BCAC is excited about national health care reform and the protections it offers to all of us.  Barbara Edinberg is available to talk to your friends, staff, Boards, congregations and other groups you may belong to about national health care reform and what is happening right here in Connecticut.  Please call or email her to schedule a time and learn more.

BCAC's 3 Task Forces have announced their Action Agendas for the coming year.  Task Forces offer the setting to identify and address unmet and emerging needs of children in health care, education and early care, and family economic security. Read more and join a Task Force

Keynote Speaker:  The Honorable Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey

 

In front of a crowd of nearly 400 people, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey, electrified the audience with his words during the 25th Anniversary Annual Breakfast for the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition.  The CT Post and the The Bridgeport News featured articles about the Breakfast. [read more] 

The Westport Rotary Club has announced that the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition has been awarded a Community Partnership Grant for 2010.  BCAC's programs and mission meet the goals of Rotary.  It's the Rotary's hope that this award will reinforce BCAC's important work in the community.

Healthcare4every1, the statewide campaign for health reform, held a regional meeting recently.  "National Health Reform and SustiNet:The Next Step Forward" provided information to the community on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in Norwalk, CT.  More than 35 community residents, clergy and small business owners from Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford attended to learn more about SustiNet, Connecticut's affordable, comprehensive health plan voted into law in July 2009, and national health care reform, passed in March 2010.  Kevin Lembo, Co-Chair of the SustiNet Board was the guest speaker.  The meeting was organized by BCAC, in partnership with Christian Activities Council, Connecticut Parent Power, Interfaith Health Care Task Force of the Unitarian Church in Westport and Universal Health Care Foundation of CT.  [see photos]

September

BCAC Board of Directors Meeting, Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 8:00-9:30 am

BCAC Early Childhood Subcommittee Meeting, Tuesday, September 14, 2010, Noon-1:30 pm

BCAC Education & Early Care Task Force Meeting, Thursday, September 23, 2010, 515-7:00 pm

BCAC ALL MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS MEETING, Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:30-9:00 am

BCAC Family Economic Empowerment Task Force Meeting, Thursday, September 30, 2010, 5:15-7:00 pm