Strengthening Vulnerable Families Teleconference: Early Literacy
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Time: 2:00 to 3:00 PM EST
(11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST)
A popular saying among educators is, “Until third grade, a child learns to read. After third grade, a child reads to learn.”
Why is early childhood literacy, especially reading at grade level by third grade, so important? How are funders supporting programs that address literacy for children as well as their parents?
Join us for a Strengthening Vulnerable Families Teleconference on Early Literacy to learn more.
Speakers include:
Rebecca Combs, Executive Director
The Phil Hardin Foundation, Meridian, MS
The mission of the Phil Hardin Foundation is to increase the number of Mississippi's children ready for Kindergarten.
Rebecca Combs, a native of New York, is the Executive Director of the Phil Hardin Foundation and most recently served as the Executive Director of the Reading ASSIST Institute in Wilmington, Delaware. Ms. Combs received both her B.A degree in Political Science, graduating magna cum laude, and her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the State University of New York at Brockport where her studies in economics took her to the former Soviet Union.
Meadows Foundation, Dallas, TX
The Meadows Foundation exists to assist people and institutions of Texas improve the quality and circumstances of life for themselves and future generations.
Adrianna Cuéllar Rojas is a Senior Program Officer with the Meadows Foundation where she has worked since 1997, reviewing grant proposals and making funding recommendations in the areas of health, human services, education, arts and the environment. She previously handled governmental relations for several state entities including the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Commission on Children and Youth.
Adrianna has a Masters of Public Affairs from the LBJ School at UT Austin and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University. She also studied International Studies at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Adrianna volunteers as a court-appointed advocate for abused and neglected children with Dallas CASA, is involved with the program planning for the Conference of Southwest Foundations and is on the board of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers.
This teleconference is free, but registration is required.
Co-hosted by the Association of Small Foundations
www.smallfoundations.org