Hello Friends, Partners, and Supporters,
On behalf of the Children’s HealthWatch team, thank you for joining our 5th Annual Virtual Fall Celebration and supporting our mission. We are so grateful to everyone who made the virtual event a success.
We want to especially thank our Children’s HealthWatch Champion, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call to Moral Revival, and its co-chairs, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, for your compelling call to action to promote equity, eliminate poverty, and eradicate racism. Your campaign’s work is truly inspiring.
To our equity series sponsors, Ms. Marilyn Meyerhoff and Mr. Sam Feldman, we are grateful for your continued and very generous support of our mission.
To the Children’s HealthWatch Advisory Board, thank you so much for your continued engagement and advice. Your wisdom and knowledge have enabled us to do this work more intentionally and purposively in service of all families and children.
To the event attendees, thank you for taking the time to join us. To have not only the pleasure of your presence but your continued support of the work we do is truly a privilege.
And last but not least, to the families of young children whose participation makes our research possible, we are immensely grateful for your time in sharing your experiences with us. Given the continued hardships of the pandemic, the struggle for equity, and the policy challenges of the last few years, we know you are dealing with so much, yet you take time to share your reality. Your courage and knowledge humble us.
In 2023, Children’s HealthWatch will celebrate its 25th anniversary! In the lead up to that celebration, we will host a series of exciting in-person and virtual events throughout 2023. Stay tuned by going to our website at www.childrenshealthwatch.org.
In case you were unable to tune in live to our Fall Celebration, “Equity and You: Putting Health Equity Into Action,” you can watch it below. To support our mission, please click here or scan the QR code below.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, PhD MPH
Executive Director, Children’s HealthWatch
Watch the Recording of Our Fifth Annual Fall Celebration, “Equity & You: Putting Health Equity Into Action,” Below!
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The 2022 Children’s HealthWatch Champion is…
We are thrilled to present the Rev. Drs. William Barber II and Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival, with this year’s Children’s HealthWatch Champion Award. This award is presented to a champion who advocates for equitable, evidence-based policies that help children and families thrive.
Nearly 55 years ago, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others built the Poor People’s Campaign, a broad, moral movement that united people and communities across the country to confront the injustices of poverty and advance the civil rights of all people. Today, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival continues Dr. King’s movement to shift our country’s moral narrative, impact policies and elections, and build lasting power for poor and impacted people. The success of these movements to confront systemic racism and poverty demonstrates the significance of collective action and power generated when individuals join together to advance a common cause.
Find More Information about Past Children’s HealthWatch Champions Below!
Children’s HealthWatch 2022 Fall Celebration Sponsorship Opportunities
Children’s HealthWatch seeks your support. Early childhood is a special period of brain and physical development. The first three years of a child’s life are vital for setting their health trajectory for the rest of their lives. It is much more effective and efficient to invest in this time period to ensure optimal development than try to mitigate developmental gaps later. However, for millions of children, their well-being during this critical window is threatened by poverty, economic hardships, structural racism, and discrimination.
For 24 years, Children’s HealthWatch (headquartered at Boston Medical Center) has been on the forefront of timely, actionable research connecting economic hardships and public policies to the health and development of young children and families. Our work on the frontlines of pediatric care brings relevant data to inform policy decisions that ensure all children have equitable opportunities for healthy and successful lives. Our research has been cited on the floors of Congress and state legislatures, in national media, and countless research publications and has spurred policy improvements that promote health and economic equity.
We cannot do this work, however, without the generous support of funders like you. Our work helps shape policies that can change young children’s lives. We were key partners in the expansion of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits during the COVID crisis. We led the state coalition that doubled Massachusetts state EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) from 15% to 30%, putting thousands of dollars back into family pockets, and we have been a vital and unique voice for the health benefits of historic expansions to the Child Tax Credit. If you believe that all children should thrive and have hardship-free childhoods, then please click here to provide your tax-deductible contribution toward an organizational or individual sponsorship.
If you prefer to pay by check, please make it out to Children’s HealthWatch and mail it to the address below.
Children’s HealthWatch
Boston Medical Center
801 Albany Street
3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02119
For more information on how to sponsor, please email Cerlyn Cantave at cerlyn.cantave@bmc.org or call her at 781-962-9186.