Resources
Advocacy Resources
Immigration Resources
Contact Your Legislators
Find Your State Legislator (PA)
Visit Your State Legislator
State ECE Campaigns
High-Quality Child Care in PA: 2024 Fact Sheets and Mapping
Support Pre-K for PA
High-Quality Pre-K in PA: 2024 Fact Sheets and Mapping
Support Start Strong PA
Get Out the Vote (GOTV)
Get Out the Vote Toolkit (English)
Get Out the Vote Toolkit (Spanish)
Your Vote Can Make a Difference
Our Kids Can't Vote Sticker (Avery 94107)
Legislator Resources
Adopt-a-Legislator Overview (English)
Adopt-a-Legislator Overview (Spanish)
Resources for Effective Organizing
Storytelling Toolkit
Action Toolkit for Early Learning Superheros
Child Care & Pre-K Advocate Toolkit
Advocacy Toolkit (English)
Advocacy Toolkit (Spanish)
Resources For Professionals
These sites were created by alumni of First Up’s P.R.I.D.E. Teacher Village. These sites highlight the educators’ commitment to young children’s positive racial identity in Philadelphia. Through these projects you will find reflections on the importance of positive racial identity in young children in addition to resources and lesson plans that were created to promote a positive racial identity in young children that you can try yourselves.
2024 Cohort Year
Aliya Hart
Tywana Irvin
Johnny Kuprionis
Lauren Carter
Shemaiah Murphy
Nicole Richardson
Mary Stevens
Stephanie Revelo
2023 Cohort Year
Dieynaba Diaw
Rupali Patel
Chandara Devo
Doris Young
Shawana Custis
Larry Everett
Jo Grim
Nadirah Ransom
Janelle Golden
Morgan Jimenez
D. (Desarae) Shield
Resources for Families
Anti-Bias Resources
First Up has assembled a compendium of podcasts and videos to deep your understanding of the historical and present-day intersections of race and child care in America, plus videos and other materials on topics including how to talk about race and racism with young children.