Image by _shward_ of past breastfeeding rally
You are invited to a breastfeeding rights rally on Friday, November 7, 2008, in Newmarket, Ontario.
The Breastfeeding Discrimination Incident
Nursing mother Cinira Longuinho explains:

I was breastfeeding my daughter on the steps of the swimming pool when Ms. Ellie Karkouti, the owner of the facility, came to speak with me. Ms. Karkouti said they had one complaint and that I could not breastfeed my daughter in the swimming pool. She said if I wanted to breastfeed I would have use the changeroom. I tried to say that based on the law I had the right to …read more

The artwork shown at left was one of two pieces banned from an art show at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas. According to the artist Lahib Jaddo, city official Scott Snider rejected the work over the telephone without ever having seen the actual sketch. The local television news reports that the city has since apologized and promised to review its policies, but the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Birth Without Boundaries plan to go ahead with a nurse-in scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, January 4, 2008.
Lubbock, Texas Nurse-In
Date: Friday, January 4, 2008
Time: 5:45 pm
Place: Buddy …read more

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.