We’ve teamed up with the Hendrix College Project Pericles Program** to present this event and you’re invited.

Let’s talk about what Arkansas can do to help children and their families succeed and how you can play a part. Join the discussion of the latest research, recent activities in Arkansas, and possible solutions to current problems. We need your input! Help us shape policy by participating.

Topics will include:

ARKids First & the Affordable Care Act
Juvenile Justice Reform in Arkansas
Advocating for After-School Programming
How Tax Policy Affects Kids and Families
Immigration Policy
Pre-K Education
The Opportunity to Learn Campaign*

Participants will travel from table to table in small groups to discuss these issues and gather important facts and figures to make you a better child advocate. (Also, feel free to take a look at our new “Advocates Guide to the 2012 Elections: Questions to ask about the issues that matter“).

It’s Free- but space is limited. Sign up today!

When: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012, 1pm.-4 p.m.
Where: Campbell Dining Room in the Student Life and Technology Center, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Avenue, Conway

RSVP to Susana O’Daniel by September 28th by emailing:
sodaniel@aradvocates.org or by calling 501-371-9678 ext. 112.

* The Opportunity to Learn Campaign is a growing collaboration of local, state and national organizations, grassroots community leaders, policymakers, youth organizers, business leaders and philanthropic partners working to ensure that every public school in the nation provides each child with the opportunity for a high-quality education.

** Project Pericles, named after the Athenian statesman credited with articulating Athenian democracy to the ancient world, was conceived in 1999 by Eugene M. Lang to address a national concern: the growing political cynicism and civic disengagement of young people. A retired businessman well known for his philanthropic and innovative ventures in education, including the “I Have a Dream Foundation,” Lang was motivated by his belief that higher education should be the primary medium for revitalizing the legacy of Pericles.