[Radical_childcare] [Fwd: do you have info about childcare collectives?]

[FEMINISTCHILDREARING at riseup.net]

Hi all,

I got sent the email below a couple of weeks ago and i have replied with
my experiences, and said i would forward her email to the radical
childcare group list to see if any of you guys want to reply too.

i have given her two contacts for radical childcare related stuff in the
USA (bay area collective and 'dont leave your friends behind' vikki
law/china martens), but maybe someone else knows more?

x


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Subject: do you have info about childcare collectives?
From:    "Holly Garrett" <hollygarrett8 at gmail.com>
Date:    Sun, August 2, 2009 2:47 pm
To:      feministchildrearing at riseup.net
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Hi,
I found your email thru a Google search of "radical child care collective
models" and was wondering if you had any info about resources or models in
the US specifically.  I live in Virginia and I'm looking to start a child
care collective with other young mothers.  I'm expecting my first child in
Dec. and have NO IDEA what to expect or how this would work out, but I am
seeking out others who may have started something similar and what their
experiences have been.  Ideally, I am thinking about getting about 5 or 6 or
more mothers/fathers together and creating a schedule each week that would
allow for each person in the collective to watch the children a few days a
week or even just one.  If this works, then there would always be a person
watching the kids through out the week and allow the rest of us to be at
work.  It would require some schedule juggling for sure, but I am really
seeking something more radical than the typical daycares.

Thanks so much in advance,

Sincerely,
Holly Garrett

PS. I am also a radical activist, very involved with the Climate
Convergences in the US as well as Mountain Justice and would love to
incorporate more child care and child friendly spaces into our organizing
and even have workshops available to parents or activities for kids at
gatherings/events.  Any info on this would be great too!

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