The Center for Women has long served as a source of information and support for nursing mothers. The CWE was pivotal in the creation of Emory’s Lactation Support Policy, adopted in 2007. We also led the effort to revise the policy in 2013 to reflect new federal regulations concerning the right of nursing mothers to have time, as well as a private space, to express breast milk while at work.
Emory Lactation Rooms
All Emory supervisors are required to provide a reasonable amount of break time for nursing mothers to express milk as frequently as needed. They must also provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public. This space can be a lactation room, or any private space, depending on what is most convenient for mothers and their supervisors. Emory provides a number of lactation rooms on campus; please note that some rooms may also be used for other physical/medical needs, such as insulin shots for diabetics. Below is a list of rooms. For questions or complaints about a particular lactation room, contact the manager of that room.
1599 Clifton Road, 1st Floor, Room 1338
Contact Emory WorkLife Resource Center, 404-727-8000 or worklife@emory.edu
1762 Clifton Road, Advancement and Alumni Engagement, Wellness Room 1554
Contact Fiona Riedl, 404-205-9270 or friedl@emory.edu
Atwood Chemistry Center, Room 542
Contact Jan McSherry, jmcsher@emory.edu or 404.727.6623
The Carter Center
Contact Sabrina Burnett, 404-420-5120 or People Operations & Programs team member: pop@cartercenter.org
Center for Ethics/Rita Anne Rollins Building, RARB 119
Contact Sara McKlin, sara.mcklin@emory.edu
Cox Hall, Room 325
Contact Tia Williams, tia.williams@emory.edu
Emory Student Center, Room N332
Contact Tia Williams, tia.williams@emory.edu
Goizueta Business School, Room 553C
Contact Alan Pogue, alan.pogue@emory.edu
Miller-Ward Alumni House
Contact Dana Johnson, 404-712-9679 or dana.johnson@emory.edu
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Plaza Level: P05A
Contact Adam Malm, 404-712-9224
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, 250 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, RM 443
Contact Latisha Pierre, 404-218-8414
O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Room GL6D
Contact Natalie Fields p. 404-727-3105 I e. nbattle@emory.edu
R. Randall Rollins Building, First Floor
Contact Ralph Valenzuela, ralph.rojas.valenzuela@emory.edu or (404) 615-2458
School of Law, Gambrell Hall, third floor, G309
Contact 404-727-6856
School of Medicine, Medical Education Building, Room P180*
Contact som.space.admin@emory.edu
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Room 485
Contact Kim Copenhaver, 404-712-1532
Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Neuroscience Building (requires key card access)
Contact Lisa Newbern, 404-727-7709
*Hospital-quality breastfeeding pump available; must have accessories.
+This lactation room is located in a restroom; Emory is working on an alternative location. Note that supervisors cannot require mothers to use a restroom for lactation; mothers may request a private space that is not a restroom.
Lactation Support
The Emory Breastfeeding Education Project is a six-month project led by the Center for Women and funded in part by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women's Health.
Purpose: Increase knowledge of Emory’s Lactation Support Program (policy and resources) in order to encourage breastfeeding and support a more women-and-family-friendly work environment at Emory, and provide education about breastfeeding for mothers at Emory and in the community.
1. Emory managers will know and comply with Emory’s lactation policy.
2. Emory employees and students will know the benefits of breastfeeding, Emory’s lactation policy, and Emory’s lactation resources.
3. The Center for Women will provide free training for expecting mothers in the Atlanta-Metro area and increase participants’ knowledge of breastfeeding basics, benefits, and resources.
Objectives:
1. Emory managers attending lactation support program presentations will increase their knowledge of Emory’s lactation policy and breastfeeding resources.
2. Emory employees and students in targeted populations will demonstrate increased knowledge of the benefits of breastfeeding, Emory’s lactation policy, and Emory’s breastfeeding resources.
3. Participants in Center for Women breastfeeding workshops will demonstrate increased knowledge of breastfeeding basics, benefits, and resources.
The project has four components:
1. A brochure that covers policy, benefits of breastfeeding, and resources.
2. Manager meeting presentations in which the director of CWE presents information to targeted areas of the university, outlining Emory’s lactation policy and the responsibility of managers to accommodate breastfeeding employees.
3. Lactation rooms map – a web-accessible map that will mothers the closest lactation room to their location.
4. Breastfeeding Workshops available to Emory and Atlanta community members free of charge.
This project is part of a larger Center for Women initiative to revise Emory’s lactation policy in light of the 2010 change to the Fair Labor Standards Act and to improve knowledge of and access to Emory’s lactation spaces. Read the revised policy here.
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