“Without a lot more public spending, care for children under 5 will never be affordable and amply available to parents, while also offering decent compensation to employees. The math does not work. It will never work.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

This is the whole ballgame right here: until we put enough public $ into the system to make child care a competitive employer (and ideally a well-paying job altogether!) nothing else really matters. Important article by Dana Goldstein. nytimes.com/2022/10/13/us/…

Don’t support child care just b/c it helps the economy or the corporate bottom line. Support child care b/c parents having true choices and not running into a wall of stress while draining thousands of $$ yearly is a question of freedom, flourishing, and the future of families.

First day of NNOHA #NNOHAinNashville Conference with our Delta Dental CO Foundation crew, representing policy, work force, & early childhood. We are excited to dig in with other champions of public oral health across the country! 🦷🪥#oralhealth #publichealth #NNOHA2022

Standing ovation for The Tyler Merritt Project. He shared the most fascinating, moving, joyous & heartbreaking speech. Feeling lucky to have seen him tonight. Will buy his book. “We can’t possibly begin to evaluate how much seeing someone really means in the world…” -T. Merritt #NNOHA2022

Our night at #NNOHA2022 is complete! We were so inspired by The Tyler Merritt Project, we couldn’t wait to buy his book — & he signed it! He was lovely & gracious. Next up: downloading his audio book. Maybe he’ll sing on it too? A man of many talents! #read #booklover #blackauthors #starstruck

Apparently today is #MyTwitterAnniversary. Interesting because I’m also contemplating whether this platform is my jam anymore with all the new antics. I’ll take it one day at a time, I guess.

A huge vote for babies in New Mexico: voters passed #ConstitutionalAmendment1, amounting to a significant, permanent investment in #childcare and #homevisiting! Celebrating with New Mexico advocates and families today! #ThinkBabies

ticketmaster queue child care 🤝 unreasonable wait times, too expensive, not enough space for everyone

This is my official “we got tickets” tweet with @kayebear ! If you are in a queue, stay in line. It moves (albeit slowly). May the odds be ever in your favor! #TaylorSwiftTix #TaylorSwiftErasTour #Denver

So much gratitude to #RMECC2023 for having me on a panel w/ fellow early childhood philanthropy champions, Laura Carlson (Buell Foundation) & Jacquie Esquibel (Caring for Denver). I was so happy to talk about Delta Dental CO’s commitment to early childhood and oral health equity.

Wonderful to present with Jacquie Esquibel and Laura Carlson at #RMECC2023 about how foundations can support the good work of the early childhood sector!

UPDATE: EAST HIGH SCHOOL LOCKDOWN 2 adult faculty members have been transported to area hospitals. Again, we will be doing a controlled release once DPD allows. We are working with RTD to increase the number of buses on the 15 line to help students get home. More info to come.

This must stop!

Bravo to Rose Community Foundation. I hope all foundations can be partners in this advocacy. I stand with you.

going from succession to the bear is like getting whiplash because you watch rich people with unlimited access to the world still trap themselves in misery & then watch broke people with material limitations still build beautiful new paths

It's both useful and not to compare Oppenheimer to Barbie — I get that. And there are things I really enjoyed about both movies. But on the female characters in Nolan films front can I just say that Barbie is SO invested (maybe too invested?) in the inner life and emotional...

“When you set a vision, when you name the vision…then people adopt a vision. When people begin to see themselves in the vision, I think you’ve got something.” -Phil Washington, CEO Denver Int'l Airport, on DEN’s Vision 100 at B:CIVIC Summit 2024

“A purpose driven future is sustainable.” -Khalilah "KO" Olokunola, Founder & Impact Architect of ReEngineering HR on purpose at the keynote for the B:CIVIC Summit 2024

Do I follow around Delta Dental CO colleagues to hear them speak? Yes! Caitlin Henkel on DDCO’s ESG team introduces the ESG regulations speaker at B:CIVIC Summit 2024. Love seeing my colleagues in action!