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Special thank you to the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation for providing project fundingfor the Speakers' Bureau.
The Speakers' Bureau aims to represent the demographics of the early childhood education field in Massachusetts, and fill a systemic gap in our state, of having well-prepared and trained voices from the field to speak up and speak out on behalf of the field. The inaugural cohort of the Speakers' Bureau launched in 2021 and was a 7–week advocacy experience for 15 early educators, held between May and June 2021.
After completing the skill-building series, participants will be better prepared for any advocacy opportunities and public-speaking engagements they come across in their careers.
Participants::
- Ana Rivas, FCC owner/educator (Clarendon Early Education Services)
- Christine Little, FCC owner/educator
- Danielle Scanlon, Assistant Director, YWCA of Central MA
- Darmery Montoya, FCC owner/educator (Acre Family Child Care)
- Dottie Williams, FCC owner/educator (Child Development and Education)
- Emmett Prescott, Site Director, MetroWest YMCA
- Gloria Valentin-Denson, FCC owner/educator
- Heidi Bailey, Teacher, Buckingham, Browne and Nichols
- Kate Murphy, Teacher, The Family Cooperative
- Kristen Benevides, Teacher, Citizens for Citizens Head Start
- Lilly Zing, FCC owner/educator (Clarendon Early Education Services)
- Luisa Palladino, Director, YWCA of Central MA
- Maria Otano, FCC owner/educator (Neighborhood Development Corp of Jamaica Plain)
- Marybeth Brown, Seven Hills Foundation (CCR&R)
- Vanessa Pashkoff, Teacher, Williston Northampton Children’s Center
Featured guest speakers:
- Donna Denette, Executive Director of Children First
- Jeri Robinson, Retired VP of Early Education Initiatives at Boston Children's Museum and Chair of the School Committee at Boston Public School
- Maria Moeller, Chief Executive Officer at The Community Group in Lawrence
- Nikki Burnett, Executive Director of Educare in Springfield
- Alyssa Haywoode, Freelance Writer, Blogger at Strategies for Children and former Editorial Writer for the Boston Globe
- Representative Andres (Andy) Vargas, 3rd Essex MA Legislature
- Sarah Mills, Legislative Aide for Rep. Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk and former early educator
- Kathleen McNerney, WBUR
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