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Join the May Protests against Nestlé

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:52:51 +0000

Protests against Nestlé began in the 1970s and continue strong even now 30 years later as Nestlé continues to be one of the worst violators of the World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes. If you are wondering “Should you boycott Nestle?” read that article and then come back here for the details on the protests planned at Nestlé headquarters and on Facebook!

Baby Milk Action operates as a non-profit seeking to protect mothers and babies from irresponsible marketing of artificial baby milks. The group supports breastfeeding and safer formula feeding. Baby Milk Action plans to target Nestlé with a demonstration on Saturday May 16, 2009 at the Nestlé headquarters in Croydon in the United Kingdom. If you can’t make it there, organizers suggest you protest outside your local Body Shop (PDF). Body Shop was recently purchased by L’Oreal, of which Nestlé owns 28.8%. A third option is to join the virtual protest on Facebook.

The details for the protest at the headquarters:

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Nestle HQ, Croydon
Street: St. George’s House, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1NR, UK
City/Town: Croydon, United Kingdom

There is a Facebook page for the demonstration as well.

Do you boycott Nestlé? Do you plan to attend the protest at the headquarters, at a Body Shop, or on Facebook?

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Virtual and Live Nurse-Ins Planned over Breastfeeding Pictures on Facebook

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:05:17 +0000

It has been over a year since Facebook began removing breastfeeding pictures and threatening users with being banned from the site. At last check, the Facebook group “Hey, Facebook, Breastfeeding is not obscene!” had over 57,000 members (including me). Now organizers of that group have planned an event for Saturday, December 27, 2008, the M.I.L.C. Mothers International Lactation Campaign.

Virtual Nurse-In

Organizers explain:

Facebook continues to classify breastfeeding photos as obscene content. They continue to arbitrarily remove these photos from member albums and profiles, accompanied by warnings of account termination. This is highly discriminatory and an affront to nursing mothers everywhere. In protest of this, Mothers International Lactation Campaign (M.I.L.C.) has planned a virtual day of protest.

Not only is human lactation responsible for the very survival of our species, it is in no way a sexually explicit, lewd or despicable act. It is also protected by law in most countries, including specifically the state where Facebook is headquartered in the USA.

In protest to the discriminatory and unjust policy of Facebook administration classifying breastfeeding images as obscene content, on December 27th, 2008 M.I.L.C. is asking all of you to change your profile picture for one day, to one which includes an image of a nursing mom.

This could be a picture of you or someone you know nursing a child, it could be a painting or image of a sculpture of a breastfeeding woman, it could also be a photo or image of any nursing mammal….We ask that you include the status line of “Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!”

In addition to this ‘virtual nurse-in’, there will be other events planned around the globe. Please check this page often for regular updates and added information. We will also be including images that you can use for your profile picture on December 27th.

Live Nurse-In

If you are in the Palo Alto, California area, consider attending the live nurse-in at the Facebook headquarters!

When: Saturday, December 27, 2008, at 11 a.m.
Where: Outside the Facebook office at 156 University Ave., Palo Alto, California

MSNBC Media Coverage

Coverage of the planned events has hit mainstream media with this video story from MSNBC.

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Initial Rally Tally

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:46:43 +0000

Organizers of the national nurse-in report that over 773 mothers, fathers, grandparents, children and supporters attended at 36 airports! Three of those sites have yet to report the number of participants, which means the final tally will be even higher. I think some of the news coverage has under-reported the number of attendees simply because the reporters arrived early and did not stay for the full hour or two to get a final head count. At any rate, many lactivists made their voices heard today, and hopefully that will result in changes for the better. Post from: Breastfeeding 1-2-3

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