The Water Cooler Bubble Up
Report
Date: March 18, 2014
Re: LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY! New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Give Keynote Address - Water Cooler EarlyLearning Conference,
March 24-25
From: Advancement Project
Less the one week remains!
The Water Cooler
Welcomes
Nicholas Kristof
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Op-Ed Columnist of the New York Times
Read his most recent piece in the New York Times about the need for more quality early childhood opportunities HERE.
Follow him on Twitter @NickKristof and his Facebook.
The Water Cooler Conference March 24-25, 2014 Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel Sacramento, California
Also Featuring: A Special Video Address from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
STRONGER TOGETHER: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children
Sylvia Acevedo President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
Parker Blackman LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment
Susie Buffett Buffett Early Childhood Fund
The Honorable Kevin de Leon California State Senate
Lori Easterling California Teachers Association
The Honorable Jimmy Gomez California State Assembly
Tahra Goraya ZERO TO THREE
Rob Grunewald The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
George Halvorson (Formerly) Kaiser Permanente; First 5 California Commission
John Jackson The Schott Foundation for Public Education
Deborah Kong Early Edge California
Ted Lempert Children Now
The Honorable Carol Liu California State Senate
Camille Maben First 5 California
Meera Mani The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Debra McMannis California Department of Education
Ann O’Leary Too Small to Fail
Donna Norton MomsRising
Kris Perry First Five Years Fund
Jessie Rasmussen Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Kendra Rogers First 5 Fresno County
Jim Steyer Next Generation; Common Sense Media
The Honorable Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jon Youngdahl Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California
The Honorable Shirley Weber California State Assembly
Agenda-At-A-Glance Available
The conference is designed as an opportunity for experts, advocates, early learning stakeholders, policymakers, First 5 county commissions and other partners to highlight successes, strategies, and promising practices and policies that are grounded in evidence- based research.
STRONGER TOGETHER: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children
Register & View Draft Agenda HERE
https://wcc2014.eventbrite.com
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