Feeding
Awareness

AUGUST is BREASTFEEDING AWARENESS MONTH.

We're celebrating the beauty and diversity of all the ways we're...

FEEDING OUR BABIES.

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pumping, combination feeding, and chestfeeding.

We support breastfeeding and

we acknowledge and support your choice of Best Milk for you and your baby.

Every August we celebrate

Breastfeeding Awareness Month

National Breastfeeding Month Theme: Nourish, Sustain, Thrive
World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7 Theme: Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All
Indigenous Milk Medicine Week August 8-14 Theme: Mind. Body. Milk Medicine.
Asian & Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week August 15-21
Black Breastfeeding Week August 25-31 Theme: Listen Up! Reclaiming Our Narrative & Centering Our Stories for Breastfeeding Justice
Workplace Lactation Week September 1-7 Theme: Policy to Practice: Making Lactation Support a Reality
Latina/x Breastfeeding Week September 3-9 Tema: Reclamando Nuestra Cultura Por Medio de la Lactancia Theme: Reclaiming Culture Through Lactation

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FREE RESOURCES.

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The National Perinatal Association honors and supports the work of advocates who are serving their communities in ways that are innovative, informed, and culturally-specific.

We invite you to learn more about these initiatives.

WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK.

August 1-7

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide.

Annually, WABA coordinates and organises the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) between Aug 1-7.

Since 2016, we have aligned our WBW campaign to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We call this WBW-SDGs Campaign.

Learn More

#WBF024 #WABA #SDGs #worldbreastfeedingweek2024 #EnablingBreastfeeding

VISIT the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action website

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WBW

No matter how you do it ...

nursing
pumping
hand expressing
breastfeeding
chestfeeding
body feeding
on your own
with support
with the help of a donor
for one day
or one year
or maybe longer

... and especially when you make the choice that is best for you and your baby.
We recognize and honor everyone who does their best to give our babies what they need.

Because what babies need are people who love them, care about them, and nurture them.

INDIGENOUS MILK MEDICINE WEEK.

August 8-14

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Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is to highlight the

Native Breastfeeding experience in all forms

through the visibility of personal testimonies,

partner experiences, research, articles, barriers,

and/or success.

Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective sponsors the

annual Indigenous Milk Medicine Week.

The annual week begins on the 2nd Sunday in August

during National Breastfeeding/Lactation Month.

Mind. Body. Milk Medicine.

#IndigenousMilkMedicine #IndigyMilkHeals #NourishingOurFutures #StrongResilientLatched #Rematriation

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ASIAN + PACIFIC ISLANDER BREASTFEEDING WEEK.

August 15-21

Telling Our Own Stories. Elevating Our Voices.

Our Mission: To decrease inequities and normalize breast/chestfeeding in Los Angeles County’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities by improving breast/chestfeeding education and support practices.

#AANHPIBreastfeedingWeek

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BBW

BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK.

August 25-31

BBW 2024: Listen Up! Reclaiming Our Narrative

& Centering Our Stories for Breastfeeding Justice

Black Breastfeeding Week was created in 2014 by a collective of Black leaders from the breastfeeding field and is celebrated annually from August 25-31. The observance was developed as a response to the high black infant mortality rate, the lack of diversity in the lactation field, and unique cultural barriers among Black women, and shines a lot on efforts and initiatives that support breastfeeding among Black families.

Learn More

#BBW24 #ListenUp #blackbreastfeedingweek

READ: Top Five Reasons We Need A Black Breastfeeding Week

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WORKPLACE LACTATION WEEK

September 1-7

WLW 2024: Policy to Practice:
Making Lactation Support a Reality

Workplace Lactation Week was created in 2023 and is celebrated annually from September 1-7. The observance celebrates the contributions of nursing mothers and parents in the workplace and aligns with Labor Day, highlighting the vital role working and pumping parents play in the workforce.