Children's Council

This week in EdSource, early childhood advocates cheer the relief package but warn that deeper reform is needed. Our CEO Gina is quoted, saying, "Until we have a fully funded universal child care system in the United States, working families and early educators particularly those in our communities of color will continue to struggle.

CHILD CARE PROVIDERS: We're here to help our early educators stay informed about the COVID vaccine. Our Online Help Center article includes a handy guide to filling out the notification form, to ensure you know as soon as you qualify. https://childrenscouncil.zendesk.com//360060806934-When-wi

OUR CEO GINA FROMER, THEN AND NOW! In honor of Black History Month, Gina says, "Tracking down my family’s manifestations of resilience, self-determination, and bravery opens my mind to many of the factors that moved us from then to now." Read Gina's inspiring message on our blog: https://www.childrenscouncil.org/black-history-month-a-mes/

Join our friends at Tandem, Partners in Early Learning and celebrate Black History Month with Live Read Alouds every Thursday at 3pm. Tomorrow's book "I Am Every Good Thing" by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James is an empowering story celebrating and affirming young Black boys. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/tandem2020 and invite your friends and family to attend! #blackhistorymonth #blackvoices #BooksBringUsTogether #weneeddivsersebooks #childrensbooks #booksforkids

We're proud to collaborate with Mask the Bay and Wu Yee Children's Services in keeping our child care community in San Francisco healthy and thriving!

FEB 5 DEADLINE: San Francisco Unified School District 2021-2022 enrollment season is underway, and the February 5th deadline for Main Round applications is coming up soon! We've got all the info you need on our Online Help Center: https://childrenscouncil.zendesk.com//articles/360058615553

Ahoy mateys, Happy Halloween from Children’s Council! We hope you and your family have a safe and fun Halloween. Now get on board and VOTE YES ON PROP F! Prop F will unlock a treasure chest - almost $5 million in critically needed funds to shore up our city’s early education system. VOTE YES ON PROP F - www.sfyesonf.com

YES ON PROP F -- Election Day is only days away. If Prop F is passed, $500 million child care dollars for SF will be released. You read that right, $500 million critically needed dollars for early educators and families in SF. Parent Voices San Francisco and our community have been hard at work to ensure this measure is passed. Please join our community of child care champions and VOTE YES ON PROP F. Learn more: https://www.mncsf.vote Norman Yee London Breed Wu Yee Children's Services San Francisco Office of Early Care & Education

Do you have a child starting Pre-K, Kindergarten, middle school or high school next year in SF Unified School District? SFUSD's online Enrollment Fair is coming up November 6-13. The sooner you apply with SFUSD, the higher your chance of your child being admitted to your preferred school. Learn more here:

A few days left of the #WChallenge, and we are honored today to highlight Erica Joy Baker (1980- Present). Erica Joy Baker is an engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for her outspoken support of diversity and inclusion. She gained prominence for starting an internal spreadsheet in which Google employees reported their salary data to better understand pay disparities within the company. Based on the spreadsheet, a number of her colleagues were able to negotiate pay ra...ises. The spreadsheet sparked discussion about Google’s pay disparities, non-transparency in pay determination, and potential gender and ethnicity differentials in pay. She was also behind #RealDiversityNumbers, a Twitter movement to acquire numbers for various companies around retention and number of lawsuits settled out of court. After leaving Google, Baker has been an advocate for diversity and inclusion on her blog and in other public forums. See more

Today's #WChallenge changemaker is Dior Vargas (1988-Present) an American Latina feminist mental health activist and the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of Black Indigenous People of Color in the media representation of mental illness. She is also the editor of The Color of My Mind, a photo-essay based on the photo project. Dior is the recipient of numerous awards, including the White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations under the Obama Administration, 2015 Alternatives Conference Cookie Grant and Bill Compton LGBTQI Leadership Award, a 2017 Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame Inductee, and a 2020 Diversability D-30 Disability Impact List Honoree.

Children’s Council has responded to COVID and the universal child care crisis with swift support for our community, using new and creative ways to connect with families and early educators. Check out some of the ways we've impacted our community!

It's Tuesday and time for the #WChallenge! Our fearless leader today is Alice Wong (1974 Present) a San Francisco-based disabled activist, media maker, and consultant. She is the Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility Project (DVP), an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. Currently, Alice is the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people, published June 30, 2020 and available through Vintage Books. #womenwholead #womenchangingtheworld #womensrights #disabilityawareness

Halloween will soon be here, are you ready? Some Halloween traditions may look different this year, but there are still plenty of ways little ones and families can have fun while staying safe and healthy. Check out this great article: https://www.healthychildren.org//Halloween-COVID-Safety-Ti

San Francisco Child Care Programs! Do you need cleaning supplies? We now have two free disinfectant refill stations available for all child care programs in San Francisco. Tuesdays from 10am-5pm at Wu Yee's Southeast Center in the Bayview, 1300 Phelps Street (through December 2020). And Thursdays from 10am-6pm at Children's Council, 445 Church Street (through March 2021). For more information, visit: https://bit.ly/35B4GnR

It's our final week of the #WChallenge! Today, we celebrate Angy Rivera (1990-present) leading activist for undocumented youth and immigrant rights. Angy joined the immigrant rights movement in her late teens, went public about her undocumented status at age 19 and started a popular advice columnAsk Angyfor undocumented youth at 20 years old. Don’t Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) is an award-winning documentary film, directed by Mikaela Shwer, focusing on Rivera as she shares her parallel journey of coming out of the shadows as both undocumented and a survivor of sexual abuse. #womenchangingtheworld #womenwholead #changemakers

Now more than ever, our workforce needs accessible, affordable child care. SF child care providers are struggling, Prop F will unlock critically needed dollars and reduce their fees and taxes, so they can serve our community's working families now. Vote Yes on F! https://www.sfyesonf.com/

Do you have students attending San Francisco Unified School District? Curious about the new SFUSD student assignment policy? Learn about the proposed changes and give input. Live on SFUSD’s Youtube Channel, Oct 27, 28 (Cantonese), 29 (Spanish) and Nov 7. For more info and to RSVP, visit: http://bit.ly/SFUSD-assignment-info. Interpretation at English events available by request. #StudentAssignment #SFSchools #SFUSD

YES ON PROP F -- "Child care is the bridge that enables working parents to return to their jobs." Associate Board member Akil Fernando shares how Prop F will give SF early educators a fighting chance during these challenging times. https://www.childrenscouncil.org/shoring-up-child-care-thr/

Calling all child care professionals! Looking to brush up on your marketing skills? Our Business Incubator team is hosting several online workshops to get you feeling good about your child care business. Classes start October 27th! Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/early-educator-workshop-fcc-fu #familychildcare #smallbusiness #fcc