Temple University Harrisburg is hosting Social Justice Innovators: the Value of a Healthy Community.
This three-part speaker series is being held in partnership with the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg. Register for this and other programs in the speaker series online at Harrisburg.temple.edu/speakers.
Mark Shriver presents : Health Inequites Among Our Children
Mark K. Shriver is President of Save the Children Action Network, which seeks to build bipartisan will and voter support to ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to high-quality early learning programs, and to end preventable maternal and child deaths worldwide. Shriver's career fighting for social justice in advocacy and service organizations, as well as elected office, has focused on advancing the right of every child to a safe and vibrant childhood. Shriver joined Save the Children in 2003 as Vice President for U.S. Programs and created the agency’s early childhood development, literacy, and health programs in the United States. Under his leadership, the programs expanded to 220 schools in 17 states, benefiting 165,000 children, including more than 400 children at four Head Start centers. He became President of the Save the Children Action Network in 2014 and leads a team of government relations, mobilization, political action, and communications staff.