America’s kids are not alright. Thirty million are hungry. Twelve million live in poverty — and that number is soaring to an all-time high. More than 6 million are expected to lose their health insurance this year.
Yet, for many of our leaders, children are an afterthought. Look no further than COVID-19 and its economic fallout.
During our Third Annual Children’s Week, First Focus on Children will sit down with several members of Congress and will work with our partner advocates to amplify the issues most important to our nation’s children and call on our country’s lawmakers to act in the best interest of the child.
Schedule of Events
Friday, June 12th
A Pre-Children’s Week Chat with Senator Chris Van Hollen & the Children’s Budget Coalition
10:00 am ET — A Children’s Week Chat with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
11:00 am ET — A Children’s Week Chat with Congresswoman Susan Wild (D-PA)
12:00 pm ET — A Children’s Week Chat with Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
1:00 pm ET — A Children’s Week Chat with Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (D-IA)
Thursday, June 18th
10:00 am ET — A Children’s Week Chat with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Moderated by First Focus on Children’s Vice President of Family Economics, Cara Baldari, this virtual panel will feature a discussion between Jeff Madrick, director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative and author of Invisible Americans, and three members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s consensus committee that authored the landmark report, A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, Greg Duncan, Christine James-Brown, and Dolores Acevedo-Garcia.
Friday, June 19th
1:00 pm ET — A Children’s Week Chat with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
