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Nurture Connection: A National Impact Network for Early Relational Health

April 25
12:00 PM EST

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We’re thrilled to invite the BUILD community to learn more about Nurture Connection, a national impact network that partners with families and communities to promote Early Relational Health (ERH). You will hear from Dr. David Willis, founder of Nurture Connection along with other Nurture Connection leaders about how in partnership with families, ERH champions around the country are working to promote the flourishing of families and their youngest children through an intentional focus on supporting foundational relationships between infants and toddlers and their parents/caregivers. To achieve this vision, Nurture Connection shares emerging knowledge, amplifies breakthroughs, innovations, and collaborations, supports communities through place-based ERH efforts, and centers parent leadership as a grounding principle of the network. We hope you’ll join this informative and valuable discussion and leave inspired to enhance your coalition efforts.

Panelists:

  • Claudia Aristy: Reach Out and Read; Nurture Connection Family Network Collaborative Parent Leader representing Latinx Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Families, New York
  • Allison Logan, BS-ED, MS: CEO and Founder, Logan Consulting & Company, LLC; Co-Founder of CT 359
  • Dayna Long, MD, FAAP: Pediatrician and Codirector, Center for Child and Community Health, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
  • David Willis, MD, FAAP: Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy; Founder, Nurture Connection

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