Join us on Friday, June 12th at 9:30 a.m., for a Boston Foundation Coffee & Conversation event celebrating the launch of the Early Childhood Exchange (ECX), a new partnership that will strengthen the link between early childhood research and policy in Massachusetts.

We will highlight the need for powerful collaboration on multiple levels to bolster the commonwealth’s early childhood ecosystems.

ECX brings together the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, the Massachusetts Early Childhood Policy Research Collaborative, and Strategies for Children to better connect research, policy, and decision-making. By offering rapid-response analyses, fast facts, and other actionable products, ECX will support more informed, evidence-based policies for young children and families.

Supported by a shared philanthropic investment, ECX reflects a collaborative approach to strengthening systems and improving outcomes for children and their caring adults.

The speakers who will be featured at the event are:

• Chad d’Entremont, Executive Director, Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy

• Kimberly D. Lucas, Massachusetts Early Childhood Policy Research Collaborative

• Amy O’Leary, Executive Director, Strategies for Children

• Kiley O’Meara, Executive Director, Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation

• Jill Norton, Founding Facilitator, Early Childhood Exchange; Founder and Education Consultant, Clark Street Consulting

• Danubia Camargos Silva, Senior Program Officer, Child Well-Being, The Boston Foundation, and

• Tom Weber, Foundation Fellow and Executive Director, Eastern Bank Foundation