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Youths to Discuss Their Needs With State Leaders at KidSpeak® 2011
Forum Topic: Achieving Success from Cradle to Career
May 6, 2011
LANSING – Young people from several Michigan communities will gather at the state Capitol on Wednesday, May 11 for KidSpeak® 2011 where they will share with key legislators thoughts on what they need to achieve success from cradle to career. The annual statewide KidSpeak® brings youths before listening panels comprised of legislative leaders, state community health, education and human services officials, and select lobbyists. The youth forum empowers young people by giving them a voice in public policy debates and provides policymakers the rare opportunity to hear the voices of youths on issues of concern to them. |
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May 3, 2011
LANSING, MI – Michigan’s Children, a nonpartisan and nonprofit voice for children and their families, is pleased to announce the three outstanding champions of children’s health who will be recognized at the Heroes at Sunrise awards breakfast on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 for their commitment to improving the lives of Michigan’s youngest citizens.
The 2011 honorees are Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom of the Henry Ford Health System, Dr. Sheila Marcus of University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Dr. Maria Manzor, a dentist in Warren. |
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April 18, 2011
LANSING – Students from several Michigan communities will testify on challenges they face in obtaining their high school diploma during a special KidSpeak®: Youth Voice in Education Reform at the Governor’s Education Summit on April 25 at Michigan State University.
Students will share their first-hand experiences of lack of basic resources in public schools, barriers to graduation for those in the juvenile justice system, credit recovery programs for drop outs,
challenges facing youths in foster care and teen parents, and physical and mental health support services in schools. |
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March 21, 2011
YPSILANTI – Ensuring educational success for all Michigan children requires a change in attitude toward education from do-nothing to can-do, Lt. Gov. Calley said Monday.
“We want kids to be successful but what do we need to do? So much of the feedback is that there’s not much we can do – we blame it on poor socioeconomic conditions or parents not being involved. As if these are throwaway kids,” Calley told a select group of more than two dozen legislative and business leaders gathered this morning at the HighScope Educational Research Foundation in Ypsilanti to review the latest research on early childhood development. |
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March 15, 2011
LANSING – Legislative and business leaders will come together on March 21, 2011 at the HighScope Educational Research Foundation in Ypsilanti to review the latest research on early childhood development and discuss ways to ensure the educational success of Michigan’s youngest citizens.
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley will give opening remarks on the importance of investing in the early years.
Legislative co-hosts are Sen. Randy Richardville (R-Monroe), Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor), Rep. Mark Ouimet (R-Scio Twp.), Rep. Amanda Price (R-Holland), and Rep. Rutledge (D-Ypsilanti). Cohosting from the business side is Phillip Wm. Fisher, secretary of the Fisher Foundation Board and a member of the Children’s Leadership Council of Michigan. |
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