Ericka O. Erickson
@dromena.bsky.social
Strategy and Policy Manager, San Francisco Child Care Planning and Advisory Council. Spotlighting #publicpolicy and #organizing in Early Care & Education and Community Development in the #SFBayArea #CA. #ECE #childcare #makepovertyhistory #EdD
One of the horrible consequences of this #shutdown. It must stop! @headstart.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Head Start programs flash red lights ahead of November funding cliff
More than 130 programs, serving nearly 59,000 preschoolers around the nation, will be without federal funds if the government doesn't reopen by Nov. 1
www.nbcnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One of the horrible consequences of this #shutdown. It must stop! @headstart.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
@rephuffman.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @adamschiff.com The rights of students with disabilities are under attack. Gutting OSERS means less enforcement of IDEA & fewer supports for millions. Congress must act now to protect OSERS and uphold disability rights! #IDEA
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
@rephuffman.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @adamschiff.com The rights of students with disabilities are under attack. Gutting OSERS means less enforcement of IDEA & fewer supports for millions. Congress must act now to protect OSERS and uphold disability rights! #IDEA
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Native Americans gathered for prayer and singing on Alcatraz on Monday, in a tradition known as the Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering. Current events and the weight of history were top of...
‘Honor truth in history’: Native Americans gather on Alcatraz with clear message
Native Americans gathered for prayer and singing on Alcatraz on Monday, in a tradition known as the Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering. Current events and the weight of history were top of...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Native Americans gathered for prayer and singing on Alcatraz on Monday, in a tradition known as the Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering. Current events and the weight of history were top of...
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial Justice
Across the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl...
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October 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
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The Senate is expected to vote today on the GOP’s cruel government funding proposal and Democrats’ alternative, which would protect our healthcare.
Our Democratic senators need to hear from us. Urge them to keep holding the line to safeguard healthcare for millions: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Our Democratic senators need to hear from us. Urge them to keep holding the line to safeguard healthcare for millions: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
October 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Senate is expected to vote today on the GOP’s cruel government funding proposal and Democrats’ alternative, which would protect our healthcare.
Our Democratic senators need to hear from us. Urge them to keep holding the line to safeguard healthcare for millions: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Our Democratic senators need to hear from us. Urge them to keep holding the line to safeguard healthcare for millions: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now!
Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Tell Congress: Unmask ICE!
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Excited about presenting today at the 2025 IAMAS Conference! The title of my presentation: “Grassroots Up: Empowering Community Mothers’ Leadership through Unionization” - which is the topic of my doctoral dissertation on the Child Care Providers United! #CCPU
Join the 2025 IAMAS Conference, themed (Re-)producing Motherhood, Motherwork, and Mothering, taking place at Boston University June 17-20, 2025. More than 200 abstracts have already been accepted! Fees run on a sliding scale.
Find out more at iamas.com.
Find out more at iamas.com.
IAMAS | International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship
Explore IAMAS, uniting scholars globally for mothers’ well-being. Join regardless of background. Explore sister organizations.
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June 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Excited about presenting today at the 2025 IAMAS Conference! The title of my presentation: “Grassroots Up: Empowering Community Mothers’ Leadership through Unionization” - which is the topic of my doctoral dissertation on the Child Care Providers United! #CCPU
Today, as I left an early childhood ed event in SF on Black kids & families, a white guy in a car leaving the golf course next door yelled “ICE!” and laughed when I looked. Still sitting w/ it. BIPOC communities have faced this cruelty for generations. Latinos are just today’s most visible target.
June 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Today, as I left an early childhood ed event in SF on Black kids & families, a white guy in a car leaving the golf course next door yelled “ICE!” and laughed when I looked. Still sitting w/ it. BIPOC communities have faced this cruelty for generations. Latinos are just today’s most visible target.
Join us - Speak Up to Protect Public Broadcasting and sustain crucial amazing community radios like @kwmrradio.bsky.social ! sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Defend Public Broadcasting!
Public broadcasting provides Americans with access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence. Public broadcasters like PBS and NPR ar...
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May 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Join us - Speak Up to Protect Public Broadcasting and sustain crucial amazing community radios like @kwmrradio.bsky.social ! sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Trump is betraying the American people so his billionaire buddies can profit.
April 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Trump is betraying the American people so his billionaire buddies can profit.
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Our union stands at the intersection of two pillars of democracy and opportunity—public education and the labor movement. These pathways are how Americans from all walks of life get a shot at a better life. @rweingarten.bsky.social
Speaking to
@educationmn.bsky.social members
Speaking to
@educationmn.bsky.social members
April 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Our union stands at the intersection of two pillars of democracy and opportunity—public education and the labor movement. These pathways are how Americans from all walks of life get a shot at a better life. @rweingarten.bsky.social
Speaking to
@educationmn.bsky.social members
Speaking to
@educationmn.bsky.social members
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Rise up don't let them take your country from you
April 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Rise up don't let them take your country from you
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We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
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If you needed any further proof that the arrest of Judge Dugan was a propaganda opportunity and a fear tactic, here you go.
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
April 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you needed any further proof that the arrest of Judge Dugan was a propaganda opportunity and a fear tactic, here you go.
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
Nothing about this is normal—it’s authoritarianism!
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First, the disinformation and fake news; then they remove the 1965's act that used to protect women's rights to equal employment; then submit a Bill... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning (Gift Article)
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
First, the disinformation and fake news; then they remove the 1965's act that used to protect women's rights to equal employment; then submit a Bill... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
April 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
Absolutely agree! I earned my B.A. and Master’s degrees at top universities in South America without paying a single penny. Education should be a right, not a privilege. It is a public investment in our collective future! #highered
In a competitive global economy, we need the best educated workforce in the world - doctors, nurses, dentists, plumbers, welders, electricians, etc.
Young people should not have to go deeply into debt to get the education they and our nation need.
We must make public colleges tuition free.
Young people should not have to go deeply into debt to get the education they and our nation need.
We must make public colleges tuition free.
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Absolutely agree! I earned my B.A. and Master’s degrees at top universities in South America without paying a single penny. Education should be a right, not a privilege. It is a public investment in our collective future! #highered
CA can’t fully implement TK without a true mixed delivery system where parents know they have a choice on where their children will go. Home-based & community ECE providers must be part of the solution, not an afterthought. #ECE #UPK #MixedDelivery #EarlyEd laist.com/news/educati...
California needs transitional kindergarten teachers. Preschool teachers want in
California needs a lot more teachers and aides to fill transitional kindergarten classrooms, but advocates say early childhood educators who have the experience and desire to step into those jobs are ...
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April 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
CA can’t fully implement TK without a true mixed delivery system where parents know they have a choice on where their children will go. Home-based & community ECE providers must be part of the solution, not an afterthought. #ECE #UPK #MixedDelivery #EarlyEd laist.com/news/educati...
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Congress isn't powerless to push back against Trump’s undemocratic tariff move: A fast-track process allows both chambers to vote on a resolution that would effectively block Trump's tariffs. Learn more and tell your elected officials to take action: indivisible.org/tariffs
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congress isn't powerless to push back against Trump’s undemocratic tariff move: A fast-track process allows both chambers to vote on a resolution that would effectively block Trump's tariffs. Learn more and tell your elected officials to take action: indivisible.org/tariffs
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The GOP is getting ready to gut Medicaid by $880B—the biggest cut to Medicaid in US history.
That's why I'm with standing with seniors & nurses in Western NY.
We're in the fight of our lives to protect health care for those on Medicaid.
That's why I'm with standing with seniors & nurses in Western NY.
We're in the fight of our lives to protect health care for those on Medicaid.
April 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The GOP is getting ready to gut Medicaid by $880B—the biggest cut to Medicaid in US history.
That's why I'm with standing with seniors & nurses in Western NY.
We're in the fight of our lives to protect health care for those on Medicaid.
That's why I'm with standing with seniors & nurses in Western NY.
We're in the fight of our lives to protect health care for those on Medicaid.
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Yesterday, House Republicans (with the help of four Democrats) passed a bill that would restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration.
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
House Republicans just passed a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials.”
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Yesterday, House Republicans (with the help of four Democrats) passed a bill that would restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration.
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Tell Congress: Put Women and Families First
The House is considering tax breaks that benefit the wealthy while putting essential programs like health care and food assistance for families at risk. Urge your representatives to make women and families a priority: lil.ms/orfv/ag4zcd TY @nwlc.org
The House is considering tax breaks that benefit the wealthy while putting essential programs like health care and food assistance for families at risk. Urge your representatives to make women and families a priority: lil.ms/orfv/ag4zcd TY @nwlc.org
Tell Congress: No More Tax Breaks for the Ultra Wealthy
The rich don’t need to get richer.
lil.ms
April 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Tell Congress: Put Women and Families First
The House is considering tax breaks that benefit the wealthy while putting essential programs like health care and food assistance for families at risk. Urge your representatives to make women and families a priority: lil.ms/orfv/ag4zcd TY @nwlc.org
The House is considering tax breaks that benefit the wealthy while putting essential programs like health care and food assistance for families at risk. Urge your representatives to make women and families a priority: lil.ms/orfv/ag4zcd TY @nwlc.org