A picture is worth a thousand words and we want to help you tell your community’s story. If you would like to have a photographer come down and take pictures of the good work your CAT is doing, please let …
Advocacy Day January 2017: Save the Date
Please mark your calendars and set aside January 31, 2017 to come to Sacramento for Advocacy Day. Advocacy Day participants will spend a day in partnership with First 5 building awareness and understanding of early childhood for California legislators. January’s …
Bright Beginnings Evaluation Plan & Survey
Shared measurement is a cornerstone of our work together. Understanding the effectiveness of our work, helps inform how we move forward. After reviewing the Year 1 Bright Beginnings Final Evaluation Report, Bright Beginnings has finalized the evaluation plan for the …
Bright Beginnings & Bright Futures Partnership
In September several members of the Bright Beginnings and Bright Futures Backbone/Steering Partners attended a training from Strive Together, an organizer of nationwide Cradle To Career communities. Team members attended sessions about data collection, successful project examples and the importance …
Taking Our Work to the Next Level
Bright Beginnings was able to co-sponsor a three-day training with Teri O’Brien a national consultant and original thought leader in collective impact. Teri presented on best practices for how to advance our current work to the next level in order …
CAT Spotlight – Salinas
José Arreola is the Community Safety Division Administrator for the City of Salinas and the Director of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace (CASP), a cross-sector, collective-impact organization that is dedicated to reducing youth violence in Salinas. At CASP, …
CAT Spotlight – Greenfield
Josefina Silva is a former member of the Bright Beginnings’ Collaborative Action Team (CAT) in the community of Greenfield. She started her 25-year career in education as a first grade teacher and has spent years working as a pre-school coordinator …
September Policy Advocacy Network Meeting
At the most recent Policy Advocacy Network meeting, we covered several important topics: The Women’s Policy Institute team presented a draft of their Child Care and Early Learning Policy Strategies document for feedback; Brainstorm language and priorities for the draft of …
September CAT Convening Recap
On September 9th, Bright Beginnings stakeholders gathered together for the Fall Collaborative Action Team Convening. There was active participation and feedback about Bright Beginnings support, the alignment of Bright Beginnings and Bright Futures and peer-to-peer CAT learning. For the agenda and …
Porque Me Amas Materials – Fotonovela!
Hopefully by now you’ve seen the television ads, heard the radio spots, seen bus ads, and bookmarks from the Porque Me Amas campaign to promote parent-child interaction in the Spanish speaking community. Bright Beginnings has been working in partnership with …