Michigan Breastfeeding Network

Our 2023 advocacy efforts involved successfully educating the legislature and governor's team about the importance of protecting public milk expression in the law establishment of an executive order to expand support for incarcerated mothers. We also continued two,volunteer-driven working groups to address issues in the covid-19 response and barriers to breastfeeding-supportive mental health services. Our educational efforts included providing more than 12,000 free continuing education credits to breastfeeding supporters seeking to transform the field of lactation by shifting the paradigm of expertise and centering the lived experiences of black and indigenous families. Our community building efforts remain grounded in our commitment to building the field of community-based, equity centered.