Announcements from the Covenant with North Carolina's Children

Provided by Stacey Massengill, NCSPA Legislative and Public Policy Committee Member

Originally Submitted by Rob Thompson, Executive Director of the Covenant with North Carolina's Children

Council For Children's Rights Announces Creation of
The Larry King Center for Building Children's Futures

Charlotte, NC - The Council for Children's Rights announced the creation of The Larry King Center for Building Children's Futures as a part of its mission and work during a special luncheon celebrating 30 years of service to children in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community.

"The Center for Building Children's Futures is dedicated to supporting effective action for children in our community by meeting three key strategic needs," said Council For Children's Rights Executive Director Brett Loftis, who identified these needs as:

Research and Evaluation
Strategic and Community Planning
Public Policy Impact

"While the Council for Children's Rights will continue our advocacy work on behalf of individual children, The Larry King Center for Building Children's Futures will be a resource for the community at a strategic level - maximizing the effectiveness and impact of work being done for children by providers, agencies and funders," continued Loftis.

"We know that creating access to health and mental health care, reducing the incidence and impact of abuse and neglect and providing access to early care and education are critical needs for our children, but we've lacked shared infrastructure and capacity to meet these needs long-term. The core role of the Center was the long-time vision of Larry King, a tireless advocate for children, and the Center is named in his honor on behalf of the work that he did and inspired," said Loftis.

The Council For Children's Rights has received funding to create The Larry King Center for Building Children's Futures from the Bank of America Foundation, the Duke Endowment, Foundation For The Carolinas and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Wachovia Foundation (Wachovia is a Wells Fargo Company.)

For more information, go to http://www.cfcrights.org/.


Triangle MomsRising social - 10/25
(Note - Triangle MomsRising is a new member of the Covenant. For more info on MomsRising, check out their website - http://www.momsrising.org/.)

We welcome you to join Triangle MomsRising for a social on Oct. 25! We have met many new faces through this summer's visits to our representatives to advocate for health care reform. We would love to see you again, as well as meet those of you who would like to become involved, but haven't had the opportunity yet to participate in a "live" event. When: Sunday, October 25, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Where: The social will be centrally located in the Triangle to accommodate families throughout the area. We will meet at Davis Drive Park, 1610 Davis Drive Cary, NC 27512. What: We will meet at a playground to play, eat snacks, and decorate onesies with family friendly messages to display at upcoming events in the legislature. We will informally answer any of your questions about Triangle Momsrising, and are open to your ideas about areas of focus for the future. We are still a new group and are just emerging with a voice of our own. We are also one of only two local chapters in the country endorsed by National Momsrising, and they are providing us with the guidance and resources to reach our goals. Why: If you are interested in becoming involved, but either 1) don't have much free time 2) feel intimidated by the idea of lobbying for family-friendly policies in the legislature, come and check us out! We are all very busy (some of us work full-time outside the home, others of us work full-time as a parent, and some of us are attempting the crazy balancing act between the two), but each of us is free to commit however much or little time we choose to-- no guilt attached! And, the vast majority of us had no lobbying/legistlative experience before learning all we need to know as a Triangle Momrising member. Join us-- together we can achieve so much more than each of us acting alone, whether it be related to health care reform, paid sick days for all workers, early childhood education, getting toxins out of our children's environments, and so much more! All are welcome! Please RSVP to mailto:TriangleChapter@MomsRising.org.


2009 Annual Conference December 14, 2009

NC SCHOOL COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

"School Health Centers and Adolescents: Surviving and Thriving In Difficult Years"

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Daniel P. Krowchuk, MD Department of Pediatrics Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Held at the Historic Carolina Inn
211 Pittsboro Street Chapel Hill, NC 1-800-962-8519

Produced in conjunction with the NC Adolescent Health Summit at the same location the following day.
Registration Information at http://www.ncscha.org/