National Breastfeeding Month
National Breastfeeding Month Schedule
The Global Big Virtual Latch On
On July 31st and August 1st & 2nd at 10:30 AM , mothers will gather on Zoom for a collective virtual latch on. Click here to register.
  • Provide support for communities to identify and grow opportunities to provide on-going breastfeeding support and promotion in local communities.
  • Raise awareness of breastfeeding support and knowledge available locally and globally.
  • Help communities positively support breastfeeding in public places.
  • Make breastfeeding as normal part of day-to-day life at a local community level.
  • Increase support for people who breastfeed – they are supported by their partners, family and their communities.
  • Ensure communities have the resources to advocate for coordinated appropriate and accessible breastfeeding support services.
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Resources
Check out these resources to learn more and participate in virtual events for National Breastfeeding Awareness Month!

  • To promote and support the development of community-based, drop-in breastfeeding support sites offering on-going, high-quality lactation care free-of-charge to breastfeeding mothers.

  • The Chocolate Milk Café provides a sacred space where families that are part of the African Diaspora can be supported and empowered to breastfeed and provide human milk to their children.

  • To improve Connecticut's health by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.

  • To promote, protect, and support breastfeeding by working collaboratively.

  • The mission of the NYSBC is to improve the health of New Yorkers by working collaboratively to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding as the norm in New York State.



  • World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide