Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition

24/08/2026

During Military Lactation Celebration (August 22-24) we recognize and honor the unique challenges military families face while serving our country and meeting their feeding goals.

What does breastfeeding support look like when your workplace can move you across the country—or even across the world?

For military families, lactation doesn't happen in a vacuum. Deployments, training schedules, frequent moves, changing healthcare systems, and time away from home can all shape how a family experiences feeding their baby.

The Global Military Lactation Community has spent the past decade working to address these challenges and advocate for meaningful support for military families. This year, their Military Lactation Celebration marks a Decade of Dedication—10 years of volunteers, advocates, and military families working to make lactation support more accessible across commands and continents. You can learn more about the organization of this at https://globalmilcom.org/

Military families shouldn't have to choose between serving their country and meeting their infant feeding goals. This week, we recognize the families navigating lactation while serving, the partners supporting them from home, and the advocates working to make military systems more supportive of infant feeding.

Military Lactation Celebration | August 22–24, 2026

24/08/2026

Celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week! Lots to do for the whole family!

Celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with Mattapan Food & Fitness!

Join us at the Mattapan Sq. Farmer's Market this weekend and join the virtual silent auction for an original piece by our very own, Star Layne! 🎨

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21/08/2026

Black Breastfeeding Week kicks off next week!
"This Saturday, the Boston Breastfeeding Coalition and the Mattapan Sq Farmers Market are co-hosting a special event to honor and uplift Black families, celebrate equitable breastfeeding support, and share in moments of joy and connection.
🗓️ August 22 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
📍Mattapan Sq Farmers Market (Cummins Hwy @ Fairway St, Boston, MA 02126)
🔗 Register : https://www.vitalvillage.org/event/2026-black-breastfeeding-week-celebration-with-the-boston-breastfeeding-coalition
All are welcome! FREE Family Friendly Activities Include: Breastfeeding Support Kits Raffle, Dance/Movement Activity, Family Art Station, Farmer’s Market, Music, 4th Trimester Postpartum Support, Refreshments, Kid’s Corner"

Celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with the Boston Breastfeeding Coalition! This Saturday, the Boston Breastfeeding Coalition and the Mattapan Sq Farmers Market are co-hosting a special event to honor and uplift Black families, celebrate equitable breastfeeding support, and share in moments of joy and connection.

🗓️ August 22 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
📍Mattapan Sq Farmers Market (Cummins Hwy @ Fairway St, Boston, MA 02126)
🔗 Register - link in bio

All are welcome! FREE Family Friendly Activities Include: Breastfeeding Support Kits Raffle, Dance/Movement Activity, Family Art Station, Farmer’s Market, Music, 4th Trimester Postpartum Support, Refreshments, Kid’s Corner

19/08/2026

Another great resource from U.S. Breastfeeding Committee - USBC!

The 2026 State Breastfeeding Fact Sheets are LIVE!

The USBC's new breastfeeding fact sheets make state-specific breastfeeding data easy to explore and use. Find key breastfeeding indicators and rates for all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia to support advocacy, education, planning, and efforts to strengthen breastfeeding support in communities. https://bit.ly/4xMpGUh

18/08/2026

Today from 2-4pm EST, join this free webinar on data equity and breastfeeding among AANHPI families!
-What data equity means for AANHPI communities
-Why representation and disaggregation matter
-How better data can ultimately help us create better programs, policies, resources, and care for the families and communities served

🗓️ Tuesday, August 18, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM PDT (that's 2-4pm EST in Massachusetts)
This webinar is free to attend, please register at https://tinyurl.com/AANHPIBFWK2026

17/08/2026

Amazing opportunity! Link to application in comments.

14/08/2026

Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is filled with such beauty:
“I've felt it deep inside me. The milk being made was a spiritual process in itself... A sharing of myself after the birth. My body knew, from the beginning, that this baby’s nourishment will not end after the cutting of the cord.”
-Jolene Creely of Okanese First Nation, Nehiyaw/Damakota

"I'm the first of my family in a couple generations to breastfeed. My mother hasn't done so, neither has her mother. As my partner and I planned our pregnancy, we knew that breastfeeding was vital to our baby being loaned to us from the Creator.

I've felt it deep inside me. The milk being made was a spiritual process in itself... A sharing of myself after the birth. My body knew,from the beginning, that this babys nourishment will not end after the cutting of the cord. That first sacred food would enter my babys mouth when she was ready, to give her all the nutrients she would need and then some.

This spiritual process led to a beautiful bond with nitanis (my daughter) 17 months later I still nourish her with the milk that she needs. Making it this far has been a blessing, there is no sign of "weaning" her off soon because this is our spiritual connection, she decides when...

This is food sovereignty"

-Jolene Creely of Okanese First Nation, Nehiyaw/Damakota

(📸✏️: EliciaMunro Photography)

13/08/2026

There is still time to register for this informative and no doubt inspiring panel which will take place at 2:30pm EST - TODAY!

See you TODAY at 2:30 pm ET for the "Ask an Indigy IBCLC Panel Session"

Not too late to register - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5IcwluGySX2XKeuNnU4T8A #/registration

Looking forward to holding space and answering those burning questions.

12/08/2026

Lots of great programming, events, and ideas still happening during !