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Tomorrow I will reflect back on this past World Breastfeeding Week and offer some ideas for planning a successful World Breastfeeding Week event. For now, I’m pleased to note the new logo and mission statement for the next World Breastfeeding Week which takes place August 1st through the 7th, 2008. The World Breastfeeding Week site, […]
In its seventh year, the Quintessence Foundation’s Breastfeeding Challenge spanned three countries, including all thirteen Canadian provinces and Territories, two sites in Ukraine, and 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. With just 25 of 250 sites yet to report their results, it is clear that over 5,374 babies participated in the simultaneous breastfeeding […]
The people behind the Applebee’s nurse-ins now bring you FirstRight, a national grassroots organization dedicated to addressing incidents of breastfeeding discrimination, educating businesses and the general public about breastfeeding rights, and facilitating legislative change. The invitation to join FirstRights.org states:
Now is an exciting time for breastfeeding advocacy! The recent outpouring of activism and support for […]
Wall Street Journal columnist Sue Shellenbarger recently tackled the question of whether there have been any changes in employer support for breastfeeding mothers. Shellenbarger wrote:
Employer support has risen; about 26% of employers offer such programs as a space to pump or access to a lactation coach, up from 19% in 2005, says a 2007 survey […]
Sophie Currier won her appeal for extra time to pump during the medical licensing exam. Appeals Court Judge Gary Katzmann ruled:
In order to put the petitioner on equal footing as the male and non-lactating female examinees, she must be provided with sufficient time to pump breast milk and to address the same physiological and other […]
A Massachusetts judge denied Sophie Currier’s request for extra break time to pump during a two-day medical licensing exam. Currier, who has a four-month-old daughter, plans to appeal before the test early next week.
The Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge on Saturday, September 29, 2007, now has 189 registered sites, with 29 of those in 17 different U.S. […]
With a couple of nurse-ins still to take place this week, it is incredible that over 1,800 breastfeeding advocates rallied at over 95 Applebee’s locations on Saturday. I have updated the Google Map one last time (removing sites that definitely did not participate and adding last minute participants) and the nationwide effort is very impressive! […]
Amazing how nurse-in signs like this one made by four-year-old Michael:
can help result in signs like this one posted in the window of the Quincy, Massachusetts Applebee’s today:
Congratulations to all the activists on the success of the events.
Thanks Lisa and Jessie for the photos!
Tags: activism, Applebees, breastfeeding, lactation, news, nursing in public, photos
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What a wonderful impact the 99 Applebee’s nurse-ins in 44 states have had so far today (more continue on the West Coast as the some activists avoid the heat of the day with night nurse-ins). I just read an Applebee’s corporate statement quoted by WTVQ in Kentucky:
Our goal as restaurant operators is to provide a […]
At last check, breastfeeding advocates plan to rally at 80 Applebee’s locations in 37 states [Edited: By late Friday, September 7, the count is up to 89 locations in 39 states]! One person who won’t be attending, though? Brooke Ryan, the woman involved in the original incident. She appreciates the support and is pleased the […]
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