Watch How One Day Can Highlight the True Cost of Child Care
On May 8, childcare providers across the country closed their doors and came together to take action, showing the true cost of care.
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‘Clarissa’s Battle’ Defies the Typical Hero Story Trope of Doing It All on Your Own
Dedicated to bucking the bootstraps narrative, Doutherd approached the film with an organizer’s eye. She points to the “often boring and unfun” everyday actions of base-building.
WATCH: Three Generations Talk Through the Struggles of Navigating Child Care
Ayanna Albertson gathered with her grandmother, mother and sister to make space for the different decisions they faced when providing care for their children.
With Support from Parents, Providers Closed Down Their Centers for National Day of Action
Thousands of parents, providers and grassroots organizers led more than 50 grassroots events in 27 states + Washington D.C. across the country on May 9, a national #DayWithoutChildCare.
Caregivers Who Looked After Essential Workers’ Families During the Pandemic are Demanding Needed Change to Survive
Teresa is a mom and a child care provider who, during the pandemic, stepped up to care for children of essential workers. Although Teresa’s services have been key to get parents to work while she cares for their children, the existing low wages of providers mean that she struggles to make ends meet at home. Families, and our economy, simply cannot work without child care.
What Build Back Better Would Mean for Childcare in Rural America
Even before the pandemic, about 60% of families in rural areas lived in a child care desert, so this isn’t a new problem. But COVID-19 made it much worse.
A Day in the Life of a Childcare Worker
Elida Cruz is a child care provider from California supporting the children of farmworkers. In this video, she shares the struggles and rewards of her work.
These Florida Mothers Show Why We Need All of the Family Care Policies in Build Back Better
It’s a lose-lose situation for parents and caregivers. Providers are chronically underpaid and parents are left with little options that don’t threaten their family’s financial stability.
Biden: Fulfill Your Promise on Child Care
As the mother of four, currently with two school-aged children attending public school remotely, I can’t help but reflect on a time when I was completely reliant on child care…
This year, be a child care voter, our future depends on it
With all the political rhetoric taking place in this 2020 election cycle, the issue of child care has become front and center for people of all backgrounds, including those without…