Northern California Summit on Children and Youth 2012
Click Here to Access Event Homepage and Registration Site
The Richmond Community Foundation [RCF] is delighted to host the 3rd Annual Northern California Summit on Children and Youth:
2012: "Educating Our Children, Who Will Lead?"
May 16, 17, 2012
Richmond Memorial Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA
The 3rd Annual Northern California Summit on Children and Youth will be held on May 16 and May 17, 2012, at the Richmond Civic Center Auditorium. This year's theme is "Educating Our Children - Who Will Lead?" May 17th coincides with the date of the ruling of Brown vs Board of Educationin 1954 and lends itself to our focus this year on education.
The 2012 summit focuses on effective leadership in schools and in the public and private sectors that are impacting education. The goals of the 2012 Northern California Summit on Children and Youth are to provide a venue for shared learning, training, and networking among target audiences; to develop focused discussions that address questions of leadership roles in education across multiple sectors and to inspire a "Call for Action" to all participants to take leadership to improve educational outcomes for children.
Our Honorary Host Committee for the Summit includes:
- Congressman George Miller, U.S. House of Representatives (CA-7th District)
- Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, California State Assembly (14th Assembly District)
- Dr. Helen Benjamin, Chancellor, Contra Costa Community College District
- Dr. Leroy M. Morishita, President, California State University-East Bay
- John M. Gioia, District 1 Supervisor, Contra Costa County
- Nicole Taylor, President and CEO, East Bay Community Foundation
- Joseph A. Ovick, Ed.D., Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools
- Linda Best, President and CEO, Contra Costa Council
- Diane Brown, President, United Teachers of Richmond
