Kids & Economy Connection💰💰💰 When child care breaks, our economy breaks. North Carolina is losing $5.65 BILLION every year because families are being forced out of the workforce. We can fix this — but only if we invest in child care now. #NCpol #FundChildCareNow #EarlyEd

New Resource Alert! Equity Playbook: Voices that Lift is here — turning bold equity ideas into actionable tools for early learning spaces. ✅ 2 years of community voices ✅ Policy & practice tools ✅ Stories that center lived experience #EarlyEdEquity #TogetherWeWill

Saturday, the brilliance, resilience, and leadership of eight extraordinary Home-Based Child Care providers, leaders who open their homes, nurture our children, and drive change in North Carolina’s child care system, was honored. #Haven #MDC #HomeBasedChildCare #EarlyEdEquity

We are grateful for our partnership with #Dorchester County First Steps. Together we lifted up literacy, asset-based framing, and family-led action — all in service of a just, equitable future for our children. #ChampionsOfChange #EquityInAction #FamilyFirst #TogetherWeWill

Back-to-School = New Books! 📚✨ Active Reading grows strong readers: 🧡 Ask Questions 🖤 Build Vocabulary 🤎 Connect with their world Find tips at ReadTogetherCLT + reach out to BCDI-Carolinas for culturally relevant, high-quality books. 💛✊🏾 #LiteracyIsLiberation #AfroGenius

Big news! Catawba College launches the Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Education (CEECE) — uplifting educators, centering wellness & strengthening communities. We celebrate this bold investment in our children & families! #EarlyChildhood #EquityInEducation #CEECE

Our children love to read! Let’s keep the momentum strong by ensuring access to culturally rich books—mirrors of their brilliance, windows into the world, and doors to their future. #AfroGenius #LiteracyMatters #TogetherWeWill

We’re excited that Smart Start of Mecklenburg County is hosting the Inaugural Early Childhood Summit! This powerful gathering will bring together voices from business, philanthropy, education, and government to take on the childcare crisis head-on. Register today and join us!

For too long, Black children have been labeled, suspended, and pushed out of classrooms before they’ve even had the chance to thrive. This is not a discipline issue. it’s a justice issue. Every child deserves to be nurtured, not criminalized.🧡🖤🤎💛 #EquityInECE #TogetherWeWill

Shoutout to #DCFS, led by Dr. Crystal Campbell, for showing us that lasting change starts with families. They champion brilliance, value what families bring, and advocate through a strength-based lens. “You can’t lift people up by putting them down.” – Trabian Shorters

📚✨ September is #NationalLiteracyMonth! At BCDI-Carolinas, we believe literacy is liberation. Make reading a joyful daily ritual with your child. 💛 Find tips & culturally relevant resources at 👉 ReadTogetherClt.org #ReadTogetherClt #AfroGenius

Our inaugural Advisory Council meeting was 🔥! 14 leaders from NC & SC came together, united by purpose + passion. We affirmed:Black is not a risk factor. Our children are brilliance embodied. This isn’t just a meeting—it’s a movement. 💛🧡🤎🖤 #CommunityInAction #TogetherWeWill!

📢Tuesday, September 9, 2025: the City of Charlotte Primary Election. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. across locations in Mecklenburg County. Don't let our silence be the loudest sound in the room.‼️ #VoteCharlotte #MeckVotes #BeTheChange #TogetherWeWill!

Dismantling the preschool-to-prison pipeline starts with nurturing the whole child. Mindful awareness is not a luxury; it’s a lifeline. Children deserve spaces rooted in dignity, mindfulness, and love, not exclusion and criminalization. Kenny D'Cruz #TogetherWeWill

A coalition of statewide partners are advocating for district-by-district campaigns to end the use of exclusionary practices with our youngest learners in grades PreK through 3rd grade. Please register here to receive a link for the meeting: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We’re excited to begin another year alongside the incredible children and families of KIPP Public Schools Change Academy! Together, we’ll keep building, growing, and celebrating brilliance. Here’s to a powerful year ahead! KIPP Change Academy #ParentPower #FamiliesWill #TogetherWeWill

What an exhilarating day at Stepping Up For Family Childcare! 🎉 Providers, partners & families came together in powerful support of one another. Family childcare is the fabric that keeps our communities & economy strong. #CommunityCare #FamilyChildcare 💛🤎🧡🖤

🧡🤎Magnificent start to the school year!🖤💛Our KIPP Change Academy scholars shine bright through #InnerExplorer, #ActiveReading &#StoryBuilding. Grateful our young college students who jumped back in to nurture literacy goals. 📚📙📝 #KIPPChangeAcademy #TogetherWeWill

🎶💃🏽 Family Fitness Fiesta! 🕺🏾 ✨ Line dancing + food + community fun ✨ 📅 Sept 27 | 🕒 3–6 PM 📍 5431 Hickory Grove Rd, Charlotte Pull up with the fam, lace up those boots, and let’s dance, eat, and celebrate together! #FamilyFitnessFiesta #CharlotteFamilies #TogetherWeWill

Afterschool is more than homework help — it’s a launchpad for literacy. Through word work, our scholars grow as readers, thinkers & leaders. Wallace Foundation research shows that afterschool boosts reading & engagement when they are intentional, and that’s exactly what we do.