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Left to right: John Finnegan, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Don Fraser, former Mayor of Minneapolis, Co-Chairman of the Board, Ready for K; David Lawrence, President, Early Childhood Initiative Foundation, featured lecturer

Second McEvoy Lecture

March 22, 2005

McEvoy Lecture on Early Childhood and Public Policy

Tuesday, March 22, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm

1:00 - 2:30 Lecture

2:30 - 4:00 Action Groups

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Full transcript of lecture

Sponsored by:
Center for Early Education and Development
College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota

This event focused on:

• conducting and communicating policy-relevant research
• starting and strengthening community dialogue
• where, when, who, how: Impacting the media
• influencing the governor and the legislature

Featured:

David Lawrence Jr. retired in 1999 as publisher of The Miami Herald to work in the area of early childhood development and readiness. He is president of The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation and "University Scholar for Early Childhood Development and Readiness" at the University of Florida. In 2002 he led the successful campaign for The Children's Trust, a dedicated source of early intervention and prevention funding for children in Miami-Dade; he now is its chair. Named by Governor Jeb Bush to the Florida Partnership for School Readiness, he chaired that oversight board for two terms. In 2002, he was a key figure in passage of the statewide constitutional amendment that will provide high-quality pre-K availability for all four-year-olds beginning in the school year 2005 and served on the UPK Advisory Council that made recommendations in 2003 to the State Board of Education and the Legislature. In 2004 he served as the Governor's "special assistant for UPK implementation" to help get a high-quality program established in Florida.

Related Resources

Lecture Agenda (pdf)

Full transcript of lecture

McEvoy Memorial Page

Mary A. McEvoy Award for Public Engagement and Leadership