2025 Edwardsville Region Breastfeeding Task Force Conference

Welcome to the 2025 Edwardsville Region Breastfeeding Task Force Conference!

Breastfeeding & Beyond: Practical Tools for Modern-Day Parents and Professionals

Featuring Guest Speaker Christy Jo Hendricks, IBCLC, RLC, CLE, CCCE, CD

Date: September 11, 2025

Location: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Morris University Center

Come join us for a day of learning, networking, and sharing experiences with fellow breastfeeding advocates at the 2025 Edwardsville Region Breastfeeding Task Force Conference. This in-person event will feature an engaging speaker, informative presentations, and opportunities to connect with others passionate about supporting breastfeeding in our community. Whether you're a healthcare professional, lactation consultant, parent, or simply interested in learning more about breastfeeding, this conference is for you! Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to come together and make a difference. We look forward to seeing you there!

Conference Purpose: To equip breastfeeding support workers with key lactation knowledge to better assist lactating dyads.

Target Audience: IBCLCs, registered nurses, registered dietitians, LLL leaders, WIC staff, medical providers, doulas, and others involved in or interested in lactation support.

Continuing Education: Applications have been submitted to IBCLE for CERPs, RN CEs and RD CPEUs through the SIU School of Medicine.

Conflicts of Interest: Speaker Christy Jo Hendricks declares no conflicts of interest related to this program. Planning committee members Marcella Earl, Emily Sisk, and Louanne Theiss declare no conflicts of interest related to this program.

2025 Conference Schedule

8:30am-8:00am Breakfast Buffet; Conference Check-In/Registration

8:00am-8:15am Opening Remarks

8:15am-9:15am A Formula for Deception: How Predatory Marketing Affects New Parents

9:15am-9:30am Break/Shopping

9:30am-10:30am Simplifying Breastfeeding Through Easy-to-Understand Analogies

10:30am-10:45am Break/Shopping

10:45am-11:45am Generation Next: How to Reach and Teach the Millennial Audience (social media campaigns & virtual support)

11:45am-12:45pm Lunch/Shopping

12:45pm-1:45pm Lactation Tools, How to Educate, and When to Refer

1:45pm-2:00pm Break/Shopping

2:00pm-3:00pm Don’t Just Survive--Thrive!! Practical, Tangible, Self-Care to Prevent Burnout

3:00pm-3:30pm Closing Remarks, Raffle, and Evaluations

Host or Publisher Edwardsville Region Breastfeeding Task Force