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Announcing: The Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition

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Friday, March 23, 2007

Yep...that's right. Ohio has joined the ranks of states that actually has an organized group aimed at promoting breastfeeding, pushing for new guidelines, lobbying for legislation and (hopefully) connecting moms with the resources they need to make breastfeeding work.

Robin Neorr (who you'll remember as the mom in the City Kids Day Care incident) has just filed the paperwork for launching the Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition with the Secretary of State. In a few weeks, she'll be applying for tax exempt status as a registered non-profit.

We're hoping that the Lactivist Bash on April 21st will also serve as a "launch party" for the group. Robin will be running the Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition and I'll be serving on the Board of Directors. She's not ready to announce the rest of the board just yet, but they should be in place by the launch next month.

Robin tells me that the first goal of the Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition will be to get the guidelines for licensed day care centers amended so that no center can discriminate against breastfed children.

Even beyond that, we've got a lot to tackle. Ohio has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the nation.

If you're an Ohio mom and you're interested in joining, (you don't have to live in Central Ohio, just in Ohio) you can register for the Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition email list that we've setup through Yahoo Groups. Robin will also be launching a blog shortly so that she can keep everyone up to date on the latest happenings, meeting minutes, etc...

So let's have some cheers for Robin! It's easy to complain about being treated poorly...it's a whole other thing to put the time and effort into launching a new group to make sure that other moms don't have to go through what you went through.

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  1. Blogger Mama Seoul | 1:31 AM |  

    Great work, Robin! This is how is progress is made: organization, communication and concrete goals!

  2. Anonymous Anonymous | 8:25 AM |  

    Yay! Let's get it going!!

  3. Blogger Pinkwool | 3:41 PM |  

    Kudos to you, Robin, for making good of a bad situation! I cannot wait for the launch of the blog and I am going right now to sign up for the mailing list. Congrats Jenn for being appointed to the board.

    I am sad that I will be missing out on the offical launch party. I'll be there in spirit though. :D

  4. Blogger Jenna | 3:51 PM |  

    Way to go! Best of luck!

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