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or to suggest items for this newsletter or First5LA.org, contact Katie Kurutz, public affairs officer, at kkurutz@first5la.org
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Calendar
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Multi-Cultural Fatherhood Treatment Group
March 31, 2008 from 8:00am - 12:00pm
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Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Seminar
April 3, 2008 from 9:30am - 12:00pm
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South Central Los Angeles Regional Center 6th Annual Legislative Forum April 4, 2008 from 9:00am - 3:00pm |
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11th Annual Community Health, Resource & Book Fair April 5, 2008 from 10:00am - 2:00pm |
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Making Change Matter: Maximizing the Health Impact of the New WIC Foods April 12, 2008 from 8:30am - 4:30pm |
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Tools for Transformation: Building Confidence and Capacity April 12, 2008 from 8:30am - 4:30pm |
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Instructor Training: Effective Black Parenting Program
April 21 - 25, 2008
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Foundations of Infant Feeding
April 25, 2008 from 9:00am - 4:00pm
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8th Annual Raising Readers – A Literacy Festival
April 26, 2008 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm
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Instructor Training: Confident Parenting Program
April 28, 2008
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Healthy City Focus Groups (pdf) April 22, 23, 28, and 30, 2008
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PAC/ LAC Annual Conference
May 29, 2008
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Taking Care of Business: Spirit, Soul & Body
June 7, 2008 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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County Wide Resource Fair
June 25, 2008 from 10:0apm - 4:00pm
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César Chávez Day, March 31, 2008 |
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National Children's Study Partners with First 5 LA
Long term research on children's development is severely lacking. To remedy this, the National Children's Study was founded in 1999 and is our nation's most extensive and impressive look into children's health and well being to date. More
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Toddler Math and Global Leadership
A new report from the National Mathematics Advisory Panel tells us what most of us know — as a nation we are bad at math. What could this mean for our national future though? The panel suggests a hard fall from grace if our poor collective performance is not turned around. More » |
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Crenshaw Kids Get New Park
More than 400 volunteers and prominent community leaders gathered in the Crenshaw/Hyde Park area on March 19th to build a park in one day. Hear participant interviews and see how this powerful group converted a vacant lot into an interactive park. More » |
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Champion Profile |
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Women's History Month: Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Shriver is the sister to John and Robert Kennedy, and mother to Maria Shriver. But most importantly she is the woman who started the Special Olympics, and founded the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. More
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Jennifer Lopez Sets a Bad Example
 I was greatly saddened last week when I read People Magazine's article about actress Jennifer Lopez's new twins, and her decision not to breastfeed them. She was quoted saying that her mother did not breastfeed her, and she felt fine. After reading this, I realized how much more needs to be done in educating the public about the unparallel benefits of breastfeeding.
I have heard this argument before - I wasn't breastfed and look at me! The problem is that when J. Lo's mom had her, or when many of our mothers had us, we didn't have the wealth of research data now available. Scientists had not uncovered all of the incredible outcomes that a breastfed child will enjoy throughout his or her lifetime compared to their formula-fed counterparts. Unfortunately even now these scientists have to compete with infant formula companies for the attention of new mothers. Because of this, even though we know the positive benefits of breastfeeding, the reality can sometimes get drowned out by the marketing.
First 5 LA has supported efforts to uncover and spread the word about the benefits of breast milk through our WIC Datamining partnership, and has for years enjoyed a relationship with the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles, which does wonderful work in educating new mothers about how and why to breastfeed. Our LA Best Babies Network also supports breastfeeding through grassroots education. They recently published a brief on breastfeeding friendly workspaces and how a new mom can appeal to their Human Resources department to adopt friendly practices. But obviously more needs to be done.
Let's all hope that those who read the People magazine article do not follow J. Lo's lead in this area. Let us also take a lesson as early childhood educators that it is our job to do more to spread the word about the benefits of breastfeeding.
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