Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 7, 2023 at 6:22 PM

Universal child care means all of New York’s children

Hi John, Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget persists in intentionally excluding many of New York State’s immigrant children. More than 23,000 income-eligible children are left out of our state’s Child Care Assistance Program due solely to their immigration status. Among those …

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 28, 2023 at 8:52 PM

Investing in the Child Care Workforce is an Investment in NY's Families

Hi John, New York's families and child care educators are counting on Albany to prioritize investments in child care in this year's budget — and that means investing in the child care workforce. Email your State Legislators now and urge them to invest $1 billion in the child …

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 14, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Register now! 2/16 Teach-in on education & child care

Hi John, Join AQE and Citizen Action on Thursday, February 16th for a Legislative Teach-In on education and child care! We will be holding a legislative briefing, where we help unpack the details of Governor Hochul's executive proposal and what it means for our fight for publ…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 10, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Join us 2/16: Teach-in on education & child care

Hi John, Join AQE and Citizen Action on Thursday, February 16th for a Legislative Teach-In on education and child care! We will be holding a legislative briefing, where we help unpack the details of Governor Hochul's executive proposal and what it means for our fight for publ…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

January 30, 2023 at 6:44 PM

Taking time to breathe

  Hi John, ? This weekend has taken an emotional toll on many of us.? ? The videos and images of brutal murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the Memphis police left ?me in shock, anger an…

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  Alliance for Quality Education, AQENY.org · [email protected]

December 16, 2022 at 9:08 PM

Join us 12/19: Invest in Our NY Teach-In

Hi John, Governor Hochul and the State Legislature can pass a budget this year that drives down costs, funds critical programs and transforms the lives of millions - but to do so, we need a bold spending package that reflects the needs of our communities. The Invest in Ou…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

December 15, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Tell Governor Hochul to sign the child care bill!

Hi John, Earlier this year, State Legislators passed a bill that would decouple child care subsidies from parents' work hours. This bill would help New York’s families consistently access the child care assistance they need, but Governor Hochul needs to sign the bill by Sat…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 6:10 PM

Celebrate #GivingTuesday with AQE

Hi John, State lawmakers have from January to April 1st to finalize New York State's state budget — and though it may not feel like it, that means the commencement of the budget negotiations is just around the corner. That's why on January 18, parents, educators and advocates…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

November 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Join us in Albany 1/18

JOIN US ALL DAY IN ALBANY January 18, 2023 RSVP here (required) Please join the Alliance for Quality Education for our Education Advocacy Day in Albany! On January 18, we will be returning to the State Capitol for the first time since March 2020 with parent leaders, students a…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

November 22, 2022 at 8:03 PM

AQE is going to Ghana

Dear John, AQE is going to Ghana. And we are so excited. Years in the making, our team's dream trip is finally happening, and it’s just around the corner. When? November 30th through December 11, 2022. Why? The fight for education justice never ends. Each year brings new chal…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

November 19, 2022 at 7:01 PM

It's time for Gov. Hochul to deliver on her promises to NY children

Hi John, Last week, New York voted to give Governor Hochul a historic full term, sending a clear message that we will not stand for Trump-aligned politicians who stoke fear, hate and lies, and deny elections. New York’s working families were critical to the Governor’s victory.…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

November 8, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Vote today for public education!

Hi John, It's Election Day! Polls will be open statewide until 9 PM tonight. If you haven't already voted, make sure you have a plan to vote before the polls close. You can find all the information you need about how and where you can vote here. The outcome of today's vote wil…

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  Alliance for Quality Education, AQENY.org · [email protected]

November 4, 2022 at 2:35 PM

Make your vote count for our public schools

Hi John, The midterm election is just a few days away, and the stakes are high for New York’s public schools, children and families. Our public schools are facing new threats: devastating cuts to New York City public schools, looming threats of privatization, rising rates of s…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

September 26, 2022 at 2:58 PM

Join us Sunday: Universal Child Care Summit

Hi John, It’s time to build up the next stage in our fight for Universal Child Care! On Sunday, October 2nd, we will be joining Senator Jabari Brisport for a state-wide summit of parents, neighbors, and child care providers (virtual and in-person) to get on the same page, bri…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

September 6, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Week Three: Teaching True History

  Hi John,   Today, students around New York State and the country return to a new school year. We are concluding our series commemorating the legacy of Black August with a look at how teaching true histor…

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  Alliance for Quality Education, AQENY.org · [email protected]

September 2, 2022 at 8:07 PM

Thank you for celebrating with us!

Join us on August 31 in New York City ​​​Hi John​, Thank you to everyone who joined us Wednesday evening to support AQE and celebrate our honorees: Senator Jabari Brisport & Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi with the New York State Senate &am…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

August 26, 2022 at 2:01 PM

Week Two: Segregation and inequality

  Hi John,   For the second week of our learning series commemorating Black August, we are exploring the relationship between segregation and educational inequality, and how privatizers — whether charter s…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

August 19, 2022 at 6:57 PM

Commemorating Black August: Reimagine Safety

  Hi John,   In the tradition of Black August, for the next 4 weeks we will be sharing resources to deepen our collective understanding of the many intersections of race and inequity in New York’s public s…

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  Alliance for Quality Education, AQENY.org · [email protected]

August 2, 2022 at 7:57 PM

You're Invited! AQE's Champions of Education Celebration

Join us on August 31 in New York City You're Invited: AQE's Champions of Education August 31, 2022 ?at 6:30 PM? In person at the Manny Cantor Center 197 E Broadway New York City REGISTER NOW …

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

July 15, 2022 at 3:09 PM

Tell Senator Schumer to fight for NY's children

Hi John, Right now, talks are under way in Congress around a budget reconciliation package — but unacceptably, the package does not include a single penny for child care or early childhood education. It is up to New Yorkers to tell Senator Schumer we need him to keep fightin…

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  Alliance for Quality Education, AQENY.org · [email protected]

July 6, 2022 at 6:39 PM

Save the date: AQE's Champions of Education Celebration

August 31, 2022 in New York City Save the Date: August 31, 2022 AQE's Champions of Education August 31, 2022  at 6:30 PM  In person at the Manny Cantor Center 197 E Broadway New York City REGISTER NOW …

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

June 28, 2022 at 6:39 PM

Make your vote today count for our schools

Hi John, Today, New Yorkers are voting in primary elections for our next Governor and Lieutenant Governor. If you haven't already voted, make sure you have a plan to vote before the polls close! Polls will be open statewide until 9 PM tonight. You can look up your polling plac…

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  Stevie Vargas · [email protected]

May 17, 2022 at 9:32 PM

AQE responds to racist attack on Buffalo's Black community

Dear John, Roberta A. Drury, Margus D. Morrison, Andre Mackneil, Aaron Salter, Geraldine Talley, Celestine Chaney, Heyward Patterson, Katherine Massey, Pearl Young, Ruth Whitfield. Those are the names of the people who died in Buffalo Saturday. They were mothers, fathers, gra…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

May 10, 2022 at 5:07 PM

We need child care for ALL NY's children

Hi John, In April, New York committed to $1.8 billion for child care to expand support for both families and child care educators. But without additional changes to current law, tens of thousands of poor children and their families will be left behind. Current law excludes chi…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 20, 2022 at 4:50 PM

Thank you for fighting with AQE

Hi John, Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our Education & Child Care Budget Debrief! As you heard last night, we made progress towards expanding child care in New York State, but we still have a long way to go to get to universal child care for all childr…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 14, 2022 at 2:20 PM

Register now! Budget debrief w/Sen. Jackson & Brisport

Hi John, Join us this Tuesday, April 19 for a state budget debrief for child care, pre-K-12 education and higher education. We'll be joined by special guests Senator Robert Jackson and Senator Jabari Brisport to talk through the state budget and next steps for our advocacy to…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 11, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Join us 4/19: Education & child care budget debrief

Hi John, Over the weekend, the New York State Senate and Assembly passed the state budget. We're still going over details, but here are the biggest takeaways for the coming year: K-12 education: Year 2 of the phase-in of Foundation Aid for public schools is fully funded, a…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 8, 2022 at 6:51 PM

Register now: Education & Child Care Budget debrief

Hi John, Budget negotiations wrapped up last night, with an announcement of $7 billion investment in child care over the next four years. But when it comes to an issue as complex as child care, the devil is in the details. Families and providers need immediate relief, starting…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 7, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Take action now: Don't let child care get left behind in the NYS budget!

  Hi John,   The final deal on the budget is expected to be announced in just a few hours. And from what we're hearing on child care, Governor Hochul has utterly abandoned New York's working families.   W…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 6, 2022 at 1:52 PM

Record a video for child care!

  Hi John,   It’s up to us to keep up the drumbeat on child care, every day until the budget is done. Our state decision makers — Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Sp…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 5, 2022 at 5:23 PM

We need your help in the fight for child care

Hi John, The budget process is stalled. Since yesterday, we have no further updates on where things stand for child care — but we know that we can’t rest until it’s done. Help us keep up the pressure on our State leaders to do right by child care in the final budget by donatin…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 4, 2022 at 8:29 PM

The NYS budget deadline has come and gone

Hi John, The State Budget deadline has come and gone, and still, there is no budget agreement, and no further details on what it might include when there is one. So what is holding up the state budget, anyway? Based on the rumors around the Capitol, Governor Hochul is refusing…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

April 1, 2022 at 3:41 PM

Day 5: The NYS budget is officially late

  Hi John,   The New York State budget is officially late. Child care, along with countless other critical community investments and key issues, still are in play.   State legislators left Albany for the w…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 3:19 PM

Day 4: We're down to the wire for child care

  Hi John,   The state budget is due at midnight, and we’re still waiting to learn the details on so many critical issues for New York’s families and communities — including for child care.   Here is what…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 30, 2022 at 4:13 PM

Day 3: Child care must include ALL New York's families

  Hi John,   We're feeling cautiously optimistic for how the overall investment in child care is shaping up in the budget negotiations — but for one major problem: Governor Hochul is still fighting to excl…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 29, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Day 2: Call Governor Hochul

  Hi John, The Governor is fighting to exclude some immigrant children from the state’s expansion of child care access. She’s making excuses, blaming federal rules that stipulate that federal dollars for c…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 28, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Kick off today: Five Days of Action for Child Care!

  Hi John, The New York State budget deadline is five short days away. That means we have less than a week left make sure that our representatives in Albany do right by our children, families and child car…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 25, 2022 at 6:06 PM

We need at least $3b for child care, not bail rollbacks

Hi John, With just a few days left to finalize the budget, Governor Hochul is stalling the process and putting critical community investments — including child care — in jeopardy. Email our State Leaders now and tell them we need a budget with no less than $3 billion for child…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 24, 2022 at 2:30 PM

TODAY: NYS child care budget update

Hi John, Join the Alliance for Quality Education TODAY at 4:30 PM for an update on where things stand at this time for the fight for universal child care in State budget negotiations. Register now New York State Child Care Budget Update March 24 at 4:30 PM *Interpretation w…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 23, 2022 at 5:29 PM

CORRECTION — Register now: NYS child care budget update tomorrow

Please note the correction below: the budget update will begin at 4:30 PM. Our apologies for any confusion. Hi John, Join the Alliance for Quality Education tomorrow, March 24 at 4:30 PM for an update on where things stand at this time for the fight for universal child car…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 23, 2022 at 1:45 PM

Register now: NYS child care budget update tomorrow!

Hi John, Join the Alliance for Quality Education tomorrow, March 24 at 4 PM for an update on where things stand at this time for the fight for universal child care in State budget negotiations. Register now New York State Child Care Budget Update March 24 at 4 PM *Interpreta…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 17, 2022 at 3:10 PM

We need not a penny less than $3b for child care

Hi John, Since the Senate and Assembly budget proposals came out this weekend we’ve been busy going through the details. Even though the Senate and Assembly proposals both fall short of the $5 billion that our families, child care providers and communities needed, they still …

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 14, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Let’s put New York on the path to universal child care

Hi John, Over the weekend the New York State Senate and Assembly put out their budget proposals — and while we’re still working through all the details, we know that both make a far stronger investment in child care than what was proposed by Governor Hochul. There is still roo…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 10, 2022 at 2:44 PM

The cost of failing to invest in child care

Hi John, We’re down to the wire: child care has emerged as one of the key issues in this year’s state budget. We need New Yorker’s leaders to address this crisis. Failing to invest in child care is costing all of us enormously — workers, students, and families. If we want pare…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

March 4, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Real economic development means universal child care

Hi John, High quality early childhood care and education is one of the best investments we can make in our economic future. We’re hearing that support for universal child care is growing in Albany… but there’s a long way to go to get it across the finish line before the budget…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 25, 2022 at 5:52 PM

NY has the money for universal child care. Do we have the leadership?

Hi John, Child Care program providers are being forced to close their doors. Educators are leaving the field for better wages. Parents are quitting their jobs to look after their children. Women, in particular, are being forced to choose between a career and parenthood. This …

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 10, 2022 at 8:33 PM

We’re building a drumbeat for #NYSUniversalChildCare

Hi John, We have been busy building the momentum for #NYSUniversalChildCare, and yesterday we saw our collective power on full display! We extend our gratitude to everyone who participated — if you were at one of our events in Albany, Utica, Buffalo or New York City; if you we…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 9, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Join us TODAY: Day of Action for Child Care!

  Hi John, New York’s child care system is facing a moment of reckoning. The pandemic proved beyond doubt the great need that exists for more accessible quality child care, and how difficult it is to balan…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

February 3, 2022 at 8:29 PM

Child care is education and must be universal

Hi John, New York’s leaders must prioritize making child care more accessible for families. Early care and education is a right, not a privilege. It is an essential part of our early education system, to healthy communities, and to our state's economy, and it must be available…

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  Jasmine Gripper · [email protected]

January 31, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Update on NYS Budget: Good News & Bad News

Hi John, The good news: For the first time, fully funding public schools through the Foundation Aid formula is a part of the executive budget proposal. The $1.6 billion increase in Foundation Aid, and $2.1 billion increase for public schools, will greatly support most school …

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