If you think back to your childhood… Who cared for you? What kind of attention and learning did you receive in the years before you went to school (and maybe even after?)? Was it someone you’ll always remember? Or maybe there wasn’t a consistent caregiver available for your family.

Care comes in lots of forms and happens in lots of spaces. And we know childcare is essential to keeping our families together and our economy afloat.

This month as we ask the question, “And How Are The Children?” host and public school educator Omar Marquez digs into urgent childcare stories with business owners, educators, and parents as they prepare for a national day of action, Community Change Action’s Day Without Child Care, on May 13, 2024.

In its third year, the national Day Without Child Care is helping bring together all of us who see the brink our communities are being pushed to, and want to speak up and do something about it. Thousands of providers, parents, and allies have taken the pledge to participate at www.daywithoutchildcare.org.

This episode features Community Change Childcare Changemakers and early childhood educators from Texas, California, Ohio, and New Mexico:

Anjanette Gautier Castro, Go Austin! Vamos Austin!

Domanica Ede, The CEO Project

Juliana Kalipeni-Brown, Family Values at Work

Olga Marquez, Mrs. Olga’s Daycare

Tessie Ragan, Family Child Care Educator

Video from the podcast recording can also be watched and shared via our YouTube channel!

Tune in to “And How Are The Children?” each month, and be part of the movement towards positive change and the well-being of families everywhere.

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