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 For more information on the Annual Water Cooler Conference,Visit Us 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. Advancement Project's Educational Equity team is committed to protecting and supporting early childhood education in California. Please click on the logo above for more information about our work. Sign up to receive The Bubble Up Report Like Us on Facebook! Follow @EdEquityAP .