Invest in Women in the Washington DC Metro Area

• "We know in this country that 98% of other occupations are paid more than people who are working with our youngest children. And within that, we know that we have some serious racial inequities and wage gaps. As we think about building back better, for me it really means having those educators who are the linchpin to early care and education quality, thriving and for these to be good jobs so that we have people clamoring to be early educators in this country." - Dr. Lea Austin, director of the Center for the Study of Childcare Employment at UC Berkeley

• "We don't see any accurate, published data around the early care sector. We only have estimates. It's very important for public policy and implementation to have hard data and mixed data. The voices of women themselves need to be taken in account." - Nitza Seguí Albino, Vice Chair of the board of DC's Multicultural Spanish Speaking Provider Association

• Why is it so hard to get more compensation for education workers?  "Because its work performed by women and women of color - we know in this country, work by people of color and women is grossly undervalued."  Dr. Lea Austin, director of the Center for the Study of Childcare Employment at UC Berkeley

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