We hope you are taking good care as we prepare for the hard work ahead of us. Like many of you, we are still reeling, despairing, and grieving while also planning, dreaming, and deepening our commitment to transforming not just our child care system in America, but the culture of our country as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s what we know: our movement holds tremendous power. <\/strong>Child care is essential and the work that makes all other work happen. We stand united and ready to defend the funding we have for child care, and will continue to organize and build power to fight for the child care system that our families, kids, providers, and economy needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some things giving us hope and bringing us joy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on for ways to get involved in the movement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In solidarity,\ud83d\udc9b \u201cI believe that all organizing is science fiction – that we are shaping the future we long for and have not yet experienced.\u201d \u2015 Adrienne Maree Brown,\u00a0Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good<\/em>
\ud83e\ude75 \u201cLet us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.\u201d \u2015T\u021fat\u021f\u00e1\u014bka \u00cdyotake, Chief Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota
\ud83d\udc9a \u201cThere is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.\u201d \u2014 Octavia E. Butler<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Erica Gallegos y Andrea Paluso
Co-Directoras
The Child Care for Every Family Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n