Protegido: Fuel the Movement
We are convening families, organizations, and providers across localities, states, and the nation to develop shared strategies to fundamentally transform child care.
We were founded as a multi-organizational and movement-oriented network. We are not an organization, entity, or campaign. We’re here for the long-term—and how we look at this work and the way we do it will shift as political climates change and wins start to happen.
Align and build trust among those working with different constituencies (i.e. parents and early childhood educators/providers), in different communities (across the country, urban/rural and racial/ethnic identities), geographies (local, state and national) and building different types of expertise (early childhood development, racial and gender justice, worker justice, etc)
Leverage existing strengths and capacities (in organizing, state policy, federal policy, research, training/assistance, service provision, communications, etc) and reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts
Build power by supporting organizing within and across constituencies and movements and build momentum across local and state action that builds toward federal action
Support peer-to-peer learning and uplift and scale break-through change strategies that move us towards our shared goals and greater equity
Win critical joint campaigns
Experiment with new approaches
Fill missing gaps where we lack capacity and/or coordination to advance our shared goals
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