I forward this for our Canadian activists. Forward as appropriate.
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> From: ARM <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: December 1, 2008 10:25:15 AM EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Rally on Wednesday, December 3 --Queen's Park, Toronto -
> NEED MOMS!....please distribute widely....
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Please distribute widely!!
>
>
> Dear ARM Members and Friends,
>
> If you are a breastfeeding mother or you are a supporter of
> breastfeeding,
> please consider showing the Ontario Government that you think they
> should
> support breastfeeding too!! We are asking the Liberal Government to
> create
> a Provincial Breastfeeding Policy. We seem to have the ear of the
> government right now as a few breastfeeding questions have been
> brought up
> in the House lately and there may actually be some progress. It is
> very
> important we keep up the momentum right now and keep this going. The
> Premier needs to know that Ontario is not doing enough to support
> breastfeeding in this province.
>
> We have a press conference at 10 am at Queen's Park, followed by a
> quiet
> sit-in/nurse-in in the House of Commons, in the gallery upstairs.
> The press
> conference will last about 20 minutes. Or you can go straight to the
> gallery upstairs for Question Period. Question Period starts at
> 10:30 sharp
> and goes for one hour-best to get there at 10-:15. Please bring
> your baby
> with you!! See details below. Thank you for your support!
>
> Queen's Park Rally- a Call to our government for Breastfeeding
> Support-
> Dec 3rd, @ 10:00 am
>
> "Breast is Best". That's what they tell us, yet what is our
> government
> doing to provide the best start in life to its newest citizens?
>
> Right now in Toronto, The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic & Institute,
> considered a world leader in breastfeeding education research and
> support,
> is pleading for donations. Because without new funding, the Clinic
> is in
> serious danger of closing down. NBCI helps over 2500 mothers every
> year, and
> is often the last resort for mothers who aren't able to find help
> from other
> clinics or from private lactation consultants, doctors, or public
> health
> nurses.
>
> Though hundreds of people have written our Government in the past,
> voicing
> their concerns over the lack of support available to breastfeeding
> mothers,
> their letters have been answered with empty words and even emptier
> promises.
> In September of this year we wrote a letter to the Government of
> Ontario
> telling them that their so called "support" is seriously lacking and
> asking
> them what initiatives are being developed by the Ministry of Health to
> address breastfeeding support and education and also, the time lines
> for
> those initiatives to be implemented. We asked everyone to please
> send a
> copy of this letter to their local MP, and to the Minister of Health.
>
> ...and those letters are working!
>
> We have organized a quiet Breastfeeding Rally at Queen's Park for
> December
> 3rd. We are working with and have the support of the NDP party. NDP
> Member
> France Gelinas has organized a press conference that day at 10am,
> followed
> by the Question period in Parliament at 10:30 am where Ms Gelinas
> will call
> for a provincial breastfeeding strategy and encouraging the
> government to
> support hospitals going baby friendly. A member from Newman
> Breastfeeding
> Clinic and Institute, the RNAO's Childbirth Nurses Interest Group
> and the
> Ontario Breastfeeding Committee will bring forward the call to support
> breastfeeding at the press conference.
>
> It is during this Question period that the Nurse-In will take place
> in the
> Viewing Gallery. Please note: This Rally is a quiet show of support,
> as
> formal protests are not allowed within the buildings, so we ask that
> no one
> bring signs, placards or banners. We are hoping to fill the viewing
> gallery
> and NEED a huge turn out, so please spread the word- this is an
> opportunity
> to make history!!! And if you are planning on coming to the GTA to
> do some
> Holiday shopping....you may want to consider the first week of
> December!!
>
> Please RSVP to Helen or Dani by December 1st, as spaces in the viewing
> gallery are limited and the NDP are asking anyone wishing to
> participate to
> add their names to the list of guests as they will have to go to the
> security desk to give their names in order to get in.
>
> For a copy of the original letter to our Government, and updates on
> our
> progress, please go to:
>
> www.naturalmothering.ca <http://www.naturalmothering.ca/>
>
> or contact:
>
> [log in to unmask]
> or
> [log in to unmask]
> --
> Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
> Demeter Press
> 726 Atkinson, York University
> 4700 Keele Street
> Toronto, ON,
> Canada, M3J 1P3
> 416-736-2100 x60366 (fax) 416-736-5766
> [log in to unmask]
> www.yorku.ca/arm
>
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England
[log in to unmask]
617-964-6676
www.milkbankne.org
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