Dear Colleagues,

I want to tell you about a new web resource that can be of real  
service to the breastfeeding community and beyond.  World Hall enables  
us to discuss policy issues, identify who can do something about them,  
propose actions and vote ---- to have our voices heard by those in  
positions to implement change.

This is a unique opportunity: World Hall is being launched in the  
breastfeeding community.  Actions regarding ban the bags,  
breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding in the workplace, insurance  
coverage for lactation services and others are already posted on World  
Hall.

World Hall is different than a breastfeeding listserv or blog. We will  
be joined in the conversation by activists in other areas allowing for  
cross conversation and voting, enriching all involved. Our active  
engagement in World Hall will raise the visibility of breastfeeding to  
all who are listening to and conversing on World Hall. World Hall is  
free and non-commercial. It was developed by students at the New  
England Complex Systems Institute (necsi.edu) with support from the  
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC is a great example  
of a major player that is watching the system and paying attention to  
the actions proposed and discussed.

Your active engagement in World Hall will help to raise the visibility  
of the issues we all work on every day. Please vote, add new actions,  
comments, and identify new issues and players.  Share World Hall with  
others.

The site is at:
http://www.worldhall.org/breastfeeding

I look forward to meeting you there.


Naomi
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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617-964-6676
www.milkbankne.org
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