Our Lift Every Voice (LEV) coalition grew to 90 advocates in 2024, empowering Black child care providers to champion policy change and amplify their voices at local, state, and national levels.

2nd Annual Lift Every Voice Advocacy Day April 28, 2025 On April 16th, 2025, BlackECE held its 2nd Annual Lift Every Voice (LEV) Advocacy Day, an event dedicated to empowering and

Our Summer Black Family Cookout Series October 7, 2024 BlackECE developed the idea for the Black Family Cookout in the summer of 2022. Thinking about how though there are 2.5 million Black folks in California, we’re all spread out, meaning for many Black families with

In July 2022, BlackECE established a series of strategic priorities with one being to fight for racial wage justice for Black early care and education providers. A month later, the Practitioner’s Voice California Fund, a grantmaking initiative to support organizations that build ECE practitioner’s power to advance equity in pay, announced a call for proposals. Read about it's impact!

BlackECE in the News: Black and Latina workers bear the brunt of California’s low child-care wages, report finds February 13, 2024 The Los Angeles Times has featured a groundbreaking study released

Governor Newsom keeps child care spending, makes no commitments to Black children, families, child care workforce. Black Californians United for Early Care & Education January 11, 2024 We thank Governor Newsom

Juneteenth Campaign for Liberation October 6, 2023 In June, we were lucky to have 10 volunteers fundraise within their networks to benefit BlackECE. We have raised over $11k! Although the campaign

BlackECE officially has full-time staff! Keisha Nzewi, Woman in Charge October 6, 2023 BlackECE is celebrating 3 months of full-time staff! Since July, co-founder and Woman in Charge, Keisha Nzewi, stopped

Lift Every Voice October 6, 2023 The very first financial support BlackECE received was from the new Practioners’ Voice Fund, to uplift the voices of the Black child care workforce to

Childcare is the backbone of our communities, and one childcare provider's story sheds light on the struggles many face every day. In a recent article by Word in Black, BriTanya Brown, the founder of Our Loving Village in Stamford, Texas, opened our eyes to the remarkable, often underappreciated work childcare providers do.