Summit on Early Care and Education
January 28, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
House of Representatives Chamber. (Community members may watch the proceedings in the House gallery, on Capitol television or online.)
The Minnesota legislature has chosen to make early childhood a top priority for this legislative session. To demonstrate this commitment, the Legislature is holding a Summit on Early Care and Education where all members will be invited to be present. This is an historic and unusual event that demonstrates the true commitment to early childhood issues by the Legislature. Community members may watch the proceedings in the House gallery, on Capitol television or online.
Goal: To ensure all kids are school ready by 2020. We need an investment strategy for the future of Minnesota’s children.
Keynote Speaker: David Lawrence, former publisher of The Miami Herald
When: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 from 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Where: House of Representatives Chamber
Who: All Representatives and Senators
David Lawrence Jr. retired in 1999 as publisher of The Miami Herald to work in the area of early childhood development and readiness. He is president of The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation and University Scholar for Early Childhood Development and Readiness at the University of Florida. Named by Gov. Jeb Bush to the Florida Partnership for School Readiness, he chaired that oversight board for two terms. A fully endowed chair in early childhood studies has been established in his name at the University of Florida, College of Education.
Other speakers include Jim Hoolihan, President of the Blandin Foundation, who will highlight the innovative “Invest Early” model in Grand Rapids; and Jon Campbell, CEO, Minnesota Region of Wells Fargo Bank, who will discuss business community commitment to early childhood education.
Take Action Message from iCAN» Call and urge your legislators to attend the Summit on Early Care and Education. Tell them why it is important to you that they be present, and plan to follow up with them after the Summit to find out what they think.