As a Working Mom, I Fully Support ‘A Day Without Child Care’
Working from home while balancing child care is hard work. That’s why this action for affordable care and better wages for providers is so important.
Tag: Child care
I’m All In for A Day Without Child Care Because I Hope to Leave My Care Business to My Daughters One Day
Shineal Hunter, a child care provider from Philadelphia, talks about why she’s shutting down for a day of action on May 9.
Why I’m Striking for Child Care
Janna tells ChangeWire why she is taking the necessary risks to win long term changes to our childcare infrastructure.
Our Childcare Workers Are Going Hungry. I Was One of Them.
We’ve established many times over that our child care workers are the engines that support a healthy economy. Yet, we’re not willing to pay them a living wage.
We Need A Christmas Miracle: Congress To Pass the Build Back Better Act
A strong majority of voters support passing the Build Back Better Act. Yet, the dirty politics are getting in the way of access to opportunity for all.
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.
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.
The Disposable Industries: Calls to Reopen the Economy Ask Workers to Put their Health At Risk
Back in my early 20s, I proudly wore the job title of “coffee girl.” I had five years of experience by the time I was 22, working full-time at a…
What to expect when you’re expecting… the worst
Being asked to be the guest to Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address (SOTU) by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a representative from my home state of Michigan, is like being…
Our values must shift if we are to truly provide quality care for every child in our nation
Long before I ever began working in the child care advocacy field, I watched family and friends scramble to find affordable care for their children. From being a middle-schooler operating…