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Early Childhood in the Era of Climate Change

Climate change threatens many of our early childhood goals, including children’s physical and mental health, family well-being, and school readiness. At the same time, young children are incredibly valuable in the climate fight because of how their healthy development is entwined with a healthy, climate-resilient society.

Join the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable and Capita to learn more about the crossroads of climate change and early childhood development, ways early childhood-focused philanthropies can engage with the climate to further their missions, and how a climate frame can open up early childhood to a powerful new set of investments.

This webinar is open to all funders and philanthropy organizations.

Joining us:

  • Moderator: Elliot Haspel – Director, Climate & Young Children, Capita

  • Jacqueline Patterson – Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership

  • Diana Rauner – President, Start Early; Co-Chair, Early Years Climate Task Force; Former First Lady of Illinois

  • Tonja Rucker – Director, Early Childhood Success, Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, National League of Cities

  • Sara Slaughter – Executive Director, W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation