Emily Lade, IBCLC

Entrepreneur, working on something dope ✌️💚✨

[T'Amen-Ta-Nefer @UrbanMatriarch]

I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like Africa doesn't exist! We couldn't get not 1 African voice from the continent in here? #LactSummit14

[Sahira Long @dr_s_long]

Becoming an IBCLC is an uphill battle for far too many...#we #have #to #do #better #LactSummit14

[ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985]

The amazing women and men sharing stories and listening stories at the #lactsummit14.

[Free to Breastfeed @FreetoBF]

"Many ppl think that indigenous women are #bfing, but the influence of formula marketing has undermined their confidence." #LactSummit14

[ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985]

MacDonald: Just because you have researched or studied First Nations people doesn't mean you can speak for us. #lactsummit14

[Emily Lade, IBCLC @seattleLC]

Yuwen Ren, MD is the only IBCLC in mainland China, cert in 2011 #LactSummit14

[Sahira Long @dr_s_long]

Alice Farrow: Belonging to more than 1 minority group = suffering multiple layers of discrimination. #LactSummit14

[Sahira Long @dr_s_long]

Monique Sims: U have to listen to the community before u can begin working in the community #LactSummit14

[ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985]

Today will be a day of listening to underrepresented voices with the goal of breaking down barriers to the #IBCLC profession. #LactSummit14

[ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985]

Goldhammer: I breastfeed not only for the next seven generations, but the seven generations that came before me. #LactSummit14

[ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985]

Roig-Romero calls on #IBCLC profession to recognize biases and deepen understanding of the Hispanic community. #LactSummit14

[Free to Breastfeed @FreetoBF]

"I'm your favorite Hispanic bc I look and sound like you." -Regina Roig-Romero #LactSummit14 #bfing #immigration

[Emily Lade, IBCLC @seattleLC]

@ReginaIBCLC telling it like it is. So many great quotes I can't even keep up to tweet. #justlisteningtoday #LactSummit14

[Emily Lade, IBCLC @seattleLC]

Thank you to all the presenters speaking truth today #LactSummit14

[Sahira Long @dr_s_long]

The determination so many women of color show in order to become an IBCLC is not a privilege but a reaction to oppression #LactSummit14

[Sahira Long @dr_s_long]

Mireya Patricia Roman: micro insults of cultural ignorance can make u bitter or better #LactSummit14

[Sahira Long @dr_s_long]

"Stop tokenizing lact consultants of color; recognize us as experts on things other than cultural competency" ~C Goldhammer #LactSummit14

[Carol Hendrix @CarolnGeorgia]

Goldhammer stresses that IBLCE needs to track demographics. Afraid they might b embarrassed at the make up of the group. #LactSummit14

[Dr. Aletha Maybank @DrAlethaMaybank]

"Breastfeeding is an act of food sovereignty." -Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC #LactSummit14 #BlackFamsRock