Newsletter

The incoming MIBFN Executive Committee is dedicated to setting a clear and bold vision for the future of MIBFN as the organization enters a new chapter of statewide advocacy, education, and coalition building. Please join us in welcoming the new Executive Committee of the MIBFN Board of Directors – Chair Gayle Shipp, Secretary Ambyr Amen-Ra, and Treasurer Jennifer Baragrey. – Paula K. Schreck, Julie Lothamer and Lisa Sommer King (MIBFN Outgoing Executive Officers) Gayle Shipp, MS, CLS – 2019-2021 MIBFN…

MIBFN proudly announces nine new board members who began serving on our Board of Directors effective February 26, 2019. These new members, Ambyr Amen-Ra, Jennifer Baragrey, Stan Bien, Elon Geffrard, Ellen Lassiter-Collier, Lonias Gilmore, Raeanne Madison, Natosha Sage-El, and Gayle Shipp join four other board members whose role is to provide strategic guidance to our work. Ambyr Amen-Ra, MA: Ambyr is passionate about breastfeeding and has breastfed 3 babies in 6 years. She is glad that she is able to…

Dear partners, Thank you for taking time to share your concerns with Michigan Breastfeeding Network. In the time since your public accountability campaign to Medolac, opportunities to learn from experts in the work of racial equity have shined light on how our response was inadequate and damaging. We are truly sorry for our response to your campaign. We have taken time to reflect on the ways our biases and position of privilege affected how we understood and responded to this…