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[Webinar] From Cradle to College: Helping Families Claim CalKIDS Accounts
2026-04-14 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Bringing Up California invites you to join our upcoming webinar:
From Cradle to College: Helping Families Claim CalKIDS Accounts
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM PT | Virtual on Zoom
CalKIDS is the nation’s largest state-run child savings account program, and millions of California’s children already have money set aside in these accounts for their future. However, most of these accounts remain unclaimed.
CalKIDS is not something families need to qualify for. It is an investment in our children’s future and a tool in a long tradition of community care and mutual support. You can help ensure children fully benefit from the resources already available to them.
Our webinar is designed for trusted messengers and organizations like yours that work directly with families. This session will:

Introduce Bringing Up California
Share the why behind early wealth-building initiatives in California
Provide practical guidance on how families can claim their CalKIDS accounts
Address common barriers, including digital literacy and data security concerns
Center lived experience and community voice
Explore how spreading the word about CalKIDS is a form of community advocacy

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Lift Every Voice Monthly Meeting
2026-04-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Are you ready to stand up for Black child care educators? Are you ready to take your voice to Sacramento, your local community, and maybe (maybe) nationally to fight the racial wage gap? Do you want to join a cohort of Black child care providers in community, support, fellowship and action? You must be able to:

Attend virtual twice a month 1-hour gatherings/trainings with your fellow advocates
Be willing to make phone calls and/or send emails to decision makers
Be willing to travel to Sacramento to testify or provide public comment at hearings, meet with legislators at least twice within a year
With training and support, be able and willing to tell your story to legislators, possibly present workshops at conferences or to other interested parties
Provide your voice to help develop solutions to Black child care educators being paid .78 less on average than their white counterparts

All advocates will have travel expenses covered, receive a $1500 annual stipend, stipends for out of town advocacy, and small stipends for the twice a month gatherings.
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Black English Webinar Series: Webinar #2
2026-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
The Black English Language Workgroup is a collaborative partnership of organizations committed to advancing language justice for Black children in early childhood education. The workgroup brings together BlackECE, Californians Together, Catalyst California, and Early Edge to challenge harmful language hierarchies and affirm Black English as a legitimate, rule-governed language rooted in Black history, culture, and community.
Grounded in research, community knowledge, and lived experience, the workgroup centers the voices of Black families, educators, and advocates to address how language bias shows up in early learning spaces—and how it can be dismantled. Together, the partners work to shift narratives, strengthen practice, and influence policy so Black children’s home languages are honored as assets rather than deficits.
About the Webinar Series
This three-part webinar series brings together parents, educators, advocates, researchers, and community leaders to explore Black (English) Language as a rule-governed language and a powerful asset in children’s identity, belonging, and early literacy development. Through shared learning, research, history, and policy dialogue, participants will strengthen their ability to advance language-affirming practices that uplift Black children and families across early childhood systems.
Webinar #2: Honoring Home Language: Black (English) Language, History, and Early Literacy Development
The second webinar deepens the series by examining the historical roots of Black (English) Language and its connection to early literacy development. Centering community knowledge and parent–child relationships, this session highlights how honoring home language is grounded in the wisdom of families and cultural insiders and shapes how young children come to understand language and learning. Join us for a dynamic conversation with a special guest speaker, moderated by Dr. Ash from Black Californians United for Early Care and Education (BlackECE). The session will draw from family and community listening sessions to connect history, language, and literacy, offering grounded insights that support language-affirming practice across early childhood settings.

BlackECE Wisdom Circle Meeting
2026-05-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
The Wisdom Circle is a space where Black community members and industry professionals serve as cultural brokers—offering perspective and bringing lived experience, knowledge, and thoughtfulness to inform the BlackECE leadership team’s strategic decision‑making.
Ideally, the Circle includes the following perspectives:

Co-founders
Staff & Consultants
Child development experts
Community representatives

If you would like more information how you can contribute to the BlackECE Wisdom Circle, please contact Samantha@blackece.org.

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REPAIR THE ROOTS: Early Care & Education in the Fight for Reparations
2026-06-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Please join us for a one-hour webinar for partners and advocates to learn and understand the “why” behind BlackECE’s focus on reparations through an ECE lens.
– Black women are the original caregivers and early educators in America throughout the two and a half centuries of chattel slavery
– They overcame unique challenges and atrocities to provide ECE while in bondage.
– BlackECE represents the voices of Black ECE educators and families in the fight for reparations, who were left out of the Reparations Task Force Report.
BlackECE’s Dubrea Sanders, Advocate for Black Justice and Policy, joined by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, Lift Every Voice, and the California Black Power Network.
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Black English Webinar Series: Webinar #3
2026-07-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
The Black English Language Workgroup is a collaborative partnership of organizations committed to advancing language justice for Black children in early childhood education. The workgroup brings together BlackECE, Californians Together, Catalyst California, and Early Edge to challenge harmful language hierarchies and affirm Black English as a legitimate, rule-governed language rooted in Black history, culture, and community.
Grounded in research, community knowledge, and lived experience, the workgroup centers the voices of Black families, educators, and advocates to address how language bias shows up in early learning spaces—and how it can be dismantled. Together, the partners work to shift narratives, strengthen practice, and influence policy so Black children’s home languages are honored as assets rather than deficits.
About the Webinar Series
This three-part webinar series brings together parents, educators, advocates, researchers, and community leaders to explore Black (English) Language as a rule-governed language and a powerful asset in children’s identity, belonging, and early literacy development. Through shared learning, research, history, and policy dialogue, participants will strengthen their ability to advance language-affirming practices that uplift Black children and families across early childhood systems.
Webinar #3: From Recognition to Action: Policy, Advocacy, and Black (English) Language as a Language
The final webinar concludes the series by focusing on advocacy and policy pathways that support language-affirming systems. Participants will examine how Black (English) Language can be recognized within broader understandings of Dual Language Learners and why naming it as a rule-governed language matters for early childhood policy and practice. This session offers practical insights for educators, administrators, and advocates supporting providers, children, and families who speak Black (English) Language—while contributing to inclusive policy conversations at the local, state, and national levels.

BlackECE Wisdom Circle Meeting
2026-07-20 16:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
The Wisdom Circle is a space where Black community members and industry professionals serve as cultural brokers—offering perspective and bringing lived experience, knowledge, and thoughtfulness to inform the BlackECE leadership team’s strategic decision‑making.
Ideally, the Circle includes the following perspectives:

Co-founders
Staff & Consultants
Child development experts
Community representatives

If you would like more information how you can contribute to the BlackECE Wisdom Circle, please contact Samantha@blackece.org.

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2026 BlackECE Symposium: We are the Return
2026-08-06 08:30 - 2026-08-07 16:00 | Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I St., Sacramento, 95814, United States
Save the Date!
Thursday, August 6, 2026 – Friday, August 7, 2026
Tsakopoulos Library Galleria
Join us for our Third Annual BlackECE Symposium: We are the Return: Culture, Capital & Economic Justice in Early Care and Education.
REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026!
