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Strong Starts. Stronger Nashville. Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion

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August 15, 2025

Join the Nashville Early Education Coalition for a screening of the documentary Starting at Zero. After the film, there will be a panel discussion with documentary director, Willa Kammerer, Alabama House Representative, Jeana Ross, and local leaders. Light refreshments will be provided.

Bringing together the voices of policymakers, educators, academics, business leaders, pediatricians, parents, and children, Starting at Zero examines the latest developmental brain science to demonstrate how essential the earliest years of learning are to maximize human potential.

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 from, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Riverside Revival

1600 Riverside Drive • Nashville, TN 37216

Click HERE to RSVP and for more information!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

The Frist Foundation, Nashville Early Education Transformational Champion: Empowering high‑quality early childhood education across Nashville

The Fallon Company

PNC Bank

The Boe Foundation

The Saul Zeantz Charitable Foundation

Riverside Revival


NEEC is proud to partner with United Way's Raising Readers Nashville as our Acceleration Partner, partnering to implement engagement opportunities to advance NEEC advocacy priorities and improve early childhood outcomes.

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