You may remember that
in June at CGI America, Hillary announced a partnership between her
Too Small to Fail
initiative and the American Academy of Pediatrics that would put
information and tools in the hands of healthcare professionals to
encourage and assist parents in increasing vocabulary exposure for the 0
- 5 age group. In making that announcement, she cited an upcoming
alliance with the Oakland, California community.
Today, in
Oakland, she launched that campaign at the Children's Hospital Oakland
Research Institute (CHORI) surrounded by parents and little ones. We see
her with Oakland Mayor, Jean Quan, Bay Area Council President and CEO
Jim Wunderman, and Jim Steyer encouraging parents to talk, read, sing,
and color with their kids.
Let’s Talk, Oakland!
We
are so pleased to share with you the news about our second local
campaign launch in Oakland, California! This week, former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton joined business, hospital and community leaders to
announce the launch of “Talking is Teaching: Talk Read Sing,”
a multi-media campaign that will help Oakland parents improve their
babies’ ability to build vocabulary and set them up for brighter
futures.
The campaign is being developed with the help of many
wonderful local organizations and hospital partners in Oakland,
including the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Kaiser
Permanente, and the Bay Area Council; and with generous support from
Lynne and Marc Benioff, whose gift to Too Small to Fail will allow us to create a model program for how children’s hospitals can actively address the word gap as a health issue.
Oakland
parents and caregivers will receive information and tool kits from
pediatricians and community organizations about how engaging in simple
activities from birth—like describing objects seen during a bus ride,
singing songs, reading aloud, or telling stories—can significantly boost
children’s brain development. Hundreds of Oakland families already got
some beautiful kids’ clothing with this message at Children’s Fairyland yesterday as part of the campaign kick-off.
You can read more about our launch in Oakland here, and in local news stories here and here.
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Video
Check
out this video of Jose-Luis Orozco, a talented children’s author and
musician that helped us celebrate in Oakland this week. A great way to
sing with your baby! >> |
Come On Oakland, Let's Do This - a great rallying cry from on why talking, reading, & singing matters.
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