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Ready or not, Here we come - Voices of child care workers
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenWorthy Wage Campaign & Scribe Video Center
Uma Magal with Bob Hering,
If we value our children so much, why is child care one of the lowest paying professions in the country?
The Worthy Wage Campaign of the Delaware Valley is a grassroots effort to organize providers themselves to address the problem of poor compensation in child care. Started in 1991, the Campaign spearheaded the Loan Forgiveness program, organizes yearly advocacy events on Worthy Wage Day, May 1st, has done surveys of salaries and working conditions, leads ongoing training in leadership and advocacy (LEAP), organizes in the workplace in a variety of ways, and helped launch and staff Pennsylvania QUEST as a vehicle for moving forward the compensation agenda in the state.
October 4, 1998 - "Small Beginnings Can Aid Big Changes," by Gerri DiLisi, Philadelphia Inquirer
August 1999 - "Speaking Out for Us," by Cheryl L. Saunders, Worthy Wage Campaign newsletter
February 4, 1999 - Please Touch Musuem (Philadelphia, PA)
May 7, 1999 - Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (Philadelphia, PA)
International House (Philadelphia, PA)
Worthy Wage Caucus @ National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference (Toronto, Canada)
Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children annual conference (Philadelphia, PA)
Focus on Our Future (York, PA)
Center for the Childcare Workforce national conference
Salford Mennonite CCC (Harleysville, PA)
The Caring Center (Philadelphia, PA
DUTV Channel 54, Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Worthy Wage workshops in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Montgomery County, Millersville, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg
3 leadership development retreats and college courses for child care teachers
Early Intervention staff meeting (Philadelphia, PA)
