Community leaders are joining to stress the importance of reading to and engaging with young children, from day one onward. That was the message behind United Way of Hall County’s Cocktails & Conversations event Thursday, part of the Read, Learn, Succeed initiative to engage parents and community members in making sure children have the opportunity to succeed academically and later in life. “We want our parents to read to their children, from birth to (age) 5, 15 minutes a day,” United Way Vice President of Resource Development Joy Griffin said.