Highlights from 2022 Early Childhood Day at the Legislature ECDL ’22 was a great success! Over 150 early childhood advocates attended Early Childhood Day at the Legislature (ECDL) virtually on March 9, 2022. People from all over the state logged in to ask the 52 participating legislators to support Vermont’s young children and families.  ECDL is an annual day of advocacy, education, and networking organized by the Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance, Let's Grow Kids, and Building Bright Futures. The event brings together early childhood professionals and providers, parents, employers, business owners, and policymakers to focus on early childhood issues. This year’s event marked the 28th edition of this annual day of advocacy. Live speakers in the morning included Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray, President Pro Tempore Rebecca Balint, and featured speaker Pollaidh Major, Outreach Representative of the Office of U.S. Sen. Leahy. The Day included advocacy seminars and a luncheon attended by legislators that gave advocates the opportunity to speak one-on-one with policy makers about issues that impact families and children in the areas of health, safety, economic security, food security, and early care and education. (See the full Alliance 2022 Legislative Agenda here: vecaa.org/legislative-agenda) After lunch, participants had time to debrief and network before gathering together again for concluding live remarks from Speaker of the House Rep. Jill Krowinski and recorded remarks from U.S. Representative Peter Welch and Governor Phil Scott. Thank you to everyone who was part of the wonderful event this year. You can read a longer summary of the Day's highlights on the Alliance website. We look forward to seeing you in-person next year Wednesday, March 15, 2023! If you have not already, please take two minutes to fill out our evaluation survey by Monday, March 21. Thank you to all of our sponsors who helped make Early Childhood Day at the Legislature so successful this year! | 
