2018 LLL of WI Continuing Education Event Schedule

Thursday, November 1, 2018

12:30		Registration
1:00-2:30	Kimberly Seals Allers	Putting an End to THE BIG LETDOWN: Based on Seals Allers’ top-selling and groundbreaking book, the presentation identifies and explains the social, cultural, and economic forces at work manipulating decisions about breastfeeding.  The talk examines the role of science and scientific protocols, medicine, commercial interests, feminist ideals and other “actors”, in shaping infant feeding decision-making and what can be done to level the playing field. Allers also pushes for more structural support for breastfeeding mothers, improved communication and messaging from the lactation community and a call to action by physicians and other health professionals while creating a blueprint for changing social acceptance of breastfeeding as the biological norm.
2:30-2:45		Break
2:45-4:00	Camie Jae Goldhammer	Culture, Trauma and Parenting: How it is all Connected
4:00-5:15	Kimberly Seals Allers	Reducing Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding Rates: Despite some improvements, lingering racial disparities still exist, particularly at the six-month and 12- month exclusivity milestones.  This presentation identifies five key cultural and structural barriers to breastfeeding for the African American community as well as eight strategies for overcoming barriers, engaging with community and communicating effectively with African American women and men. Attendees will be able to better understand how current breastfeeding messaging and protocols may be disconnected from the lived experience of African American women and will understand strategies for developing more culturally appropriate messaging.
5:15		Dinner
6:30		Evening Social: Dessert and Book Signing

Friday, November 2, 2018

7:00-8:00		Breakfast and Registration
8:00-9:30	Kimberly Seals Allers	Shifting the Narrative: Rewriting the “Story” of Breastfeeding to Improve Outcomes: How we communicate about breastfeeding matters.  Leveraging decades of experience as a journalist and communications strategist, this presentation walks through common missteps of breastfeeding promotion, identified communication tools, and storytelling techniques and creates a blueprint for a new way of talking about breastfeeding.
9:30-9:45		Break
9:45-11:15	Camie Jae Goldhammer	Decentering Whiteness: Reforming Breastfeeding Education
11:15-12:15		Lunch
12:15-1:45	Kimberly Seals Allers	Place Matters: Unleashing the Power of Community to shift Cultural Norms in Breastfeeding: Drawing on the 3-year, W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded pilot project in Detroit and Philadelphia, this presentation walks through the role and process of community assessment and engagement in increasing breastfeeding rates, shares qualitative results of the project and identifies key takeaways for the field.
1:45-2:00		Break
2:00-3:30	Camie Jae Goldhammer	Remembering Who it was Made For: Taking a Racial Equity Lens to the Code and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
3:30-4:00		Evaluations, Dismissal, and Silent Auction Pick Up