Young Children’s Issues Forum 2015
“Speak Out for Children: Educate and Advocate”
Join your local State Legislators, local elected officials, and special guests in a dialogue about the
national movement towards Universal Quality Early Care and Education, State legislation, and current
initiatives for quality improvement of California’s early care and education programs.
When:
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Registration and resource fair begins at 8:30 AM
Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Where:
Pleasant Hill Community Center
320 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Cost:
Free ~ Certificate of Professional Growth Hours Available ~
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Old Firehouse School • Martinez Early Childhood Center, Inc. • Cambridge Community Center
Brandman University • Lakeshore Learning Materials • International Child Resource Institute (ICRI)
El Nuevo Mundo Children’s Center • Rotary Club of Concord-Diablo • Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill
Forest Hills Preschool & Child Care Inc. • Daryl Hanson • Eran Perera
— Space is limited —
Register now: http://11thannualforum2015.eventbrite.com
Limited child care available for children 2 years and up
Please visit the Local Planning Council website to view last year’s Forum
www.plan4kids.org
For more information, please call
Ruth Fernández at (925) 942-3413
Coordinated by the
Contra Costa County Office of Education
PROGRAM
8:30-9:00 AM
Registration and Resource Fair
9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Ruth Fernández, LPC Coordinator and Cathy Roof, LPC Advocacy Chair
Opening Remarks
“Building Bridges for a Birth through Eight Education Continuum”
Karen Sakata, Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools
Moderator Address: Matt Regan, Senior Vice President Government Relations, Bay Area Council
Overview of Bay Area Council’s Talking is Teaching – Talk, Read and Sing Campaign
Legislative and Local Elected Officials Panel:
California’s Investments in Quality Early Care and Education
Panel Presenters: Assembly Member Catharine Baker
Assembly Member Susan Bonilla
Supervisor Candace Andersen
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff
Moderated by: Matt Regan, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Bay Area Council
Stakeholder Panel:
Quality Improvement Early Care and Education Initiatives:
Collective Impact in Action
Panel Presenters: Ted Lempert, President, Children Now
Moira Kenney, Executive Director, First 5 Association
Sean Casey, Executive Director, First 5 Contra Costa
Camilla Rand, Director, Community Services Bureau
Moderated by: Matt Regan, Senior Vice President Government Relations, Bay Area Council
11:50 – 12:15 PM
Networking and Resource Fair
12:15 – 12:45 PM
Lunch and Afternoon Keynote
Keynote Presenter: Ted Lempert, President, Children Now
12:45 -1:55 PM
Design Lab Activity
Facilitators: Ruth Fernández, Contra Costa County Office of Education
Eduardo Aguilar, Children Now
Closing Remarks
2:00 PM
Adjournment
Register now: http://11thannualforum2015.eventbrite.com • SPACE IS LIMITED!