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Our Children, Our Future
Talk Series |
Our Children, Our Future
Talk Series
Our Children, Our Future is a unique opportunity to listen to,
and dialogue with, leaders in the children's advocacy movement in California.
Action Alliance for Children,
The United Way of the Bay Area, The
Commonwealth Club, and Providian
Financial are collaborating to create a season of presentations and
discussion on key issues affecting children and families throughout the
state.
2001-2002 presentations
Accountability Systems and Student Achievement: Can They Work?
June 26, 2002
8:30 to 10:00 a.m
Speakers: Jim Lanich, Director, Just for the Kids California and A. Lee
Blitch, CEO & President, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Being Family Friendly is Good Business
May 2, 2002
Reception 4:45 p.m, Presentation: 5:00
Presenters: Paul Orfalea, Founder of Kinko's Inc. and Anne Wilson, CEO,
United Way of the Bay Area
Paul Orfalea -- founder of Kinko's Inc. and the head of the Orfalea Family
Foundation, focused on early care and education issues and family-friendly
business policies -- along with Anne Wilson -- CEO of the United Way of
the Bay Area, the largest private funder of community services in the
7-county Bay Area -- will present information and lead a discussion on
being a family-friendly business and good corporate citizen in today's
economy. The speakers will discuss current trends in family-friendly businesses
and corporate citizenship as well as highlight the benefits.
Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Co-sponsored by ie communications
March 21, 2002
Reception 11:45 Presentation Noon
Bag lunch can be ordered through The Commonwealth Club
A panel of experts will discuss the most recent research on the impact
of violence on children and youth, discuss current policy considerations,
and share how funders, practitioners, policy makers and advocates are
focusing on preventing our children and youth from being exposed to violence.
Proposition 10, The Tobacco Tax: What's really happening
February 19, 2002
Reception 11:45, Presentation Noon
Bag lunch can be ordered through The Commonwealth Club
Mark Friedman, the Executive Director of the Alameda County Prop 10 Commission,
and Rob Reiner (tentative), actor, director, and the founding force behind
Proposition 10, will share the current status of the work related to early
childhood development. Nearly two years into the implementation, we will
hear how the work in counties throughout the state is improving the lives
of children.
Child Care and the State Budget: How it affects your family, workplace
and community
January 17, 2002
Reception 11:45, Presentation Noon
Bag lunch can be ordered through The Commonwealth Club
Patty Siegel, Executive Director of the Child Care Resource and Referral
Network, a longtime leader in the child care arena in California, and
a prominent Bay Area state legislator will discuss the proposed state
budget cuts in child care programming and how the changes will affect
you. The speakers will also explore what it takes to get the attention
of elected officials to encourage public investment in children.
Foster Care Crisis
Monday, November 12, 2001
Reception 4:45
Presentation 5:15
Alan Watahara, California Partnership for Children
Amy Lemley, First Place Fund for Youth Foster Youth
Economics of Child Care
Monday, October 15, 2001
Reception 4:45
Presentation 5:15
Lori Dorfman, Berkeley Media Studies Group
James Head, National Economic Development Law Center
Work/Life Issues
Monday, September 24, 2001
Reception 4:45
Presentation 5:15
Judith David Bloomfield, One Small Step
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Location:
The Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, San Francisco.
Cost:
$7 for members, $9 for nonmembers.
Reservations:
Call The Commonwealth Club Office at 415-597-6705 or register
online.
General information:
Contact Section Chairs, Philip Arca of Action Alliance for Children at
aacphilip@4children.org or
Rebecca Randall of the United Way at rebecca.randall@theunitedway.com.
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