and backup power for devices\n\n\n\nPets\n\nPet food\, water\, and bowls\nVeterinary records\, including vaccines\nMedications\nLeash\, toys\, and a blanket or travel bed\n\n\n\nDocuments (in a waterproof pouch)\n\nAn Emergency Information Form for each family member and an “All About Me!” form for each child\nCopies of power of attorney documents\, wills\, and other legal documents\nCopies of ID: birth certificates\, Social Security cards\, driver licenses\, passports\, National Child ID Program cards\nVehicle titles and your house deed or lease\nProvider lists and medication lists for each family member\nHealth insurance cards\nEmergency contacts and other important phone numbers\nRecent photos of every family member and pet\, alone and together\nBank\, credit card\, and loan contact information\nWhere the nearest shelter that meets your family’s needs is\, and where the Family Assistance Center will be\nA list of what is in your kit\n\n\n\nMiscellaneous\n\nSpare house and car keys\nEmergency cash (cards may not work)\nPlaying cards or activity books\nA paper map or road atlas\n\n\nFamily preparedness\n\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics: disaster preparedness for families\, including the Emergency Information Form\nSesame Workshop: helping children get ready for emergencies (English and Spanish)\nReady.gov: Ready Kids\nNational Pediatric Disaster Coalition: resources for children and families\n\nEmergency communication boards\nMany children have a harder time communicating under stress. Pack a printed board even if your child usually talks. \n\nTemple University Institute on Disabilities: emergency picture communication aid\nProject Core\, UNC Chapel Hill Center for Literacy and Disability Studies: printable core vocabulary boards\n\nYour county\n\nSign up for your county’s free emergency alerts by text\, call\, or email. Most counties offer them; search your county’s name and “emergency alerts.”\nWould someone in your home need help evacuating (no car\, medical equipment that needs power\, a disability)? Ask your county emergency management office how to let them know before an emergency.\nFeeding help: your local WIC office\, lactation support near you\, and the Appalachian Breastfeeding Network\, which runs a breastfeeding hotline for families.\n\nStaying together\nPick a family code word\, and make sure your child’s caregivers and child care program know your emergency plan and theirs. \n\nNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children: disaster preparedness and reunification\, including family emergency playbooks in English and Spanish\nUnaccompanied Minors Disaster Registry (only active during a declared disaster)\nNational Child ID Program kit\nTeam Adam: retired law enforcement who help find children separated from their families in a disaster\n\nMore\n\nDisaster birth plan (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)\nChild Trends: toolkit for child welfare agencies to help young people heal and thrive during and after natural disasters\nSimple activities for children and adolescents: written during COVID\, and just as useful for any long stretch at home or in a shelter\n\nResources and kit checklist compiled by Rachel Fann\, MS\, CCC-SLP\, CLC\, SAFE Infant Feeding Team. \n \nScan to open this page on your phone: safeinfantfeeding.org/appalachia \n\n\nAbout SAFE\nSAFE is the national IYCF-E (infant and young child feeding in emergencies) 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. \nHosted by the Appalachian Breastfeeding Network at the 6th Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference\, celebrating ten years of ABN. The resources on this page are open to everyone.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/when-the-system-stops-infant-and-young-child-feeding-in-emergencies-in-appalachia/
LOCATION:Oglebay Park Resort\, 465 Lodge Dr\, Wheeling\, WV\, 26003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,National,Presentations,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T140000
DTSTAMP:20260726T105449Z
CREATED:20260726T105449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T105449Z
UID:7210-1791982800-1791986400@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation
DESCRIPTION:The US Breastfeeding Committee owns this constellation. We facilitate it. \nSAFE 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. \nConstellations are how USBC does collective work. Member organizations commit to a shared piece of the national agenda and meet over time to actually move it. Facilitating the infant and young child feeding in emergencies constellation means this conversation now has a permanent home inside the national coalition instead of living in a handful of people’s inboxes. \nParticipation is open to US Breastfeeding Committee member organizations. If your organization is a USBC member and you want a seat at this table\, contact USBC for an invitation. If you are not a member yet\, that is the first step\, and it is worth taking.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/usbc-infant-and-young-child-feeding-in-emergencies-constellation/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T235959
DTSTAMP:20260729T140431Z
CREATED:20260729T140431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T140431Z
UID:7221-1792972800-1793059199@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Poster at the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative Summit
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Fann is presenting a poster at the 2026 VNPC Annual Summit\, the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative’s tenth. \nSAFE 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. \nThe summit theme is 10 Years of Impact: Learning\, Improving and Sharing\, and it puts community and clinical providers in the same room — which is exactly where this work has to travel. Virginia is not our state\, and that is the point. What we learned in North Carolina after Helene stops being useful the moment it stays in North Carolina. \nThe summit runs October 25 and 26 in Richmond. Registration is through VCU\, and the venue has not been announced yet.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/2026-vnpc-annual-summit/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,National,Presentations,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T143000
DTSTAMP:20260726T105244Z
CREATED:20260726T105244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T105244Z
UID:7207-1793710800-1793716200@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSAFE 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. \nAn emergency does not wait for a community to figure out how babies will be fed. This is where we work through what is actually happening where you are\, what is stuck\, and what the rest of us have already learned the hard way. \nCome with foundational IYCF-E knowledge from training\, coursework\, or response experience. Registration required.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/safe-support-and-strategic-core-s3c-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T120000
DTSTAMP:20261024T134012Z
CREATED:20261022T175215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261024T134012Z
UID:7243-1794222000-1794225600@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Presenting at the International Association of Emergency Managers Conference
DESCRIPTION:View the slides Workbook and handouts \nThe Invisible Infrastructure: Securing “First Food” in the Wake of Hurricane Helene. Ashley Mickelson and Love Anderson at the IAEM 74th Annual Conference and EMEX\, which is the room where the country’s emergency managers actually are. \nMonday\, November 9\, 2026\, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PacificRoom 102A\, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center\, Long Beach\, California. The conference runs November 6 through 12 (full program). Hashtag: #IAEM26. \nSAFE 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. \nHelene showed what happens when the infrastructure that feeds infants is invisible in a plan. It is not a shelter supply line and it is not a medical annex. It is a system of people\, and when it breaks there is no form for it. This session makes the case to emergency managers that first food belongs in the plan before the storm\, not in the after action report. \n\nEverything from the session\, in one place\nShare this page with your team. The short address is safeinfantfeeding.org/iaem. \nJump to: Workbook and handouts · What the session covers · Start here: five documents · Tools to take home · Shelters and distribution sites · Training · Bulletin article · Speakers \nWorkbook and handouts\nPrint the handout and workbook\, or keep them on your phone. They are also in the IAEM conference app under the session. \nIYCF-E Basics for Emergency ManagersOne-page handout · PDFConference workbookSelf-assessment\, county policy template\, rapid needs assessment · 19 pages · PDFThe slidesView on Canva\nWhat the session covers\nWhen Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September 2024\, no plan at any level of government said who was responsible for feeding babies and toddlers. Volunteers filled the gap. Infant feeding specialists deployed nine days after landfall and\, over the months that followed\, ran more than 5\,000 rapid needs assessments\, moved about 250\,000 ounces of donor human milk\, distributed more than 7\,000 SAFE infant feeding kits\, and supported more than 300 relief organizations across seven counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. That was luck\, not a plan. \nBy the end of the session\, participants will be able to: \n\nAnalyze the physiological and immunological risks (dehydration\, waterborne pathogens) that infants face during infrastructure collapse.\nEvaluate county Emergency Operations Plans against the Operational Guidance on Infant Feeding in Emergencies (OG-IFE) to find the gaps in infant and young child feeding support.\nDesign a “donation gatekeeper” protocol and a mother-baby area plan for local mass care settings.\nCoordinate between clinical lactation specialists (IBCLCs) and emergency logistics teams so breastfeeding is protected and ready-to-feed formula distribution is targeted and safe.\n\nStart here: five documents you already keep\nYou do not need a new plan. You need infant feeding written into the documents you already maintain. \n\nThe EOP and the ESF-6 annex. Name who is responsible for infants and young children\, and name the infant feeding specialists on your contact list before the storm. The IYCF-E County Policy Adoption Toolkit has the language\, and the workbook above includes a sample county policy.\nThe shelter plan and walkthrough checklist. A private\, non-bathroom place to feed\, a place to wash feeding supplies\, potable water\, an outlet\, a small refrigerator for expressed milk. Shelters and congregate areas.\nRegistration and intake. Ask every family with a child under two how the child is fed. The Rapid Needs Assessment is the right questions for the first few minutes\, and it is reprinted in the workbook.\nLogistics and resource typing. Ready-to-feed formula in single-serve containers\, disposable nipples and cups\, cold sanitation kits. Powdered formula needs water at 158°F. How much formula to stock and the sanitation kit guide.\nThe training and exercise plan. Put a family with a newborn in your next tabletop. Nourishing Resilience is our free recorded training series.\n\nTools to take home\n\nDoes your emergency plan account for infants? A quick self-assessment for agencies and coalitions.\nSetting up local infant and young child feeding emergency preparedness: the first steps for a county.\nCreating a resource list for IYCF-E connections: who to have on the contact list before a disaster.\nResources for emergency managers\, including the federal precedents (the PETS Act and the Child Care and Development Block Grant disaster plan rule) and what they leave out.\nWhen donated milk shows up and SAFE’s position on donations in emergencies: how to manage unsolicited formula and milk.\nInfant Feeding Safety Scale: the safest to least safe ways to feed a baby. This is the hierarchy from the scenario slides.\nLearning the language of emergency management: for the lactation and public health people in your community who want to work with you.\nCDC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Toolkit\, including safe\, family-friendly spaces in emergency shelters.\nManaging donations (Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute).\n\nShelters\, points of distribution\, and partners\n\nShelters and congregate areas\nPoints of distribution\nVOADs\nDisaster case managers and direct survivor support\nFor families and caregivers\, including picture instructions in English and Spanish and preparing powdered formula safely in an emergency.\nBuild It: everything we learned about standing up an infant feeding response\, from deciding whether to act to the field coordinator SOP.\n\nTraining and support\n\nNourishing Resilience: eleven recorded sessions on infant and young child feeding in emergencies\, free.\nSAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C): implementation support for teams building this in their own community.\nTechnical assistance: tabletop exercises\, plan development\, and trainings for emergency managers\, public health preparedness staff\, and shelter teams. Bring us to your community.\nSign up for the SAFE Team newsletter.\n\nThe companion article\n“Anchored in Writing: Putting Infant Feeding Into Your Policies and Procedures\,” by Ashley Mickelson and Love Anderson\, was accepted for the IAEM Bulletin conference issue\, “IAEM 2026: Charting through Preparedness\, Anchored in Resilience.” IAEM keeps the conference issue open to non-members for a year. We will link it here when it is published. \nSpeakers\nAshley Mickelson\, MS\, NLP\, CCC-SLP\, IBCLC\, Communications Director\, SAFE Infant Feeding Team. A medical speech-language pathologist and lactation consultant working at the intersection of feeding and swallowing across the lifespan\, Ashley served as the SAFE Team’s digital coordinator during the Helene response and sits on the National VOAD Children and Disasters Subcommittee and the National Pediatric Disaster Coalition. ash@safeinfantfeeding.org \nLove Anderson\, President and CEO\, Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities\, and cofounder of the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. Love chairs the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition and serves on the board of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee. After Helene\, Breastfeeding Communities in Western North Carolina grew into the SAFE Team\, which now works on national policy for infant and young child feeding in emergencies. love@breastfeedingcommunities.org \nHandout and workbook by Ashley Mickelson\, SAFE Infant Feeding Team. Workbook policy template developed by Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities as part of the SAFE Infant Feeding Project\, in partnership with the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition. \n \nScan to open this page on your phone: safeinfantfeeding.org/iaem \n\n\nAbout SAFE\nSAFE is the national IYCF-E (infant and young child feeding in emergencies) 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. \nThe SAFE Infant Feeding Team is committed to protecting and supporting the feeding practices of all families. Our programs and materials are guided by and in full compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent World Health Assembly resolutions. The resources on this page are open to everyone.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/the-invisible-infrastructure-securing-first-food-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene/
LOCATION:Long Beach Convention Center\, 300 E Ocean Blvd\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,National,Presentations,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T200000
DTSTAMP:20261024T142227Z
CREATED:20261024T141623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261024T142227Z
UID:9077-1794510000-1794513600@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Kickoff on Zoom: Thursday Evening Session
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is the project kickoff and photo training\, held on Zoom. Selected participants join one of three sessions: Thursday\, November 12 at 7 pm\, Friday\, November 13 at noon\, or Saturday\, November 14 at 10 am\, all Eastern. The Zoom link is emailed to participants. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-kickoff-on-zoom-thursday-evening-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T130000
DTSTAMP:20261024T142252Z
CREATED:20261024T141624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261024T142252Z
UID:9078-1794571200-1794574800@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Kickoff on Zoom: Friday Noon Session
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is the project kickoff and photo training\, held on Zoom. Selected participants join one of three sessions: Thursday\, November 12 at 7 pm\, Friday\, November 13 at noon\, or Saturday\, November 14 at 10 am\, all Eastern. The Zoom link is emailed to participants. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-kickoff-on-zoom-friday-noon-session/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T110000
DTSTAMP:20261024T142309Z
CREATED:20261024T141626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261024T142309Z
UID:9079-1794650400-1794654000@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Photovoice Kickoff on Zoom: Saturday Morning Session
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is the project kickoff and photo training\, held on Zoom. Selected participants join one of three sessions: Thursday\, November 12 at 7 pm\, Friday\, November 13 at noon\, or Saturday\, November 14 at 10 am\, all Eastern. The Zoom link is emailed to participants. \nLed by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the Duke Global Health Institute\, in partnership with the Buncombe Partnership for Children\, the UNC Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute\, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/photovoice-kickoff-on-zoom-saturday-morning-session/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20260726T120007Z
CREATED:20260726T120007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T120007Z
UID:7225-1794960000-1795391999@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:SAFE Team Retreat
DESCRIPTION:We are together in person this week. The team arrives ahead of the Nurse-Family Partnership presentation on the 19th and heads home Sunday. \nSAFE 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. \nThis is an internal working retreat\, not a public event. We are listing it so you know we will be slow to answer that week. A team that spends the year inside other people’s emergencies has to take a few days to plan its own work on purpose.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/safe-team-retreat/
CATEGORIES:National,Team Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T235959
DTSTAMP:20260729T140433Z
CREATED:20260729T140433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T140433Z
UID:7228-1795046400-1795132799@safeinfantfeeding.org
SUMMARY:Presenting to North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership Home Visitors
DESCRIPTION:The Calm in the Chaos: Protecting Infant Nutrition from House Fires to Hurricanes. \nThe full SAFE Team is at Wrightsville Beach for this one. Norma Escobar is presenting for the North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership Community of Practice. \nSAFE 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. \nNurse home visitors are often the only person who lays eyes on a family in the days after a house fire or a flood. That is the point of this session. Most of the emergencies that separate a baby from their feeding plan are small and local and never make the news\, and the people who catch them are already in the home. \nThis is a session for the North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership community of practice. Session time to be announced.
URL:https://safeinfantfeeding.org/event/the-calm-in-the-chaos-protecting-infant-nutrition-from-house-fires-to-hurricanes/
LOCATION:Wrightsville Beach\, 1 Bob Sawyer Dr\, Wrightsville Beach\, NC\, 28480\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Statewide,Training
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