Rhode Island Kids Count Breakfast Release of the 2006 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook
The 2006 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook was released on Monday, April 3, 2006 in a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings. The report was presented to Congressional Delegation and leaders from education, health, business and human services.
Voices for America's Children President Tamara Lucas Copeland and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Executive Director Elizabeth Burke Bryant share a moment at the Factbook breakfast.
Dr. Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D., Rhode Island KIDS COUNT's Board Chairperson, gives welcoming remarks.
Tamara Lucas Copeland, President of Voices for America’s Children, gives keynote remarks highlighting the urgent need to maintain and strengthen state and federal investments in families and children.
Chace Baptista, a youth speaker at the breakfast, highlights the importance of education and emphasizes how important it is for youth to have adults who believe in them, challenge them and support them.
The youth from the Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School perform at the Factbook breakfast.
After highlighting the progress and challenges facing Rhode Island’s children, Elizabeth Burke Bryant presented the 2006 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook to community leaders and elected officials, including:
Governor Donald Carcieri
Senator Jack Reed
Senator Lincoln Chafee
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
Secretary of State Matthew Brown
Sister Mary Reilly the Executive Director of Sophia Academy.
Attorney General Patrick Lynch and Chief Juge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah
Mayor David Cicilline
Mayor Scott Avedisian
Pauline Perkins-Moye the Director of the Florence Gray Center
Rhode Island Kids Count Breakfast
Voices for America's Children President Tamara Lucas Copeland and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Executive Director Elizabeth Burke Bryant share a moment at the Factbook breakfast.
Dr. Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D., Rhode Island KIDS COUNT's Board Chairperson, gives welcoming remarks.
Tamara Lucas Copeland, President of Voices for America’s Children, gives keynote remarks highlighting the urgent need to maintain and strengthen state and federal investments in families and children.
Chace Baptista, a youth speaker at the breakfast, highlights the importance of education and emphasizes how important it is for youth to have adults who believe in them, challenge them and support them.
The youth from the Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School perform at the Factbook breakfast.
Governor Donald Carcieri
Senator Jack Reed
Senator Lincoln Chafee
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
Secretary of State Matthew Brown
Sister Mary Reilly the Executive Director of Sophia Academy.
Attorney General Patrick Lynch and Chief Juge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah
Mayor David Cicilline
Mayor Scott Avedisian
Pauline Perkins-Moye the Director of the Florence Gray Center
