Our Power Together: CC4NC Updates!
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Last week, over 600 people united at the NC Capitol for the largest child care action in state history.
Last week, over 600 people united at the NC Capitol for the largest child care action in state history.
The recent day of action at the North Carolina Legislature was extraordinary. It stands out as the most significant advocacy event for child care in our state’s recent history. United by a common message and a shared demand, we emphasized the essential nature of child care and the urgent need for investment in our teachers and children.
Together, we brought over 600 people to the NC Capitol to demand a $300 million investment in child care to prevent a funding crisis that would see 1/3 of centers close. Every one of us who showed up and took time off work or closed our businesses made this historic day happen. It’s OUR WIN! It shows our power together, and it means the people making decisions can’t pretend they don’t know the crisis they’re creating if they don’t invest in early education. They can no longer pretend they don’t know the priorities of everyday North Carolinians are child care teachers and the families who need child care, not special interests or pet projects.
The $300 million investment would go directly to teacher pay and keeping centers open. Child care is state infrastructure as much as roads are. Everyone depends on it working well, even if they don’t have children. But it has been chronically underfunded and subsidized by the underpaid labor of women in our communities. May 16th, we said NO MORE!
What’s Next? We have the momentum, let’s keep going!
Our months-long mobilization planning might be over, but our movement building and our campaign are far from done! We will be taking action all summer until the end of the session, from legislative call-in days starting next week to virtual town halls on child care and more in-person rallies across the state to keep the pressure on.
Our message reached 22 million+ people via statewide, local, and national media. Check out some of those stories below!
