NDWA NEWSLETTER  |  APRIL 2023

Today is Earth Day, when over a billion people take action to change human behavior and policies. As an NDWA activist, we’re calling on you to help address systemic harms that impact us all, especially domestic workers, by promoting environmental justice.

Did you know that Blacks, Asians, Latinx, and low-income populations are exposed to higher levels of dangerous air pollution than other groups. And, an estimated 80% of the people displaced by climate change are women of color. 

Working class communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental justice issues. And domestic workers, most of whom are women of color and immigrants, sit at the epicenter of the climate crisis.

At NDWA, through our Unbossed Agenda, we seek expanded access to relief for domestic workers who are impacted by environmental disasters, investments in public transit, and universal access to adequate nutritious food. 

We also actively partner with organizations throughout the labor and climate movements to call for bold legislation that invests in people — including getting families and care workers the supports they need —  and in our planet in order to create a more just and sustainable future for us all. 

Learn more about our Unbossed Agenda and find out how you can get involved.

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Too many children in North Carolina are missing out on foundational early care and learning. Families can’t afford the high cost, teachers can’t afford to work for such low wages, and providers can’t afford to keep their doors open. With federal COVID relief funding about to run out, our state has reached a tipping point. 

That's why, on April 20, NDWA worker leaders from our North Carolina We Dream in Black chapter joined parents, early childcare teachers, advocates and more in Raleigh, North Carolina for Child Care for NC: United for Change.

The day of action brought together people from all walks of life, using one voice to shine a light on the state's child care crisis and call for better wages for early child care teachers, affordable care for kids and families and sustainable funding for providers.

Wind of the Spirit, an NDWA affiliate organization in New Jersey, recently celebrated the graduation of its second We Make History course.

We Make History is a curriculum for domestic workers to learn about the domestic worker movement in the US and strengthen our organizing to build power together.

Congratulations to all of the graduates on completing the course, and to the Wind of the Spirit facilitation team!  

Worker leaders in Houston, alongside various partner organizations, traveled to the Texas State Capitol in Austin for the We Build Texas Day of Action.

Members of our Houston We Dream in Black chapter were on hand to educate and advocate for several bills on ending wage theft and worker misclassification, paid family leave, a fair minimum wage, workers compensation, drivers licenses for undocumented people, and more. 

Carolyn Reed believed that domestic workers could be empowered by greater knowledge of their history (or herstory). 

Soon after she became the executive director of the National Committee on Household Employment (NCHE) in 1979, she began collaborating with several feminist historians to launch an NCHE history project called Our Right to Know. The project researched the history of domestic worker organizing to inspire current organizing campaigns.

NCHE also began to collect the life histories of their members so these stories could become part of the historical record and inspire future generations.

Check out more inspiring stories about movement ancestors and more domestic worker organizing history on our interactive timeline.

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