So...who joins me in wanting to give our children the best start possible in life? It turns out, there is a long list of passionate supporters in our County. We urge you to come to the upcoming Town Hall and connect with folks like you who are committed to preventing childhood adversity and supporting resilience.
Thursday, October 5, 2017 ∙ 6 - 8 PM
The Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa
Information fair, refreshments, onsite free childcare (limited by appt.) available at the event
Register today at http://bit.ly/SonomaRightStart
Here are some of the other community folks eager to link arms with you:
Speakers:
- Craig Cheslog, Common Sense Kids Action
- Grace Harris, MFT, Parent Resources Director, California Parenting Institute (speaking as our ACEs expert--provide an overview and some info from an MFT's experience)
- Meredith Kieschnick, MD, Santa Rosa Community Health (speaking from a pediatrician's perspective, since she screens all her kids for ACEs at their well checks)
- Lorie Siebler, 4Cs and Parent Voices (giving her own personal story, and then talking about how high quality affordable childcare is so important in ACEs prevention)
- Jason Carter, City of Santa Rosa Violence Prevention Partnership (giving his own personal story, and then talking about why the City of Santa Rosa is using ACEs scores as key information in their violence and gang prevention program)
- Shirlee Zane, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors--on how elected officials can support this work and help the social emotional health of residents
Partner organizations and information table presentations include:
Organization Name |
First 5 Sonoma (Co-Host) |
Sonoma County ACEs Connection |
Child Parent Institute |
Community Action Partnership |
Santa Rosa City Schools |
CHIPA (Petaluma Health Dist Community Work Group) |
Santa Rosa Community Health |
Sonoma State School of Education |
Santa Rosa Violence Prevention Partnership |
4Cs/Parent Voices |
Kids Data |
Common Sense Kids Action |
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