All Our Kin is continuing to highlight the needs of family child care for leaders in our city. You can help spread the word about the importance of family child care on social media using this tool kit, which includes sample social media posts and graphics!

Reignite the push for a big new federal investment in child care! New York educators and parents have a unique opportunity to ensure that Congress increases child care funding. The Senate is considering a new proposal to increase child care funding by up to $200 billion over the next six years. As Senate Majority Leader, New York Senator Schumer will decide whether to include the child care proposal in the budget reconciliation bill. It’s up to us to convince him that child care funding must be a priority. Please take two minutes to send Senator Schumer an email or call (202) 224-6542, and leave the following message:

Hello, my name is ______ and I live in New York City.  I am calling to ask Senator Schumer to include Senator Murray's new proposal to fund child care in the reconciliation bill. Thank you.

Whether they've seen it on the news, witnessed it in person, or experienced it themselves, children are aware of racism. Here are some important resources to help children respond to race and racialized violence:

• Child Mind Institute, Talking to Kids About Racism
• Center for Racial Justice, Resources for Talking
• About Race, Racism and Racialized Violence With Kids
• PBS, Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism

Don’t miss the opportunity to join NAFCC’s Leaders Shaping Leaders year long Fellowship! Deadlines have been extended to May 20.

Calling all early childhood educators! You can help develop and advance the framework for a unified, equitable early childhood system. The Commission on Professional Excellence in Early Childhood Education is seeking educator representatives to join the coalition as full-voting members. 

Applications are open until May 27 and all expenses to participate will be covered. 

Learn more about the NYS Budget for child care! Check out the slides and recording from All Our Kin’s NYS Budget Debrief conversation with New York Policy Director Steven Morales, our friends at ECE on the Move and our budget explainer here.

On Monday, May 9th, the All Our Kin community joined with educators around the country for “A Day Without Child Care.” We joined ECE on the Move for a Press Conference at City Hall, followed by an event in Crotona Park, where educators came out to show our elected officials how important child care is to our community. Check out some photos here and tweet Senator Schumer telling him that we need Congress to invest in child care!