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Social & Emotional Development

Community Safety Legislative Agenda 2025 Reintroduction

August 13, 2025
In a political landscape where excessive policing and military force are becoming routine, civil and human rights organizations from across the country are coming to Washington, D.C. to fight for public health and alternatives to policing. The Community Safety Working Group is a joint project of...
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Protecting & Supporting Immigrant Children & their Families in Early Learning Spaces

August 12, 2025
Note: This post is intended as a clearinghouse for early learning/child care and immigration resources, especially for providers, activists and parents. The links and information included here are informational only and should not be considered a substitute for or in lieu of legal advice. Threats...
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Protección y apoyo a los niños inmigrantes y a sus familias en los espacios de educación temprana

August 12, 2025
Nota: La intención de este artículo es suministrar información sobre los recursos disponibles para educación temprana, cuidado infantil e inmigración, en especial para los proveedores, los activistas y los padres de familia. Los enlaces y la información que aparece a continuación son solo para...
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Protección y apoyo a los niños inmigrantes y a sus familias en los espacios de educación temprana

August 12, 2025
Nota: La intención de este artículo es suministrar información sobre los recursos disponibles para educación temprana, cuidado infantil e inmigración, en especial para los proveedores, los activistas y los padres de familia. Los enlaces y la información que aparece a continuación son solo para...
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Stopping the Big Budget Betrayal Bill: Fighting for Families, the Economy, and Medicaid

June 30, 2025
On the radio show this week, we highlight a buzzing bee activation at the US Capitol where parents and kids protested the "Big Bad Betrayal Bill," a Republican budget proposal which could kick 16 million people off health care and lead to an estimated tens of thousands more deaths per year. We...
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RECAP: Supporting Immigrant Students and Families in Hostile School Environments Webinar

June 26, 2025
As national debates around immigration grow increasingly heated, schools, which should be sanctuaries of learning and belonging, can unintentionally mirror the hostility, fear, and discrimination seen in broader society. As parents, caregivers, and protectors of our children, we have a...
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The Trump administration needs to keep its greedy #HANDSOFF Head Start!

April 10, 2025
The Trump administration is endangering tens of thousands of our nation's kids & families access to child care and Head Start. We must demand Congress roll back these reckless closings that hurt families' access to child care!
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Six PA House Democrats from across the state held a news conference at the state Capitol announcing

Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Reform Advocacy Day

March 28, 2025
For Black, Brown, Indigenous, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ youth, the rates of incarceration are alarmingly higher than their white peers. Not because they commit more crimes but rather because they are criminalized at higher rates for the same infractions as their white peers. Nationally, Black youth...
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Schools and Communities Are Afraid Their Friends Will Be Deported. Here is How You Can Help.

March 3, 2025
Students, teachers, and families across the country are anxious and uncertain about the potential impact of President Trump's strict immigration policies. This fear is not unfounded. In his inaugural address, President Trump claimed he would send “millions and millions” of undocumented immigrants...
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Breaking Through: Executive Orders. Funding Freezes. Health Care. Child Care. Justice Reform, & How to Raise Your Voice.

February 3, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the confusion, harm, and chaos caused by Donald Trump's ridiculous Executive Orders and nominees, from a funding freeze that shut down Medicaid portals in all 50 states to the nomination of an unqualified, unfit, and utterly confused cabinet nominee in RFK...
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