Vital Village Networks

Celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with the Boston Breastfeeding Coalition! This exciting, family friendly event is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and support breastfeeding in the black community. All are welcome to join! Register: https://lnkd.in/eCg3TWbX

Please join The Boston Breastfeeding Coalition’s Black Breastfeeding Week Committee for a week of community events, celebrating and lifting up Boston’s Black breastfeeding families and their village! View full event details and register on the Coalition Website: https://lnkd.in/eYHQwAKk

We are hosting an Instagram Live conversation on Thursday, August 22 at 5:30 pm ET. Join to connect with 2 of our 2024 Community Food Systems Fellows: Bilal from Al-Munir Farms and Roberto from Nihikeya. Make sure to follow us and tune in for an exciting conversation on all things food systems!

Sharing the final round of our 2024 ROSE Scholars! Join us in celebrating Rita Maria Fernandes, Stephanie Stewart, Stephanie McFadden, and Simone Miles Esteves, who completed their Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Training with ROSE (Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere) and the VVN Boston Breastfeeding Coalition. Thank you, scholars, for your continued commitment to honoring maternal and child wellbeing!

If you missed our IG Live, our very own Ronda Alexander joined summit Community Steering Committee member, Dr. Charles Clayton Daniels Jr., M.Div., LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, to discuss all things summit. Make sure you register by August 30th to save your spot. #2024NCLS Oct. 1-2 https://cutt.ly/2024NCLS

Celebrating the outstanding leadership and advocacy of Ieshia Lee, who received VVN's Unsung Hero Award in December 2023. Ieshia is a mom of six, a doula, a lactation counselor, an intensive care coordinator, a mediator, and has recently started her own business, Amanté WhileLaboring. Read the latest Unsung Hero Blog to learn more about Ieshia and her inspiring work - https://cutt.ly/JecfURwj

Celebrating our 2024 ROSE Scholars, who completed their Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Training with ROSE (Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere) and the VVN Boston Breastfeeding Coalition. Through their inspiring work, Kathleen Brody, Laura Pichardo, Lynn Ho, and Shameka Joseph continue to demonstrate a commitment to honoring maternal and child wellbeing. Stay tuned for more spotlights!

Have you registered for the 2024 VVN National Community Leadership Summit? Registration is still open until the end of the month. Get your tickets and join us October 1-2 in Boston, MA for an opportunity to connect with passionate individuals, leaders, and changemakers from across the country. Check out the summit agenda on our website and register today at https://lnkd.in/ev7ErXqu #2024NCLS

Join us in celebrating our 2024 ROSE Lactation Scholars. Jeanette Myrick, Frances Becerril, Ana Marcelo, and Alecia Edwards completed their training with ROSE and the VVN Boston Breastfeeding Coalition. We celebrate you and your commitment to honoring maternal and child wellbeing! Stay tuned as we share more of this inspiring cohort. https://lnkd.in/eVXBuxRS

Our GROWBABY team will be hosting a Research Roundtable on Thursday, August 22nd at 12pm ET. Join VVN and presenter Rheanna Platt, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behaviorial Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, as we address maternal mental health in Group Well Child Care (GWIC) and New Applications of GWIC. Register - https://cutt.ly/Meg2HXqE Centering Healthcare Institute