You'll need a vacation in March...

Or at least you should consider a business trip to attend this conference. I am happy to see my sister (and by that I mean "sistah" not "sister") in the cause, Kimberly Durdin-James will be speaking at the Comprehensive Lactation Care Conference, A benefit for the Unites States Lactation Consultant Association.

It's nice to see people tackling subjects that are not often talked about. Anyone wanna give my a scholarship to go?

COMPREHENSIVE LACTATION CARE

Honoring Cultural, Social and Physical Diversity
March 9-10, 2007 Berkeley, CA USA

A Benefit for USLCA

FACULTY

KIMBERLY DURDIN-JAMES IBCLC

· Examining Breastfeeding Practices and Beliefs of African-American Women

Co-owner doula & lactation service in Washington DC & Los Angeles, CA; IBCLC at Watts Healthcare WIC in Los Angeles, CA; former co-chair/founding member of the Washington, DC Breastfeeding Coalition; National President of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance (AABA)


JULIENE G. LIPSON PhD, RN, FAAN

· Culture and Clinical Care

Professor Emerita in the Dept. of Community Health Systems & the Dept. of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at UC San Francisco. Her research has focused on women’s birth transitions; immigrants; culture and disability. She is the co-editor of Culture and Clinical Care.


JAMES J. MCKENNA PhD

· Sleep Like a Baby? What Does That Really Mean?

· SIDS Bed-sharing and Breastfeeding: What Research Really Says and What To Do About It.

· American Academy of Pediatrics New SIDS Guidelines: Maternal-Infant Biology in Conflict with Local Science Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Chair in Anthropology

Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana


JUDITH G. ROGERS BA, BS, OTR

· Culture and Disability

National Resource Center on Parenting with Disabilities at Through the Looking Glass in Berkeley, California. Parents with disabilities expert, creates innovative, low-cost baby care solutions. Co-authored Mother to Be: A Guide to Pregnancy &Birth for Women with Disabilities. Conceived of, BHAWD, Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities program(education and breast exams).


ULFAT SHAIKH MD, MPH

· Islam and Infant Feeding

· Extent, Accuracy and Credibility of Breastfeeding Information on the Internet

Assistant professor of pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine


CHRISTINA SMILLIE MD, IBCLC, FABM
· Baby-led Latch and Its Practical Applications
· Right-brain to Right-brain communication of Mothers and Babies

Medical Director, Breastfeeding Resources, Stratford, Connecticut; Board of Directors, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine; Health Advisory Council to the Professional Advisory Council of La Leche League International; Leadership Team, Section on Breastfeeding, American Academy of Pediatrics


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