BlackECE
@blackece.bsky.social
A powerful coalition organizing our influence to ensure California's ECE system is culturally affirming for Black children, families, and educators.
BlackECE responds to the Governor’s proposed budget.
While we acknowledge critical investments, this proposal fails to meaningfully support Black children, Black families, and Black child care providers. Justice requires more than omissions—it requires action. Read our full response.
While we acknowledge critical investments, this proposal fails to meaningfully support Black children, Black families, and Black child care providers. Justice requires more than omissions—it requires action. Read our full response.
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
BlackECE responds to the Governor’s proposed budget.
While we acknowledge critical investments, this proposal fails to meaningfully support Black children, Black families, and Black child care providers. Justice requires more than omissions—it requires action. Read our full response.
While we acknowledge critical investments, this proposal fails to meaningfully support Black children, Black families, and Black child care providers. Justice requires more than omissions—it requires action. Read our full response.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called us to imagine a world where justice is not abstract, but lived—where systems are built to protect the dignity of all people. His work reminds us that justice must be intentional, collective, and rooted in care.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called us to imagine a world where justice is not abstract, but lived—where systems are built to protect the dignity of all people. His work reminds us that justice must be intentional, collective, and rooted in care.
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called us to imagine a world where justice is not abstract, but lived—where systems are built to protect the dignity of all people. His work reminds us that justice must be intentional, collective, and rooted in care.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called us to imagine a world where justice is not abstract, but lived—where systems are built to protect the dignity of all people. His work reminds us that justice must be intentional, collective, and rooted in care.
✨ Welcome to the Team, Dubrea Sanders! ✨
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
✨ Welcome to the Team, Dubrea Sanders! ✨
When do you stop saying Happy New Year?!
Our latest newsletter just released! We're looking back and looking ahead to the new year and what 2026 will bring to us.
Read all about it here 👉🏿 mailchi.mp/blackece/hap...
Our latest newsletter just released! We're looking back and looking ahead to the new year and what 2026 will bring to us.
Read all about it here 👉🏿 mailchi.mp/blackece/hap...
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
When do you stop saying Happy New Year?!
Our latest newsletter just released! We're looking back and looking ahead to the new year and what 2026 will bring to us.
Read all about it here 👉🏿 mailchi.mp/blackece/hap...
Our latest newsletter just released! We're looking back and looking ahead to the new year and what 2026 will bring to us.
Read all about it here 👉🏿 mailchi.mp/blackece/hap...
Child care is essential infrastructure. It makes every other job possible. But families face skyrocketing costs, and educators—mostly women and disproportionately women of color—are paid poverty-level wages.
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Child care is essential infrastructure. It makes every other job possible. But families face skyrocketing costs, and educators—mostly women and disproportionately women of color—are paid poverty-level wages.
Child care costs are skyrocketing, leaving families—especially mothers and working-class parents—with impossible choices. Accessible and affordable child care should be a right, not a luxury.
That’s why we’re on Capitol Hill today to remind lawmakers: child care is essential infrastructure.
That’s why we’re on Capitol Hill today to remind lawmakers: child care is essential infrastructure.
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Child care costs are skyrocketing, leaving families—especially mothers and working-class parents—with impossible choices. Accessible and affordable child care should be a right, not a luxury.
That’s why we’re on Capitol Hill today to remind lawmakers: child care is essential infrastructure.
That’s why we’re on Capitol Hill today to remind lawmakers: child care is essential infrastructure.
📢 Just released: The Early Care & Education Justice Toolkit by UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)!
We’re proud to share that our co-founder, Dr. Lea Austin, co-authored this powerful resource — a guide toward building a more just and equitable ECE system.
We’re proud to share that our co-founder, Dr. Lea Austin, co-authored this powerful resource — a guide toward building a more just and equitable ECE system.
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📢 Just released: The Early Care & Education Justice Toolkit by UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)!
We’re proud to share that our co-founder, Dr. Lea Austin, co-authored this powerful resource — a guide toward building a more just and equitable ECE system.
We’re proud to share that our co-founder, Dr. Lea Austin, co-authored this powerful resource — a guide toward building a more just and equitable ECE system.
“I want to unlearn the conditioning that taught me to judge how our people talk.”
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4
If this resonates with you, you belong in Cohort 2 of the BlackECE Professional Development Institute.
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4
If this resonates with you, you belong in Cohort 2 of the BlackECE Professional Development Institute.
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“I want to unlearn the conditioning that taught me to judge how our people talk.”
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4
If this resonates with you, you belong in Cohort 2 of the BlackECE Professional Development Institute.
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4
If this resonates with you, you belong in Cohort 2 of the BlackECE Professional Development Institute.
“We have been conditioned to put people in different spaces based on how they talk. I want to unlearn that conditioning.”
— PD Institute Session 4: Black English is Real
— PD Institute Session 4: Black English is Real
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“We have been conditioned to put people in different spaces based on how they talk. I want to unlearn that conditioning.”
— PD Institute Session 4: Black English is Real
— PD Institute Session 4: Black English is Real
🖤 “It took time for me to get comfortable using this language [Black English] in the workspace... but this doesn’t mean I lack communication or vocabulary. This is cultural.”
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4: Black English
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4: Black English
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🖤 “It took time for me to get comfortable using this language [Black English] in the workspace... but this doesn’t mean I lack communication or vocabulary. This is cultural.”
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4: Black English
— PD Institute Participant, Session 4: Black English
🚨 Registration is officially OPEN for the BlackECE Professional Development Institute – Cohort 2!
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨 Registration is officially OPEN for the BlackECE Professional Development Institute – Cohort 2!
✈️ BlackECE showed up and showed out at the 2025 National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) Conference in HOTtlanta!
Our team joined powerful sessions like:
Our team joined powerful sessions like:
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
✈️ BlackECE showed up and showed out at the 2025 National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) Conference in HOTtlanta!
Our team joined powerful sessions like:
Our team joined powerful sessions like:
Our Lift Every Voice Advocates celebrated two years together with a retreat at the historic Sims Library Of Poetry in Los Angeles, CA. The retreat was nothing short of fulfilling, joyous, and rewarding.
September 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our Lift Every Voice Advocates celebrated two years together with a retreat at the historic Sims Library Of Poetry in Los Angeles, CA. The retreat was nothing short of fulfilling, joyous, and rewarding.
August 16th - 17th, 2025.
Our Lift Every Voice Advocates attended their 2nd Annual Retreat at the historic Sims Library Of Poetry in Los Angeles, CA.
Our Lift Every Voice Advocates attended their 2nd Annual Retreat at the historic Sims Library Of Poetry in Los Angeles, CA.
September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
August 16th - 17th, 2025.
Our Lift Every Voice Advocates attended their 2nd Annual Retreat at the historic Sims Library Of Poetry in Los Angeles, CA.
Our Lift Every Voice Advocates attended their 2nd Annual Retreat at the historic Sims Library Of Poetry in Los Angeles, CA.
Thank you to all of our sponsors of our BlackECE Symposium: Dismantling Linguistic Oppression.
This event couldn't have happened, and parents and child care providers wouldn't have been able to attend without you.
Thank you!
#BlackECESymposium #BlackLangaugeJustice #BlackEnglish #AffirmOurCulture
This event couldn't have happened, and parents and child care providers wouldn't have been able to attend without you.
Thank you!
#BlackECESymposium #BlackLangaugeJustice #BlackEnglish #AffirmOurCulture
August 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thank you to all of our sponsors of our BlackECE Symposium: Dismantling Linguistic Oppression.
This event couldn't have happened, and parents and child care providers wouldn't have been able to attend without you.
Thank you!
#BlackECESymposium #BlackLangaugeJustice #BlackEnglish #AffirmOurCulture
This event couldn't have happened, and parents and child care providers wouldn't have been able to attend without you.
Thank you!
#BlackECESymposium #BlackLangaugeJustice #BlackEnglish #AffirmOurCulture
Symposium Speaker: Dr. Tonia Durden
Scholar of racial equity in early learning and a fierce advocate for culturally responsive classrooms, Dr. Tonia Durden is a national leader in transforming ECE systems.
Scholar of racial equity in early learning and a fierce advocate for culturally responsive classrooms, Dr. Tonia Durden is a national leader in transforming ECE systems.
July 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Symposium Speaker: Dr. Tonia Durden
Scholar of racial equity in early learning and a fierce advocate for culturally responsive classrooms, Dr. Tonia Durden is a national leader in transforming ECE systems.
Scholar of racial equity in early learning and a fierce advocate for culturally responsive classrooms, Dr. Tonia Durden is a national leader in transforming ECE systems.
Symposium Spotlight: Dr. Jerell Hill
Educator. Leader. Advocate.
Dr. Jerell Hill, Dean of the School of Human Development and Education at Pacific Oaks College, is transforming education from the ground up.
Educator. Leader. Advocate.
Dr. Jerell Hill, Dean of the School of Human Development and Education at Pacific Oaks College, is transforming education from the ground up.
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Symposium Spotlight: Dr. Jerell Hill
Educator. Leader. Advocate.
Dr. Jerell Hill, Dean of the School of Human Development and Education at Pacific Oaks College, is transforming education from the ground up.
Educator. Leader. Advocate.
Dr. Jerell Hill, Dean of the School of Human Development and Education at Pacific Oaks College, is transforming education from the ground up.
Symposium Panelist: Dr. Aisha White
With decades of experience advancing racial identity development and Black visibility in early learning, Dr. Aisha White is a scholar, activist, and storyteller.
With decades of experience advancing racial identity development and Black visibility in early learning, Dr. Aisha White is a scholar, activist, and storyteller.
July 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Symposium Panelist: Dr. Aisha White
With decades of experience advancing racial identity development and Black visibility in early learning, Dr. Aisha White is a scholar, activist, and storyteller.
With decades of experience advancing racial identity development and Black visibility in early learning, Dr. Aisha White is a scholar, activist, and storyteller.
Join us in congratulating KEISHA NZEWI on her two-year anniversary as Woman In Charge at BlackECE. Her vision for this organization began well before then. 🥂🎉
July 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join us in congratulating KEISHA NZEWI on her two-year anniversary as Woman In Charge at BlackECE. Her vision for this organization began well before then. 🥂🎉
Poet, musician, and storyteller Micah Bournes—one of our incredible panelists at the 2025 BlackECE Symposium!
June 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Poet, musician, and storyteller Micah Bournes—one of our incredible panelists at the 2025 BlackECE Symposium!
“Juneteenth Is” by Natasha Tripplett is a joyful, poetic celebration of Black freedom, culture, and community. With rich language and vibrant illustrations, this book helps young readers understand what Juneteenth is — not just a day in history, but a living legacy of resilience, pride, and joy.
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“Juneteenth Is” by Natasha Tripplett is a joyful, poetic celebration of Black freedom, culture, and community. With rich language and vibrant illustrations, this book helps young readers understand what Juneteenth is — not just a day in history, but a living legacy of resilience, pride, and joy.
Continue to teach the meaning of freedom with “The Story of Juneteenth” by Dorena Williamson — a beautifully written book that helps children understand the history and heart behind this powerful celebration.
June 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Continue to teach the meaning of freedom with “The Story of Juneteenth” by Dorena Williamson — a beautifully written book that helps children understand the history and heart behind this powerful celebration.
Continue the Juneteenth learning journey with “The History of Juneteenth: A History Book for New Readers” by Dr. Arlisha Norwood!
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Continue the Juneteenth learning journey with “The History of Juneteenth: A History Book for New Readers” by Dr. Arlisha Norwood!
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for Cohort 2 of the Institute for Culturally Affirming Practices for Black Children!
June 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for Cohort 2 of the Institute for Culturally Affirming Practices for Black Children!