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About EC-LINC <br />I ne EaIJy Chilclhu,)d Learning and Innovation Network for <br />Communities (EC-LINC) is developed by and for CC) mlnunitieti <br />and convened by the Center for the Study of Social Policy. <br />EC-LINC's mission is to support families and improve results <br />foryoung children in communities across the country. <br />with a focus on accelerating the development of eftective, <br />ntegrated, local early childhood systems. <br />[.111=1 1 <br />The Center for the Study of Social Policy works to achieve <br />a racially. economically, and soclaIIyILA st society in which all <br />children and families thrive. We do this by advocating with <br />and for children, youth, and families marl-lnalized by public <br />politics and institutional practices. <br />Published January 2019 <br />Acknowledgments <br />A group of 40 parent leaders and agency staff from nine <br />EC-LINC communities. with support from CSS_P staff and <br />consultants. came together to create this Manifesto for Racc <br />Equity and Parent Leadership in Early Childhood. We are <br />particularly grateful to those Parent Leaders as well as Ln <br />Chrysta Wilson, Wilson & Associates. for her contl ibutiol r, <br />to the writing: Melia Franklin. consultant, for her editorial <br />contributions: and Stephanie Doyle, CSSP,for herwi fling and <br />oversight of the work. <br />User Agreement: -I i,_.i t i,. l• P', oi, �r.l:'ub_1 Mi i I t, <br />I Mmt r, 1 -, Communicate sacsspore <br />"The manifesto is the opportunity to bring <br />to the forefront difficult conversations that <br />people usually shy away from rather than face <br />head on. I have had recent conversations with <br />people who are in charge of programs. They <br />have said they don't believe race equity and <br />parent leadership belong together. There is <br />no inclusion. The inclusion conversation is not <br />really there. When you try to get in touch with <br />someone to talk about this issue, they don't <br />respond. The manifesto brings the opportunity <br />to have these difficult conversations. <br />It upset me when people said race and parent <br />leadership don't belong together. There are so <br />many ways this matters. If I'm a Black parent <br />sitting at the table with other parents who are not <br />Black and they don't want to listen or if they shut <br />me out, that's an issue. In certain areas, some <br />parents have more voice than others because of <br />their color. Those arejust the basics, but there are <br />even more nuanced issues that are much deeper." <br />—Caroline Austin, <br />Parent Leader, Hartford, CT <br />Nranitesto for Rnce Equity b parent Leatlsrhlp In @rtly lhildhnnd Sys tcin5 <br />EC-LINC 1 Page,13 <br />