On May 11, providers and parents are going on strike for universal child care.
This will be our 5th consecutive Day Without Child Care. For years, child care costs have been adding up, providers have been shouldering the burden, and now our communities are being directly attacked.
We’ve had our funds frozen, violent armed ICE agents show up at our childrens’ safe spaces and our places of work, and our Black and Brown communities scapegoated. It’s time to take bold, sustained action that starts with this year’s DWOCC, continues in our local communities, and culminates in the first-ever Childcare Movement Convention this summer.
We're striking for a universal child care system
for every child and family
with thriving wages for early childhood educators
built on racial and gender justice
WHAT WE NEED
Our demand is decisive, organized, and unapologetic: universal child care for all.
And we’re backing that up by launching the campaign that will win the universal childcare system we deserve – a system that ensures quality care for every kid, doesn’t break the bank for their grown-ups, guarantees thriving wages for providers, fits the needs of different families, is built on racial and gender justice, and brings our country’s childcare system into the 21st century.
2025 EVENT
Last year, 1,395 Childcare Providers close their doors or called out
with the support of the families they serve. Review the recap today.
National Childcare Convention
Sign up to attend the first-ever National Childcare Convention, July 31 - August 2, 2026!
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