SELCA is excited to announce our upcoming Mini Conference & Quarterly Meeting May 8th 10 am – 4 pm Rich Auditorium at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia Claim your ticket here to RSVP and receive reminders, directions, room information and your 4 CERPs (for members) Need CERPs? Join SELCA here Agenda (subject to change) 10 am: Achieving Health Equity[…]
SELCA is here to help you help families breastfeed . . . Today, we celebrate International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, and say THANK YOU for all you do to help Georgia families. Find your SELCA IBCLC Day 2019 Appreciation Certificate here. We also have more ways to help you celebrate! Check in on Social Media Join[…]
We had a fantastic and informative meeting first meeting of the year with Merrilee Gober informing us of the State of the State: Maternal and Infant Health in Georgia… Thank you, Merrilee! Voting on bylaw changes was available at the meeting (and before), but will remain open for input until Friday 2/15/19, so that members[…]
We hope you are getting ready to join us! Come to our 1st SELCA meeting of 2019 TODAY, February 9th at 10 am to 1 pm at PIEDMONT ATLANTA (get your free tickets here). We will have coffee available (bring your own cup, or purchase a SELCA mug), lots of exciting news about the upcoming year,[…]
Breastfeeding connects . . . parent to child, to ancestry, to community- reaching across time, geography, and culture. SELCA supports everyone who support breastfeeding families, and today we recognize and celebrate the indigenous people of this land. Wonderful work is being done in expanding breastfeeding support in these underserved populations (if you don’t know them[…]
In an article referenced by Elizabeth Brooks in this Facebook post, research confirmed what many of us intuitively know, or have experienced ourselves- Care-taking creates inequitable hurdles to participating in continuing education and professional development, and this “baby penalty” disproportionately impacts women, particularly women of color. While breastfeeding conferences have traditionally welcomed breastfeeding infants in[…]
By now in celebration of Black Breastfeeding Week, SELCA has highlighted some of our members that are making a difference, provided ideas for how to celebrate #BBW18, and focused on the NEED for Black Breastfeeding Week. We have shared resources this week from across the internet to “help you help breastfeeding families”…and now, we[…]
Last year, in response to a listicle challenge by Stacy Davis, BA, IBCLC, SELCA highlighted Kiana Ayers, RN, IBCLC with this #BBW post. As an update to last year’s #BBW post on emerging leaders, we come back to SELCA Treasurer Kiana Ayers, who has in 2018 moved beyond emerging and established herself as a leader[…]
Local Registered Dietitian, IBCLC, author and business owner of Pea Pod Nutrition & Lactation Support, Alicia Simpson, is racking up the awards! Alicia was the Friend of SELCA award recipient last November, and the recent awardee of the USLCA Terry Jo Curtis Award. Her passion, however, is not for the hardware but for helping. Her[…]
Join us tomorrow for Conference Highlights, Elections and SELCA’s National Breastfeeding Month celebration: August 18, 2018 10 AM ( Lobby area open at 9:30 for socializing) Northside Hospital Doctor’s Centre 980 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342 Follow signs to the meeting room on the ground floor. Free Tickets are required; register here. Please VOTE beforehand[…]