Calendar
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May
15
Deadline for Early Bird rate for 2004 ILCA conference registration
May
30
Deadline for receipt of entries in BESTPART Breastfeeding
Photo Competition
June
13
Deadline for Scottsdale hotel reservations
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Worldwide
Education
Calendar |
List
your event *free* on ILCA’s Worldwide Education Calendar
ILCA’s Calendar
has become the hub for conference listings worldwide. Conference
planners - don’t miss this opportunity to promote your
event –a basic listing is free! Hyperlinks and expanded
information may be added for a nominal fee, which is waived
for ILCA affiliates. Find the calendar and the listing form
on the Conferences page.
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Volunteer
Opportunities |
ILCA
needs your help! Would you like to:
- Serve
as ILCA liaison to a national/international organization?
- Represent
ILCA at a conference near you?
- Write
book and website reviews for the JHL?
- Write
questions for independent study modules?
- Serve
on the 2004-2005 Nominations Committee?
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Publications |
Free
copy of Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding booklet
coming in JHL
ILCA
members will soon receive a free copy of the Global Strategy
for Infant and Young Child Feeding in their JHL.
[more]
Earning CERPS through ISMs
A new Independent
Study Module (ISM) 'Reading and Understanding Research for Evidence-Based
Practice', is now on the Education page of the ILCA web site
as a free download, providing members with an opportunity to
earn four CERPs
[more]
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Research |
In
each issue of eGlobe, members of the Research Committee will
highlight an article of special interest. This month,
it’s an article
which is critical in terms of Type II diabetes prevention and
the connection to breastfeeding.
[more]
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Call
for Applicants |
| ILCA
Liaison positions
Openings for volunteer Liaisons for several
organizations will occur in July 2004 when the term of the
current ILCA Liaison expires. This is an opportunity for members
to formally represent ILCA at meetings of important organizations
whose policies have the potential to affect the lactation
consultant profession. Reports from ILCA liaisons, and descriptions
of selected organizations appear on the ILCA website In
the News page.
[more]
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In Memoriam |
Bibi
Vogel – founder of Amigas do Peito
Rebecca
Magalhaes at La Leche League International has informed
us of the death of Bibi Vogel, enthusiastic and energetic
breastfeeding advocate.
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From
the President |
 Dear
Members,
It is
with great pleasure that the ILCA Board of Directors announces
the results of the 2004 election. Congratulations to:
President-Elect: Sue Cox (Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia)
scox@trump.net.au
Director of External Affairs: Angela Smith (Sydney, Australia)
asmith@mte.net.au.
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In
the News |
International
Breastfeeding Photography Competition
ILCA members are encouraged to submit entries for the 2004 BESTPART
International Photography Competition. Categories include Working
and Breastfeeding, Young Mothers and Breastfeeding (20 and under),
Extended Family and Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Through Adversity,
Multiples, Breastfeeding Humor, and Breastfeeding and the Older
Child. Professional, amateur, and student photographers are
encouraged to submit. Entries must be received in New
Zealand by May 30, 2004.
For more information and to download an entry
form and competition rules, visit www.breastfeeding.org.nz
or email Mandi Porta at mandi.porta@huttvalleydhb.org.nz.
BESTPART
(Breastfeeding Empowerment, Support, Training, Promotion,
Advocacy, and Research Team) is a non-profit organization
in New Zealand. All winning photos will become part of an
on-line database accessible to ILCA members for use in breastfeeding
promotion, protection and support activities. They will also
become part of a traveling exhibit. If you or your affiliate
are interested in hosting the exhibit, please contact Mandi
Porta at mandi.porta@huttvalleydhb.org.nz.
Resource
Room
Watch for
Resource Room on the website which will launch with materials
on work place support for the employed breastfeeding mother,
providing alternatives to the Ross "Business Backs Breastfeeding"
kit.
ILCA
affiliate donates $2235.00 to ILCA Grant Funds
ILCA warmly
thanks the members of its affiliate Lactation Consultants
of Connecticut (LacCT) in the US who have generously donated
a total of $2,235 to ILCA Grant Funds. LacCT Treasurer Lorraine
Maloney designated $2000 to the ILCA Research Fund, $135 to
the Eli Hormann Memorial Fund and $100 to the Sister Sponsorship
Program, with the hope that others will benefit from their
gift.
Ireland’s
second Baby Friendly Hospital
ILCA member
Genevieve Becker, who is National Co-ordinator of the Baby
Friendly Hospital Initiative in Ireland, reports that Waterford
Regional Hospital is Ireland’s second Baby Friendly
hospital.
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About
Conferences |
2004
ILCA Conference and Annual Meeting
Best
Practices: Supporting Breastfeeding Worldwide
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA July 14 to 18. Registration
brochures have been mailed to ILCA members and may also be
downloaded from the Conferences
page of the ILCA website.
Will you be at Scottsdale?
Nowhere
else on earth will you meet as many people who share your
passion for promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding
worldwide as at an ILCA conference!
For help with planning the trip and to find a roommate for
Scottsdale (or any other conference) visit the conference
discussion
board. Member Tracey Grady from Scottsdale and others
from the Central Arizona Lactation Consultant Association
(CALCA) are standing by to answer your questions.
ILCA
will be exhibiting at a conference near you!
To promote
the role of IBCLCs with professional groups and to alert the
public about ILCA services and resources, ILCA is establishing
an annual rotation of exhibits at key health professional
conferences. Would YOU be able to help staff an ILCA exhibit?
If you live in one of the areas listed below, and would like
to be involved, please let us know. Some events provide exhibitors
with a free conference registration.
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