Parents, early childhood educators and providers coming together to fix our broken childcare system for every family. #SaveChildcare#ChildcareisEssential
[PRESS RELEASE] Parents, providers, and educators are take action to #SaveChildcare as a vote on the Childcare is Essential Act nears.
Our demands:
1⃣ $100 Billion investment
2⃣ Equitable child care system built on racial justice
3⃣ Child care for all
https://t.co/p3YcWGFJYz
The lack of support for mothers during the #COVID19 pandemic could set gender equity back a generation, write @SarahJaneGlynn, @JulieKashen, and @NovelloAmanda in a must-read new report: https://t.co/k62UCZNM8a
Congress needs a costume change... and today Child Care Providers and Parents from ACROSS the country are defending childcare against that scary future. We sent THOUSANDS of texts to #ChildCareVoters and shared our stories together today! 🎃👻
With just one week left until voting ends in the 2020 elections, FFYF’s latest national polling makes clear that voters want to see their candidates prioritize #childcare & #earlylearning. https://t.co/Cy94CmdZAn
With less than a week until Nov 3– make your plans to get your vote counted and checkout our scorecard to make sure you know who the child care champion on your ballot are:
https://t.co/is6TEA9qq4
I pledge to only support the candidates who fight for an equitable child care system for families, regardless of the color of their skin, where they're born or how much money they make. I'm ready to raise my voice as a child care voter w/ @childcarechange https://t.co/B0UXZt4AiS
It's time to get out the vote! We're holding 2 #GOTV text banks tonight and Weds as well as convening Sat with our friends from @ChildcareChange, parents & providers from across the nation on Saturday! RSVP for all here: https://t.co/QdAoWRtVnm #ParentsToThePolls#childcarevoter
I pledge to only support the candidates who fight for an equitable child care system for families, regardless of the color of their skin, where they're born or how much money they make. I'm ready to raise my voice as a child care voter w/ @childcarechange https://t.co/tFexUff04f
I pledge to only support the candidates who fight for an equitable child care system for families, regardless of the color of their skin, where they're born or how much money they make. I'm ready to raise my voice as a child care voter w/ @childcarechange https://t.co/HuBcms0tid
"Job losses from the pandemic overwhelmingly affected low-wage, minority workers
most. Seven months into the recovery, Black women, Black men and mothers
of school-age children are taking the longest time to regain their employment." https://t.co/LPNyp3cDLr
Across the country, parents, are being forced to make impossible choices between caring for their children, working, or looking for a job. #Childcare is a public good & we need to change our system now. Will you join the #Movement4ChildCare? 📞📞📞 today!
"I am an immigrant, if I can work for long hours, it means that I can also send money to my family members from my native country...today I urge elected officials to include child care in federal funding. —Janice Scarlett, essential worker #Movement4ChildCare#SaveChildCare
CHILD CARE IS A PUBLIC GOOD and CHANGE IS NEEDED NOW! Congress has the power to #SaveChildCare by ensuring at least $50B is included to stabilize the industry in the next relief package. Join the #Movement4ChildCare. Support children, families and providers. Call Congress.
@childcarechange is an organization of parents, educators, and providers ensuring that high-quality early education and care is available to every family. Visit them here: https://t.co/9IN4CDOpaF
#CareforCaregivers
NAFCC Executive Director Lanette Dumas tomorrow from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. EDT as she represents the voice of Family Child Care during a panel discussion on out-of-school time child care during COVID19. Register: https://t.co/dVA8bWz0ur
Seeing @SenWarren speak from a childcare center in Springfield, MA hit home. Politicians need to be holding press conferences from the shuttered and struggling childcare centers across the country. As the workforce behind the workforce, we deserve the investment needed to thrive.