No Small Matter

press release: Madison Public Library is partnering with DANE Brain Collective to present a FREE screening of No Small Matter at the Barrymore Theater.

No cost to attend but tickets are required. Get your tickets on Eventbrite. 

Thursday, May 30, from 5:00-8:00pm, Barrymore Theater [2090 Atwood Ave]

Schedule:

5:00pm: Networking (food & beverages available)

5:50pm: Welcome

6:00pm: Screening begins

7:25pm: Q&A with expert panel

The DANE Brain Collective comprises the following organizations: 4C, City of Madison, Dane County Department of Human Services, Madison Children’s Museum, Madison Public Library, Project Babies, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, UW-Madison Office of Child Care and Family Resources, Reach Dane, Reach Out & Read Wisconsin, United Way of Dane County, and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association. WORT, 89.9 FM, listener-sponsored community radio, is a media sponsor of this showing.

Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years of life, and reveals how our failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.

UW-Madison Associate Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Dipesh Navsaria is a featured expert in the film, and is an active member of this collaboration. Professor Seth Pollak, UW-Madison Psychology and Pediatrics, is also featured in the film.

The film was executively produced by Alfre Woodard and co-directed by Danny Alpert and Greg Jacobs. 

The screening will be followed by an open question and answer session with the expert panelists listed below:

• Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, UW-Madison Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• Paula Drew, Research and Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
• Dennis Winters, Chief Economist, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
• Jeannie Cullen Schultz, Vice President – Healthcare, JP Cullen