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 .

The Water Cooler Conference March 24-25, 2014 Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel Sacramento,

Also Featuring: A Special Video Address from Secretary of State

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;

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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The Water Cooler improves and expands early care and education (ECE) for California’s children by bringing together diverse stakeholders to build consensus for policy solutions that support the needs of children from birth to five. Through quarterly meetings and an annual conference that draws more than 500 education advocates, the Water Cooler elevates the needs of California’s youngest children to the forefront of policy decisions. Sign up for updates.

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