"Investing in Our Future: What is the Risk of Ignoring the Opportunity Gap?" - 2015 Community Conversation on Early Childhood

2015 Community Conversation on Early Childhood

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You are cordially invited to attend the
2015 York County
Community Conversation on
Early Childhood
produced by the
York County Early Childhood Coalition

Friday, October 23, 2013
7:30 - 10:30AM
At The Coastal House, Wells

"Investing in Our Future:
What is the Risk of Ignoring the Opportunity Gap?"

Featuring:
U.S. Senator Angus S. King
(via video)
Mark Eves,
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
Claire Berkowitz,
Executive Director, Maine Children's Alliance
Ed Cervone,
Executive Director, Educate Maine
In the 1950's there was far more equality of opportunity for all in the U.S. Things have deteriorated drastically. Why? What is being done to address this problem for us all?

AGENDA
7:30      Breakfast and Networking
8:00     Program:

Overview of Robert Putman's study of the Opportunity Gap in America
Federal status report
What is happening in Maine and York County?
State/local status report

This Community Conversation will help you understand ...

What is the risk of ignoring the current disparity in opportunity for our children?
How does it impact ourselves and our neighbors, the economic and business world, and our Nation?
What is being done, and what more can be done to address this threat to our well-being as individuals, and as a Nation?

You will leave the conversation with a better understanding of ...

Proven, practical strategies for narrowing the gap for Maine's kids.

DID YOU KNOW?

An opportunity gap has grown over the last 30 years between rich kids and poor kids in Maine. This gap threatens our state's prosperity, our democracy, and most fundamentally, the promise of the American Dream that all our children, regardless of their family background, have a decent chance of success in life.
Shared investment in everyone's kids was key to American growth and fairness in the past, and it is key to restoring the American Dream today.

Registration Info:
RSVP by Oct. 20th

Registration Fee: $10 (includes breakfast and all handouts)

Register & Pay Online
by clicking here.
OR
Register by mail
by sending your contact info and a check payable to:
United Way of York County
PO Box 727
Kennebunk, ME 04043
REGISTER NOW!

Display Table Opportunity:

The venue offers room for our community organizations to display their good work in early childhood. If you would like to have a display table please send an email to Lora Kline by October 16th to save your place.

People with displays will be asked to arrive by 7:00am to set up.

Links of Interest:

York County Early Childhood Coalition

Our Kids, The American Dream in Crisis

Closing the Opportunity Gap, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education

Why Inequality Persists in America - The New Yorker

Carsey School of Public Policy - Opportunity Gap data for Maine

"Investing in Our Future: What is the...

Date and Time

Friday Oct 23, 2015
7:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

October 23, 2015

Location

The Coastal House, Rt. 1, Wells ME

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$10.00 includes breakfast and materials

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Contact Information

Lora Kline, Director of Strategic Impact United Way of York County
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