Early Learning Enrollment Fair

Bright BeginningsAdvocacy, Community, Preschool For All

Hosted by AUSD for Preschool, TK, and Kindergarten Students  Extensive research has concluded that high-quality, early childhood education leads to better academic outcomes and emotional-social success of a child. TK or Preschool combined with a further year of Kindergarten gives young …

Vaccination Success!

Bright BeginningsAdvocacy, Community, Preschool For All

Working Together to Protect Each Other COVID-19 pandemic recovery has not been easy for most, and stark racial inequities in wellbeing existed long before the pandemic. Our Indigenous community has some of the greatest challenges — our systems are not adequately …

Women’s Policy Institute

Bright BeginningsAdvocacy, Community, Preschool For All

2020 Cohort Announced The 2020 Women’s Policy Institute (WPI) cohort is excited to announce that their project policy focus will remain in early childhood education in an effort to advance community health. Ultimately, their focus is on Preschool for All in Monterey …

Salinas Mamás in Action

Bright BeginningsAdvocacy, Community, Preschool For All, Salinas

Bright Beginnings’ Salinas Mamás have an ambitious — and they believe doable — goal: making quality, full-time preschool accessible for all children. Earlier this month, several Mamás were interviewed by Radio Bilingüe. During the interview, they shared the work of their Preschool …

Equipping Our Community to Amplify Voices

Bright BeginningsAdvocacy, Community, Preschool For All

Senator Caballero’s Recent Visit Last month, Senator Ana Caballero heard first-hand experiences from several parent leaders, their children and Early Childhood Advocacy Network (ECAN) members in addition to a discussion around the early childhood development bills SB 142 and AB 123. Laura Pacheco recounted witnessing a child the same …