Childcare & Early Education

December 5, 2018

This week, Jewish families around the world are celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is an eight-night "festival of light" that celebrates the the miracle of the Jews, led by the Maccabees, defeating one of the mightiest armies on earth, the Greeks, against all odds. Many families light a...

Elyssa Koidin Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Politics & Policy

November 30, 2018

It has come to this: tear-gassing toddlers. Heartbreaking images of the American government’s attacks on asylum-seekers at the border have emerged over the past several days. In one photo a barefoot child in a diaper sobs, clutching her mother with one hand and a plastic ball—a lone prized...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

November 28, 2018

Now that Black Friday starts at many stores on Thanksgiving night itself, holiday shopping madness is in full swing even before you put away the leftovers. And many of the season's strongest sales pitches are directed right at kids. If you want to enjoy the holiday on your terms, it'll take a...

Caroline Knorr

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget MomsVote

November 2, 2018

“That candidates were answering to us was really powerful. I was really glad I got to be a part of it. Even though I can’t vote yet, I’m doing everything I can to tell my family and friends the importance of using their vote.” –Kelsey, high school sophomore in Austin, Texas “I thought it was really...

Marian Wright Edelman

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

October 31, 2018

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Jade in California about the childcare struggle and her experiences as an immigrant. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . My partner Caesar is Mexican and I am British. It took...

Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

October 26, 2018

I recently had the joy of presenting an award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs to Ruby Bridges. As a six-year-old first grader in New Orleans in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend an all-White elementary school in the South. She...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education

October 24, 2018

In Newark, New Jersey, the afterschool program is teaming with the Audubon Society to use infrared cameras to study how animals move overnight, and students are creating their own comic book heroes. In San Benito, Texas, a few miles from the border with Mexico, afterschool programs will hold...

Jodi Grant

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Social & Emotional Development

October 22, 2018

October is HeadStart Awarness Month. In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Sheila in North Carolina about her experiences with Early Head Start and Head Start. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . My story with Head...

Abbie Gately

Quick Action!

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Social & Emotional Development

October 19, 2018

"I receive childcare assistance through my local DHS office. If I didn’t get this assistance I could not work (even though I live paycheck to paycheck) and would have to apply for Welfare. I’m more than grateful for every penny I receive for childcare. Without it I would have to pay $120 a week! My...

Nina Perez

Work & Family

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave

October 17, 2018

October is National Work and Family Month and it’s a good time to talk about the demands of both work and family. Workers, especially working parents, need workplace supports that help address deep systemic inequities based on race, class, and gender. We need policies that make it possible for...