Tassy Warren is the Keynote Speaker at Family ACCESS's Annual Meeting - November 17 at 7pm

Newton, MA –We are pleased to announce that Tassy Warren, First Lady of Newton and Chief Program Officer at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University will be our Keynote Speaker at the Family ACCESS Annual Meeting on Tuesday, November 17 at 7 p.m.

Ms. Warren is responsible for the center’s work to build an R&D platform, which includes efforts to conduct and align new research, generate and test new ideas, and connect a multi-dimensional learning community to achieve substantially greater impacts on the lives of young children whose needs are not being fully met by existing programs. She lives in Newton with her husband, Mayor Setti Warren, and her two young children.

The Family ACCESS Board of Directors cordially invites donors, partners and the public to attend the Annual Meeting and dessert reception. We thank Century Bank for sponsoring the event.

“This is very exciting for Family ACCESS because much of our practice is based on the research of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,” said Jon Firger, Executive Director of Family ACCESS of Newton. “

About Family ACCESS of Newton

Family ACCESS is a community-based non-profit organization that empowers and strengthens families through a set of four integrated programs: The Family ACCESS Early Learning Center, Family ACCESS Early Literacy Services, Family ACCESS Counseling and Consultation Services, and CAP Child Assault Prevention, a program of Family ACCESS. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and the community by providing programs that nurture child development, promote effective parenting skills, and support working parents. We actively engage a racially, economically, and culturally diverse population, and partner with area schools, community organizations, and other nonprofit and public social service agencies to reach children in need. For over 100 years, the organization has served thousands of families, regardless of their economic status, from Newton and neighboring towns.