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[chatter of children]

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[bells chime,
baby coos]

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[soft musical score:
singing bowls, soothing tones]

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[adult chuckles,
baby rings bells]

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[baby coos]

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[hands clap softly]

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[train rattles on tracks]

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ADULT: Choo-choo!
[busy chatter of children]

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CHILD: HA HA!
WOMAN: What’s funny?

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What’s funny?
[woman sings briefly]

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CHILD: Round and around
and around and around.

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I did it!

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[upbeat music]
[children chatter]

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WOMAN: Thank you.

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What are we making?
[children chatter]

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What are we making?
CHILDREN: Carrot waffles!

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[crosstalk]
-Okay. You have to be careful

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because you might scrape your
fingers in here and I

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don’t want you to scrape
your fingers. [crosstalk]

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[chatter]

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You’re just the safety—
safety queen!

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I think you’re in control
of your body, you got it.

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Yeah, you got control.

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LEILA: My friend, she’s like,
“I work at a preschool.

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I think you’d be good there.”
And I was like, “No.

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I don’t think I like kids
that much.”

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CHILD: That’s kinda too fast.

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LEILA: But I started subbing.
CHILD: Time is up!

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LEILA: (on-screen) All right.
Drop your carrots!

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(off-screen) And I was like,
“This is awesome!” [laughs]

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[Leila laughs and talks with
kids under interview]

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People say all the time, “Oh,
you must be so patient.”

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And you know, I don’t know if
it’s patient as much as like,

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maybe my tolerance for
shenanigans is just higher.

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CHILD: Time is up!
LEILA: You’re eating…

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-Time is up.
LEILA: …the glitter.

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[children chatter]

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Can you please put the top on
and wash your hands again?

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Dude, we are not eating
the edible glitter.

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I don’t want any of your guys’
spit in these waffles,

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to be honest.
-It smells like carrots.

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-It does.

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’Kay, you just put your finger
on your mouth again, Jasmine.

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You’re gonna have to wash
your hands again. [chuckling]

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-But, but the glitter is
not getting off.

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-That’s okay.
Wash your hands again.

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It’s fine. You’ll still get
to eat some waffle.

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I think you’re upset now.
Hey, no. Jasmine,

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you don’t get to run
out of the classroom

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just because you’re upset.
You can be upset

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and you can be upset
in our classroom.

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(off-screen) People constantly
see it as like playing all day,

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but they don’t see all of the
social, emotional work

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that goes into it,
the counseling work that

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goes into it.

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[chatter]

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[small object hits surface]

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LEILA: (to child)
Hey, my friend.

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[child crying]

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LEILA: Excuse me.
First and foremost, that does

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not feel good that you would
throw something hard towards me.

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That doesn’t feel good.
Does that mean that I

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don’t love you,
because I want you to stop?

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-Mm-mm.
-No, it doesn’t.

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I love you very much.
[muffled] I love you so much.

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[inaudible]

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LEILA: Okay!

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[soft music]
[children chatter]

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MAN:
Are you ready over here?

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’Kay, I’ma go check over here.
I’ll be right back.

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Are you ready over here?
-Yeah.

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-Use your magic wand.
Help me turn the book around.

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One, two, three. Whoop!
CHILD: Zhoop!

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DAN: (off-screen)
When I tell people

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I’m a preschool teacher,
they say,

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“Oh, no, but real school starts
when they’re older.

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So you’re a babysitter.”

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DAN: (on-screen)
This one or that one?

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-That one!

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DAN: (off-screen) But we’re with
these children for so many

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critical years when there’s
so much neural growth

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taking place.

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(on-screen) And then, Ricky,
how did he take it from you?

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Did he ask? No.

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You did not ask to
have it back.

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Does sharing mean only one
person can play with it,

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or everybody?
-Everybody.

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DAN: Everybody.
[crosstalk]

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DAN: This is today’s popsicle
stick theater. [sticks clink]

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This is about sharing.

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Somebody came and took it.

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‘Give me that toy!’
’Kay. Now you’re gonna be Ricky.

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Ricky is Ricky.
Etta, come on over.

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What should you do if you wanna
have a turn with that book?

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RICKY:
Ask.

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-So how can you ask Etta
to have a turn?

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RICKY:
When you gonna be done?

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ETTA: Five.
DAN: Five minutes.

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Thank you to our actors in the
popsicle stick theater.

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Let’s give them all a round of
applause. [clapping]

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DAN: (off-screen) I can’t think
of a better thing to do

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than to help young people
navigate through this world.

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CHILD: [crying]
No.

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DAN: (on-screen) You can be
frustrated, but we don’t need

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to start throwing the food.
So I’m gonna go like this.

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(off-screen) But I could be
driving an Amazon delivery truck

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and making more money.

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[lively chatter]

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-Okay.

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Whoo.

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ANNE: (off-screen)
Monday, I had four teachers out.

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But here’s a secret:

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when I have to be subbing in
the classroom, I’m so happy.

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(on-screen) Orange.
Oh, yeah, it does.

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It turns orange in there.
Uh-huh.

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[indistinct clattering]
CHILD: Um, pink?

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-Pink?
-Uh, um …

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-To orange.

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CHILD: Pink.
ANNE: Pink.

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Okay, this one you step in.

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[chatter]

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ADULT:
An earlier, shorter shift until

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kids start staying until
the end of the—

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ANNE: But then I’m messed up
because I don’t have anyone

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at the end of the day,
for this group,

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until we hire somebody.

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-I see.

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You’re doing only Indeed or
Craigslist too?

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-I did Craigslist.
I got zero. [crosstalk]

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-Okay.

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ANNE: Over the last couple of
weeks, there have been

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seven people, altogether.

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And out of those seven, [laughs]

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here’s my list of…

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‘Decline for a
different position.’

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‘No show for observation.’
‘No show.’

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‘No answer for
phone interview.’

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-Oh, man. Come on.

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-‘Declined because pay was
lower than what I expected.’

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And then I declined this person—
-Oh.

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-after their phone interview.
-Oh.

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-I got nothing. [rips paper]
-Yeah.

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-Okay. Um…
-We need to implement plan B…

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-Okay.
-right now.

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-Now?
-Yeah.  -Right.

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-But maybe that would be good.

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ANNE: (off-screen) You know,
there’s plenty of studies that

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you can look at
that will tell you if you get

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really high quality early care
and education, you’re gonna

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thrive and go on to be more
prosperous in your life.

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But there’s a really
big disconnect.

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[thoughtful music]

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[faint chatter]

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[somber cello music]

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Think about what you’re noticing
and what you’re wondering about,

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and then you can bring in
your own experiences.

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LEILA: With celebration rather
than like—

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ANNE: (off-screen)
There’s a slogan,

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“Parents can’t afford to pay.

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Teachers can’t afford to stay.”

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Because what we would actually
have to charge parents

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to pay teachers the professional
wage that they need

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and deserve would be
unaffordable to families.

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[chatter]

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Right now, it’s a very
broken system.

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[somber cello music]

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[music becomes urgent]

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[wind rustles trees]

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[reporters speak in succession]

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-Daycare centers
across the state forced to

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shut down to help stop the
spread of the Coronavirus.

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-Giving child care centers
until Friday night to close.

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-Decisions with a massive
impact for working parents...

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-Across the country,
at least 21 million kids

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now home from school.

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-There are a number of
facilities that will remain

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open for essential workers who
need to go to work

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during this crisis, but only
those parents who have

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no other option
will have access.

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[traffic whirs]

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[talks quietly to herself]

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I have—
Oh, this one.

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[books shuffle]

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Yeah, I change my books
every week. I have a lot.

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Oh, they love this one.

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I love this one.
And this one is my favorite.

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[doorbell rings]
CHILD: Hello! [chatter]

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PATRICIA: Okay, I’m coming!

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[excited chatter]

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Hi!

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(off-screen)
Everything is closed.

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Family child care providers,
we have our facilities open.

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We’re the essential workers for
those essential workers.

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PARENT: Like three ounces,
because he fell back to sleep.

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PATRICIA: [gasps]
Only three ounces! My goodness.

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Okay. Bye-bye.

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(off-screen) In open a facility,
you open to anything,

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virus, bacterias, everything.

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[background chatter]
It’s really risky.

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[Spanish chatter]

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(on-screen) Do you know Gio,
that’s really a smart choice.

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Good. You’re gonna build
your own farm here?

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CHILD: Okay.
PATRICIA: Okay!

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This is so cool.

00:11:02.663 --> 00:11:04.747
Good job, Giovanni.

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[chatter, children playing]

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[doorbell rings]

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PATRICIA: Yay. Hi, papi!
Oh, how are you?

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Good? Aw.

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¿Cómo estas tú?

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CHILD:
Um, sad.

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PATRICIA:
Sad? Why?

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CHILD: Ah.
-Okay. Sometimes we are sad.

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CHILD:
Happy. Happy.

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PATRICIA:
Happy! I’m happy too!

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CHILD:
Mad.

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PATRICIA: (off-screen)
Having a child who’s

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having trouble with himself,

00:11:47.165 --> 00:11:50.543
trying to help him to understand
their own feelings…

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PARENT:
Love you! Bye!

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PATRICIA: (off-screen)
that’s my goal.

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(on-screen)
Have a wonderful day!

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[children play and chatter]

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PATRICIA: [sing-song voice]
¡Cuidado la cabeza,

00:12:02.055 --> 00:12:04.640
Gio, Gio, Gio, Gio, Gio!

00:12:04.641 --> 00:12:09.604
[playing, chattering, shuffling]

00:12:09.605 --> 00:12:11.940
[children squabble]
PATRICIA: Cristian, stop.

00:12:13.275 --> 00:12:14.859
Cristian.
[child cries]

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CRISTIAN: Stephanie! Stephanie!
PATRICIA: Uh, Stephanie,

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you can use your words and say,
“Don’t do that to me.”

00:12:23.285 --> 00:12:24.328
[indistinct thump]

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She say, “Don’t do
that again.” Okay?

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CRISTIAN:
I wanna share with him.

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PATRICIA: Yeah, but did
you hear that?

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She say, “Don’t do that again.”
Okay?

00:12:33.921 --> 00:12:36.005
You need to ask her…

00:12:36.006 --> 00:12:37.590
nicely.

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CRISTIAN: Nicely?
Stepnanie, could we share?

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What?

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GIRL: Yeah, you can play.
-Yay!

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PATRICIA: Oh good!
Good job, guys! Good job.

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What about you?
[child whines]

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What do you need?

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Okay, papi.

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[laughs]

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[whispers]

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[children’s music
plays nearby]

00:13:32.020 --> 00:13:35.231
[mysterious orchestral music]

00:14:03.260 --> 00:14:07.638
[music transforms into a waltz]

00:14:16.398 --> 00:14:21.319
[orchestra swells
dramatically]

00:14:34.791 --> 00:14:36.835
[music comes to a graceful end]

00:14:37.211 --> 00:14:38.921
[faint whir of traffic]

00:14:42.216 --> 00:14:44.259
[gentle music]

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[indistinct murmur]

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Not bragging, but
I’m a good cook.

00:14:59.566 --> 00:15:00.900
[foil rustles]

00:15:00.901 --> 00:15:03.819
Toddlers are cute,

00:15:03.820 --> 00:15:06.990
but you don’t want them saying,
“Yucky!”

00:15:08.909 --> 00:15:11.285
[light-hearted music]

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CHARLOTTE: (off-screen) I went
to school to be a teacher,

00:15:17.376 --> 00:15:20.545
but with three kids to support,

00:15:20.546 --> 00:15:23.507
I switched to
business management.

00:15:24.758 --> 00:15:28.678
I was a great bank manager.
Did it for 15 years.

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:30.638
[swing chains rattle]

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:34.267
And one day just had enough
and quit.

00:15:34.268 --> 00:15:36.019
(on-screen)
So now we’re ready.

00:15:37.396 --> 00:15:41.190
[yells excitedly to child]
Kyomi! K-Y-O-M-I!

00:15:41.191 --> 00:15:43.484
(off-screen)
I said I wanted to open

00:15:43.485 --> 00:15:46.529
my own daycare, preschool.

00:15:46.530 --> 00:15:49.031
My family thought I was crazy.

00:15:49.032 --> 00:15:51.033
[mimics grave concern]
“Don’t do it!

00:15:51.034 --> 00:15:52.910
You don’t have money!”
[laughing]

00:15:52.911 --> 00:15:54.829
And I just said,
“I’m just gonna do it

00:15:54.830 --> 00:15:56.205
and I’m gonna trust God.”

00:15:56.206 --> 00:15:58.833
[CHARLOTTE talks to parent
and laughs]

00:15:58.834 --> 00:16:00.209
-Did you have a good morning?

00:16:00.210 --> 00:16:01.294
-Mm-hmm.

00:16:01.295 --> 00:16:03.129
-What did you eat for breakfast?

00:16:03.130 --> 00:16:04.380
-Breakfast burrito.

00:16:04.381 --> 00:16:06.215
-You had a breakfast burrito?

00:16:06.216 --> 00:16:08.260
[playful] Where’s mine?

00:16:08.385 --> 00:16:10.011
CHILD: Lookit, I’m big!

00:16:10.012 --> 00:16:11.345
-You’ve been drinking
some milk?

00:16:11.346 --> 00:16:12.388
-Yeah.

00:16:12.389 --> 00:16:14.932
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
We have a family at my school.

00:16:14.933 --> 00:16:17.643
We lost the mom to COVID.

00:16:17.644 --> 00:16:20.479
CHILD: That blue.
-That’s blue. What is that?

00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.232
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
That part of my job, you know,

00:16:23.233 --> 00:16:25.860
where the parents don’t
see me crying, [chuckles]

00:16:25.861 --> 00:16:27.778
it’s hard.
[child talks inaudibly]

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:31.490
We just love on
that baby a lot.

00:16:31.491 --> 00:16:34.619
-And my big muscles.
-You have big muscles

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:36.579
’cause you’re eating
your fruit?

00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:37.581
-Yeah.

00:16:38.457 --> 00:16:42.084
CHARLOTTE:
Okay. I’m happy you’re eating.

00:16:42.085 --> 00:16:44.545
[squealing, laughter
and chatter]

00:16:44.546 --> 00:16:46.757
[toys clatter]

00:16:47.883 --> 00:16:49.008
CHARLOTTE: (on-screen)
What that say?

00:16:49.009 --> 00:16:52.303
CHILD: A-R-I-A-H.
-Whose name is that?

00:16:52.304 --> 00:16:54.680
-Mine.
-All right. Are you ready?

00:16:54.681 --> 00:16:56.807
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
We know that we have families

00:16:56.808 --> 00:16:59.268
that are homeless,
you know,

00:16:59.269 --> 00:17:02.897
and are really struggling.
[soft, sparse music]

00:17:02.898 --> 00:17:07.151
A parent might be in the middle
of substance abuse or

00:17:07.152 --> 00:17:11.697
the child says she saw the
daddy hit the mommy or

00:17:11.698 --> 00:17:13.534
something like that.

00:17:15.786 --> 00:17:17.538
Just life.

00:17:18.247 --> 00:17:21.457
[adult talks to child lovingly]
I tell my staff,

00:17:21.458 --> 00:17:24.252
“This is Disneyland.
Make it happen.”

00:17:24.253 --> 00:17:25.753
[child laughs joyfully]

00:17:25.754 --> 00:17:27.630
CHILD: Green!
[adults cheer] -Green!  -Yay!

00:17:27.631 --> 00:17:31.050
Okay. Oh, one more!
Oh, no. Were you peeking?

00:17:31.051 --> 00:17:33.302
-Mm-hmm!
-Turn and close your eyes.

00:17:33.303 --> 00:17:37.557
CHARLOTTE: Ama lama lama la…
[child laughs]

00:17:37.558 --> 00:17:39.559
(off-screen) Some people say,
“Oh, you don’t need

00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:43.437
to do anything. Let ’em learn
it in kindergarten.”

00:17:43.438 --> 00:17:46.023
No, that’s not gonna work.
-(on-screen) Brown!

00:17:46.024 --> 00:17:47.567
CHILD: Black!
CHARLOTTE: Black! Shh.

00:17:47.568 --> 00:17:49.277
Don’t tell!
CHILD: Red!

00:17:49.278 --> 00:17:51.362
CHARLOTTE:
Go find the circle!

00:17:51.363 --> 00:17:52.822
CHILD:
A circle!

00:17:52.823 --> 00:17:54.407
CHARLOTTE: Find a circle!
-(off-screen) They’re fired up

00:17:54.408 --> 00:17:57.660
in kindergarten, they’re gonna
be fired up in the 12th grade.

00:17:57.661 --> 00:18:00.371
And when they go into college,
that’s a piece of cake.

00:18:00.372 --> 00:18:02.666
(on-screen) Okay. If you get
it right, you get it.

00:18:05.752 --> 00:18:07.462
CHILD: [yells] E!
-Oh, man!

00:18:08.505 --> 00:18:11.466
-J for jump rope!
CHARLOTTE: J for jump rope.

00:18:13.135 --> 00:18:17.222
-H for heart!
-Heart! Boom, boom, boom.

00:18:18.348 --> 00:18:23.019
-Q for question mark!
-Oh! Yes! Woohoo!

00:18:23.020 --> 00:18:25.271
I didn’t get any. Who won?

00:18:25.272 --> 00:18:28.024
-Me!
-All riiiiight.

00:18:28.025 --> 00:18:29.276
[claps] Woohoo!

00:18:30.527 --> 00:18:33.613
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
I have a sister that’s a nurse.

00:18:33.614 --> 00:18:35.865
She volunteered one day

00:18:35.866 --> 00:18:37.909
and she says,

00:18:37.910 --> 00:18:40.786
“You’re not getting
paid enough money!

00:18:40.787 --> 00:18:43.915
You should get paid like $50
an hour.” And I was like,

00:18:43.916 --> 00:18:45.208
“HA!

00:18:45.209 --> 00:18:48.544
Are you kidding?”
I was like, “Try seven.”

00:18:48.545 --> 00:18:52.507
Yeah, seven, $8 an hour,
if you did the math.

00:18:52.508 --> 00:18:55.384
[upbeat trip hop instrumental]

00:19:19.952 --> 00:19:22.995
ANNE: Parents, they’re saying,
“This is so hard,

00:19:22.996 --> 00:19:27.125
to have an infant and be
expected to work from home.”

00:19:29.545 --> 00:19:32.171
I heard just an overall

00:19:32.172 --> 00:19:35.925
desire to really support
teachers and the school

00:19:35.926 --> 00:19:37.386
as a whole

00:19:37.761 --> 00:19:40.930
while also acknowledging that
there’s a limit,

00:19:40.931 --> 00:19:42.474
financially.

00:19:43.851 --> 00:19:47.228
DAN: Remember how to say
imagination in sign language?

00:19:47.229 --> 00:19:48.771
[crosstalk]
And I hope you can use your

00:19:48.772 --> 00:19:54.235
imagination today and maybe you
could pretend to be at school

00:19:54.236 --> 00:19:56.654
’cause I really miss
being at school.

00:19:56.655 --> 00:19:59.490
So we’ve been using
our imagination,

00:19:59.491 --> 00:20:02.494
pretending we’re going
to school. [child complains]

00:20:10.377 --> 00:20:11.545
DAN: Really?

00:20:12.004 --> 00:20:14.881
ANNE: We don’t have the loan
money right now.

00:20:14.882 --> 00:20:17.216
That’s all a wish and a dream.
[crosstalk]

00:20:17.217 --> 00:20:20.345
ANNE: And we need to pay
the bills now.

00:20:24.975 --> 00:20:28.644
DAN: I cannot wait to throw
Zoom in the trashcan.

00:20:28.645 --> 00:20:30.855
Diapers, diapers… [rustling]
CHILD: I wanna get out.

00:20:30.856 --> 00:20:32.273
DAN: Yeah.
You’re ready to get out?

00:20:32.274 --> 00:20:34.234
-Yeah.
-Okay.

00:20:34.943 --> 00:20:38.070
And Maisie, if we see other
people on the trail,

00:20:38.071 --> 00:20:41.449
people in our community,
can we give them hugs today?

00:20:41.450 --> 00:20:42.992
-No.
-No.

00:20:42.993 --> 00:20:45.954
MAISIE: [singing]
♪ Walking walking… ♪

00:20:46.330 --> 00:20:48.998
DAN: Do you hear the
birdies talking?

00:20:48.999 --> 00:20:51.542
MAISIE: Up there.
-Up there?

00:20:51.543 --> 00:20:54.129
-Way up there.
-Way up there!

00:20:55.756 --> 00:20:59.592
Oh, I think I see one up there.
Is that a nest?

00:20:59.593 --> 00:21:02.304
[Dan whistles,
mimicking a bird]

00:21:02.930 --> 00:21:05.056
-Over there.
DAN: Over there.

00:21:05.057 --> 00:21:07.350
[whispers] Yeah.
(off-screen) When I was a child,

00:21:07.351 --> 00:21:09.852
someone told my mom,

00:21:09.853 --> 00:21:13.397
“Your son is broken.
There’s something wrong.”

00:21:13.398 --> 00:21:15.566
And my mom said,
“Well, I don’t have a receipt,

00:21:15.567 --> 00:21:17.485
I can’t take him back.”
(on-screen) Here we go.

00:21:17.486 --> 00:21:20.155
Under the tunnel!
[makes jet sound] Brr-rr-rr…

00:21:20.906 --> 00:21:23.241
[whispers] What’s that?

00:21:23.242 --> 00:21:25.701
MAISIE: A classroom!
DAN: Our classroom.

00:21:25.702 --> 00:21:27.411
That’s right.

00:21:27.412 --> 00:21:29.413
(off-screen)
My father had abandoned us

00:21:29.414 --> 00:21:31.958
when I was about Maisie’s age.

00:21:31.959 --> 00:21:33.751
(on-screen) And dada’s just
looking for poison oak

00:21:33.752 --> 00:21:36.671
and I don’t see any.
Put your hands on it…

00:21:36.672 --> 00:21:38.464
(off-screen)
He struggled with addiction

00:21:38.465 --> 00:21:40.968
and bounced in and out
of prison.

00:21:41.885 --> 00:21:46.139
And I had some learning
disabilities and challenges.

00:21:47.474 --> 00:21:50.101
(on-screen)
Okay, baby bug.

00:21:50.102 --> 00:21:53.896
Even though they have no words,

00:21:53.897 --> 00:21:57.024
my favorite songs are
sung by…

00:21:57.025 --> 00:21:58.943
[tender chiming music]

00:21:58.944 --> 00:22:00.486
What?

00:22:00.487 --> 00:22:02.321
Birds!

00:22:02.322 --> 00:22:04.365
[Maisie laughs]
DAN: (off-screen) My mom

00:22:04.366 --> 00:22:06.534
was both my parents

00:22:06.535 --> 00:22:11.039
and my other parent was my
preschool teachers.

00:22:13.166 --> 00:22:17.128
They helped my mom when she
needed assistance.

00:22:17.129 --> 00:22:19.046
They helped me.
They helped my family.

00:22:19.047 --> 00:22:22.133
[chiming music joined by
strings becomes warm]

00:22:22.134 --> 00:22:25.469
They, in essence, I feel,
saved my life.

00:22:30.392 --> 00:22:31.809
[music fades]

00:22:31.810 --> 00:22:33.227
-Okay.

00:22:33.228 --> 00:22:35.062
Are you all sitting down?

00:22:35.063 --> 00:22:38.566
[someone laughs]
Are you all ready?

00:22:38.567 --> 00:22:39.609
[giddy laughter]

00:22:39.610 --> 00:22:43.070
SUSAN: We got the loan.
[Meeting participants cheer]

00:22:43.071 --> 00:22:48.242
-Woohoo! -Woo!
-Which will get us through July.

00:22:48.243 --> 00:22:50.786
[clapping]
-Good job, Susan!

00:22:50.787 --> 00:22:53.247
[soft, cheerful music]

00:22:53.248 --> 00:22:55.082
[gate clatters]

00:23:01.298 --> 00:23:03.216
ANNE: It’s so clear how much

00:23:03.217 --> 00:23:05.343
people rely on
early child care.

00:23:05.344 --> 00:23:07.930
They have to have child care
in order to work.

00:23:09.431 --> 00:23:12.266
ANNE: You were ready
before you thought you were!

00:23:12.267 --> 00:23:13.142
Yay.

00:23:13.143 --> 00:23:15.520
(off-screen) And families
are really seeing how

00:23:15.521 --> 00:23:19.232
important skillful
teaching is in their lives.

00:23:19.233 --> 00:23:21.108
[children laugh and chatter]

00:23:21.109 --> 00:23:23.778
DAN: Hmm.
We have to find the letter…

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:25.863
We gotta find an F.
[faint chatter of classroom]

00:23:25.864 --> 00:23:27.573
Is that an F?
CHILDREN: No.

00:23:27.574 --> 00:23:29.784
DAN: Is that an F?
CHILDREN: [laughing] No.

00:23:29.785 --> 00:23:32.412
[crosstalk] That’s a sock.
DAN: That’s a sock.

00:23:32.955 --> 00:23:35.164
LEILA: [singing]
♪ The night was dark ♪

00:23:35.165 --> 00:23:37.667
♪ and the door was locked ♪

00:23:37.668 --> 00:23:40.962
♪ so I took the key
out of my pocket ♪

00:23:40.963 --> 00:23:42.713
[sings fast] ♪ I unlocked the
door, I opened it up ♪

00:23:42.714 --> 00:23:44.131
♪ What did I see? ♪

00:23:44.132 --> 00:23:47.468
CHILD: A monkey.
TEACHER: A Monkey? Aaaahhh!

00:23:47.469 --> 00:23:50.179
♪ So I ran outside and
went to sleep! ♪ [laughs]

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:52.974
ADULT: [singing]
♪ Make a circle… ♪

00:23:52.975 --> 00:23:56.561
[chatter and
shuffling in classroom]

00:23:56.562 --> 00:23:59.897
[children join in singing]
♪ Make it round ♪

00:23:59.898 --> 00:24:02.567
♪ Make it round ♪

00:24:02.568 --> 00:24:07.947
♪ All of us together
All of us together ♪

00:24:07.948 --> 00:24:10.283
♪ Please sit down ♪

00:24:10.284 --> 00:24:11.742
MARGARITA: (off-screen)
Some people say like,

00:24:11.743 --> 00:24:15.121
working with babies,
it’s a hard job.

00:24:15.122 --> 00:24:17.290
[singing to child]
♪ Salta, salta, salta,

00:24:17.291 --> 00:24:19.417
♪ pequeña langosta…♪

00:24:19.418 --> 00:24:21.794
(off-screen) But I prefer to
work the youngest,

00:24:21.795 --> 00:24:23.546
not the oldest. [laughs]

00:24:23.547 --> 00:24:26.507
CHILD: Play
-Mas? -Yes.

00:24:26.508 --> 00:24:28.009
[resumes singing]

00:24:28.010 --> 00:24:30.178
MARGARITA: (off-screen)
Sitting, crawling,

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:33.472
walking, and then talking.

00:24:33.473 --> 00:24:35.600
(on-screen) Vr-rrr-rrr-oom!
(off-screen) It’s so beautiful.

00:24:35.601 --> 00:24:40.354
So beautiful.
[chatter and playing]

00:24:40.355 --> 00:24:44.693
Maybe in 15 or 16 years,
they’re not gonna remember me…

00:24:47.029 --> 00:24:50.573
but that seed that I
plant for them,

00:24:50.574 --> 00:24:52.491
has el fruto.

00:24:52.492 --> 00:24:54.912
[Margarita makes funny sounds,
children laugh]

00:24:58.582 --> 00:25:01.835
I give as much as I can
to the babies,

00:25:03.378 --> 00:25:05.714
then I do the second job.

00:25:09.885 --> 00:25:12.136
And sometimes
I don’t feel strong,

00:25:12.137 --> 00:25:14.055
but I’m here.
[sighs out loud]

00:25:14.056 --> 00:25:16.307
I can do it.
[water runs from faucet]

00:25:21.188 --> 00:25:24.815
-How are you today?
-Um, I’m more stressed.

00:25:24.816 --> 00:25:28.027
Some of the families getting
cold feet around coming back.

00:25:28.028 --> 00:25:30.446
Which I get.

00:25:30.447 --> 00:25:34.618
SUSAN: We’ve lost 35% income.
We’ve lost 35% of enrollment.

00:25:35.869 --> 00:25:38.037
I looked at our budget
yesterday. [laughs]

00:25:38.038 --> 00:25:39.623
We’re not gonna
[becomes serious] make it.

00:25:42.209 --> 00:25:44.335
(off-screen)
Child care is so fragile.

00:25:44.336 --> 00:25:47.088
For years I’ve tried to
develop a reserve,

00:25:47.089 --> 00:25:49.423
but every time we
got more money,

00:25:49.424 --> 00:25:51.009
we put it into the staff.

00:25:52.469 --> 00:25:55.888
How can someone take care
of children,

00:25:55.889 --> 00:25:58.516
who isn’t sure
if they can pay rent?

00:25:58.517 --> 00:26:02.354
Or if they’re not sure that
they’re gonna have enough food?

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:06.232
The turnover rate is so high

00:26:06.233 --> 00:26:09.151
and this pandemic
will make it worse.

00:26:09.152 --> 00:26:12.154
[somber music]

00:26:28.297 --> 00:26:29.547
[chatter of classroom]

00:26:29.548 --> 00:26:32.842
[someone beats on drum]
ADULT: ♪ Now I know my ABCs ♪

00:26:32.843 --> 00:26:35.678
♪ Next time won’t you
sing with…♪

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:37.263
meee ♪
Give a big drum roll.

00:26:37.264 --> 00:26:40.559
Go. Meeeee…

00:26:41.268 --> 00:26:42.853
Yah! Gotta put your hands up.

00:26:43.437 --> 00:26:45.271
Heeey! Okay!
Wooo!

00:26:45.272 --> 00:26:46.772
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
We get children that are on

00:26:46.773 --> 00:26:49.025
subsidized program.
[classroom chatter]

00:26:49.026 --> 00:26:50.067
(on-screen) [clapping]
One two three!

00:26:50.068 --> 00:26:51.569
(off-screen)
Their parents,

00:26:51.570 --> 00:26:53.280
they’re working
for minimum wage.

00:26:54.573 --> 00:26:57.366
Family child care providers
like me,

00:26:57.367 --> 00:27:00.161
we work for the
State of California,

00:27:00.162 --> 00:27:04.832
our beautiful state. And it’s
very expensive to live here,

00:27:04.833 --> 00:27:07.752
but we don’t have medical

00:27:07.753 --> 00:27:10.839
and we don’t have
basic retirement.

00:27:11.882 --> 00:27:13.883
I love my governor,

00:27:13.884 --> 00:27:16.260
but does he have
a retirement account?

00:27:16.261 --> 00:27:19.305
I think so.
[background chatter on-screen]

00:27:19.306 --> 00:27:22.183
(off-screen)
625 children

00:27:22.184 --> 00:27:24.977
have gone through
Rose’s Daycare

00:27:24.978 --> 00:27:27.355
and they’re doing well.

00:27:27.356 --> 00:27:29.899
But besides coming back
and saying,

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:32.235
“Auntie Rose,
I’m a dentist now!”

00:27:32.236 --> 00:27:34.529
what do I have?

00:27:34.530 --> 00:27:36.614
(on-screen) I wanna be five
years old ‘cause I wanna—

00:27:36.615 --> 00:27:39.617
I get to play
and I wanna color like you!

00:27:39.618 --> 00:27:40.826
Come on. Let’s go!

00:27:40.827 --> 00:27:42.745
CHILD:
Yeah. Let’s be together!

00:27:42.746 --> 00:27:45.832
CHARLOTTE: We are together.
We are together.

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:49.752
[chatter]
…Afro Americanos, solamente…

00:27:49.753 --> 00:27:51.379
[people greet each other]

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:55.132
-Carlota! Hello Carlota!
[chatter]

00:27:55.133 --> 00:27:57.176
-Tell ’em my name.
-Carlota.

00:27:57.177 --> 00:28:00.555
-[sing-song] Carlota!
[laughter]

00:28:00.556 --> 00:28:03.182
[upbeat, purposeful
cello music]

00:28:03.183 --> 00:28:06.310
[lively chatter]

00:28:15.362 --> 00:28:17.363
CHARLOTTE: [sings and claps]
One plus one is two!

00:28:17.364 --> 00:28:19.824
And two plus two is four.

00:28:19.825 --> 00:28:23.536
Four plus four is eight!
And eight plus eight is

00:28:23.537 --> 00:28:27.081
sixteen!
-Hello and welcome.

00:28:27.082 --> 00:28:29.667
Many of you remember
Ms. Gloria Lyons.

00:28:29.668 --> 00:28:32.086
Who remembers Gloria Lyons?
[people clap]

00:28:32.087 --> 00:28:34.213
She was over the association

00:28:34.214 --> 00:28:35.882
here in Alameda County.

00:28:35.883 --> 00:28:37.133
-Yes.  -Mm hm.

00:28:37.134 --> 00:28:40.344
-Ms. Lyons passed away.
-Oh! [murmurs from group]

00:28:40.345 --> 00:28:42.680
NANCY:
She was close to 80.

00:28:42.681 --> 00:28:45.183
She was still working.
-Still working.

00:28:45.184 --> 00:28:46.893
NANCY: And how many of you
wanna be almost 80

00:28:46.894 --> 00:28:48.853
and still working as a
child care provider?

00:28:48.854 --> 00:28:51.939
Raise your hand.
-No. -No. [quiet laughter]

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:55.234
NANCY: I’m sorry. I didn’t hear
any— I didn’t see any hands!

00:28:55.235 --> 00:28:58.196
Raise your hand if you wanna
still work at 80 years old,

00:28:58.197 --> 00:29:00.990
as a child care provider.
At 80 years old?!

00:29:00.991 --> 00:29:03.451
You wanna be working?
-I like to work.

00:29:03.452 --> 00:29:04.952
[uproarious laughter]

00:29:04.953 --> 00:29:07.788
NANCY: That’s one out of a
million. Trust me. [laughs]

00:29:07.789 --> 00:29:10.666
-That’s only because of the
love for the children.

00:29:10.667 --> 00:29:12.335
-That’s the love for the
children. See how

00:29:12.336 --> 00:29:16.380
dedicated we are.
But it’s one thing to want

00:29:16.381 --> 00:29:19.842
to do it and it’s a
whole nother ball game

00:29:19.843 --> 00:29:22.136
where you have to do it.
-Have to do it.

00:29:22.137 --> 00:29:25.640
-Because you have not
made enough money

00:29:25.641 --> 00:29:27.892
so that you can retire
with dignity.

00:29:27.893 --> 00:29:30.436
-Exactly.
-We’re not the Girls Glee Club.

00:29:30.437 --> 00:29:32.480
-No.
NANCY: You’re here because

00:29:32.481 --> 00:29:36.943
we’re gonna talk about policy,
how we can better our lives,

00:29:36.944 --> 00:29:39.070
how you can have benefits.

00:29:39.071 --> 00:29:40.988
That’s why you are here.
[clapping starts]

00:29:40.989 --> 00:29:43.324
[applause]
CHARLOTTE: Some people say,

00:29:43.325 --> 00:29:45.743
“We’re too busy.
I don’t have time.”

00:29:45.744 --> 00:29:48.538
”And what if we lose?”
But I was like,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:52.041
“Get in the game!
Can you get in the game?”

00:29:52.042 --> 00:29:54.837
What would happen if all of
us got in the game?

00:29:58.966 --> 00:30:05.721
[busy chatter]

00:30:05.722 --> 00:30:08.015
MAN: And remember, these
are the invitations that

00:30:08.016 --> 00:30:10.101
providers signed,
inviting the governor

00:30:10.102 --> 00:30:12.144
to come to their family
childcare home,

00:30:12.145 --> 00:30:13.729
and see what it’s like
to walk a day

00:30:13.730 --> 00:30:17.441
in a childcare
provider’s shoes.

00:30:17.442 --> 00:30:20.403
PATRICIA: I find out they were
fighting to have a union.

00:30:20.404 --> 00:30:21.821
[upbeat, purposeful
cello music]

00:30:21.822 --> 00:30:25.450
I was concerned about my
English, my accent,

00:30:26.869 --> 00:30:29.203
but you know,
this is me.

00:30:29.204 --> 00:30:32.081
That’s the way I talk

00:30:32.082 --> 00:30:35.627
and my fears is not
going to stop me.

00:30:37.087 --> 00:30:41.008
My fear is that injustice
can continue.

00:30:41.925 --> 00:30:43.885
(on-screen)
Yeah, it’s a little heavy.

00:30:43.886 --> 00:30:45.636
-All right.
-It’s for the Governor.

00:30:45.637 --> 00:30:48.598
It’s from the
Child Care Providers United.

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:51.851
We are taking care of those
childrens with a lot of passion

00:30:51.852 --> 00:30:53.937
and we are early educators.

00:30:54.563 --> 00:30:56.940
[cheering and applause]

00:30:59.693 --> 00:31:01.569
GOV. NEWSOM:
And it is my privilege—

00:31:01.570 --> 00:31:04.530
[joyous group chatter]
-to sign this bill.

00:31:04.531 --> 00:31:07.200
[cheers and applause]

00:31:07.201 --> 00:31:09.160
PATRICIA: (off-screen)
Amazing moment that opened

00:31:09.161 --> 00:31:12.914
the door to fight for
our rights. [group cheers]

00:31:12.915 --> 00:31:15.500
I couldn’t believe I was there.
[clapping rhythmically]

00:31:15.501 --> 00:31:17.543
I was next to him. [laughs]

00:31:17.544 --> 00:31:19.921
[cheering]

00:31:19.922 --> 00:31:22.840
REPORTER 1: Child care providers
formed a union after

00:31:22.841 --> 00:31:25.134
organizing for close
to 20 years.

00:31:25.135 --> 00:31:28.471
Child Care Providers United
specifically represents people

00:31:28.472 --> 00:31:31.766
paid by the state to care for
kids enrolled in subsidized

00:31:31.767 --> 00:31:33.518
home child cares.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.811
REPORTER 2: The deal brings
more than 40,000 workers

00:31:35.812 --> 00:31:38.398
their first raise
in five years.

00:31:40.567 --> 00:31:41.984
[faint victory chant]
¡Proveedores no pelean,

00:31:41.985 --> 00:31:44.070
ganan ganan ganan!

00:31:44.071 --> 00:31:48.158
¡Proveedores no pelean,
ganan ganan ganan!

00:31:52.704 --> 00:31:54.205
[laughing and cheering]
PATRICIA: Now we have that

00:31:54.206 --> 00:31:56.707
seat at the table.

00:31:56.708 --> 00:31:59.085
But this is the beginning.

00:31:59.086 --> 00:32:03.047
We need to fight for more
benefits because we deserve

00:32:03.048 --> 00:32:05.258
and we need it.

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:07.427
[flags flap in the wind]
[low musical hum]

00:32:12.266 --> 00:32:14.934
[water sloshes]

00:32:18.272 --> 00:32:21.483
[music brightens]

00:32:23.777 --> 00:32:26.321
[water trickles]

00:32:27.489 --> 00:32:30.617
[leaves rustle]

00:32:40.210 --> 00:32:43.713
[sifting sound]
[soft string music quickens]

00:32:49.678 --> 00:32:52.180
[gentle splashing]

00:32:58.478 --> 00:33:00.855
[children chatter]

00:33:00.856 --> 00:33:03.192
[toilet flushes]

00:33:04.526 --> 00:33:06.861
[liquid shakes in bottle]

00:33:06.862 --> 00:33:09.071
ANNE: (off-screen)
It’s really significant that

00:33:09.072 --> 00:33:11.949
the family child care
providers are unionizing.

00:33:11.950 --> 00:33:13.409
[spraying]

00:33:13.410 --> 00:33:15.536
That’s a good thing for us all

00:33:15.537 --> 00:33:19.165
because it elevates the
visibility of early childhood

00:33:19.166 --> 00:33:23.462
education and the needs
of the workforce.

00:33:24.630 --> 00:33:28.509
But most early childhood
educators are not unionized.

00:33:29.927 --> 00:33:31.969
We’re all spread out,

00:33:31.970 --> 00:33:34.138
little schools like this,

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:36.391
totally disconnected from
everyone else.

00:33:38.018 --> 00:33:41.562
Who’s across the
negotiating table? Parents?

00:33:41.563 --> 00:33:43.982
[laughing] They can’t be across
the table from us!

00:33:44.858 --> 00:33:47.401
We’re doing the best we can for
them and they’re doing

00:33:47.402 --> 00:33:49.571
the best they can for us.

00:33:50.906 --> 00:33:52.657
[door slams]
[footsteps]

00:33:52.658 --> 00:33:55.660
ANNE: (on-screen)
So yesterday,

00:33:55.661 --> 00:33:57.203
[crinkling of food packaging]

00:33:57.204 --> 00:34:00.540
the City of Berkeley
Mayor’s Office

00:34:00.541 --> 00:34:03.376
did a listening session and

00:34:03.377 --> 00:34:06.712
I got on my soap box for
a minute.

00:34:06.713 --> 00:34:10.758
And I said, “What we need is

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:14.178
public investment in early
childhood education.”

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:16.264
And I talked about
the fragility

00:34:16.265 --> 00:34:18.057
of early childhood being

00:34:18.058 --> 00:34:21.477
really revealed right now.
And the Vice Mayor

00:34:21.478 --> 00:34:26.023
said we should look at how
Berkeley might invest

00:34:26.024 --> 00:34:28.693
in early childhood

00:34:28.694 --> 00:34:30.945
and starting a
taskforce on that.

00:34:30.946 --> 00:34:34.448
And I was nodding and she said,
“It looks like, Anne,

00:34:34.449 --> 00:34:36.409
you have some energy and
interest in that.”

00:34:36.410 --> 00:34:39.954
And I said, “Yes! I’m in.”
And

00:34:39.955 --> 00:34:41.873
it felt like a possibility.

00:34:41.874 --> 00:34:43.165
[shuffling]

00:34:43.166 --> 00:34:45.960
[hopeful music]
[emotional] I’m so excited!

00:34:56.471 --> 00:34:59.016
LEILA: Aw.
[Leila makes tiny baby squeals]

00:35:04.813 --> 00:35:06.355
LEILA: Hi!
NEIGHBOR: Looking good!

00:35:06.356 --> 00:35:08.983
-Thank you. [laughs]
-[inaudible].

00:35:08.984 --> 00:35:10.443
LEILA:
Yeah, I’m at 8 months now.

00:35:10.444 --> 00:35:12.153
-Oh, my God. Yay.
-I know.

00:35:12.154 --> 00:35:14.447
-It goes by quick.
-No, it really— I was like,

00:35:14.448 --> 00:35:16.324
“Oh, my gosh.

00:35:16.325 --> 00:35:19.912
I’m gonna have a baby.”
-Yeah. [laughter]

00:35:20.454 --> 00:35:24.582
[Leila sings to herself]

00:35:24.583 --> 00:35:26.585
(off-screen)
I wanted to be a mom,

00:35:27.127 --> 00:35:28.586
but

00:35:28.587 --> 00:35:31.631
my biggest fear right now is
bringing a brown child

00:35:31.632 --> 00:35:33.300
into this world.

00:35:34.343 --> 00:35:36.177
[rapid percussion]

00:35:36.178 --> 00:35:39.805
[steady bass and
percussion music]

00:35:39.806 --> 00:35:42.433
It feels really overwhelming.

00:35:46.688 --> 00:35:48.564
[faint chatter]

00:35:48.565 --> 00:35:50.150
(on-screen)
Come on, snuggle bunny.

00:35:51.527 --> 00:35:53.486
(off-screen) Commonly, children
of color are not seen in

00:35:53.487 --> 00:35:55.321
positive lights, especially
when they exhibit

00:35:55.322 --> 00:35:57.908
difficult behavior.

00:35:59.701 --> 00:36:02.704
With the power I feel
as a teacher,

00:36:03.664 --> 00:36:05.541
I have to change something.

00:36:06.834 --> 00:36:08.334
LEILA: [over video call]
I think it would be interesting

00:36:08.335 --> 00:36:11.462
to come up with some kind of
unified way of talking

00:36:11.463 --> 00:36:14.382
about racism and bias
in our school

00:36:14.383 --> 00:36:17.426
’cause we all have different
things that we want to say

00:36:17.427 --> 00:36:19.136
to children-
ANNE: Yeah.

00:36:19.137 --> 00:36:21.347
LEILA:
and to parents as well.

00:36:24.434 --> 00:36:27.895
If you can have the conversation
about race with your child,

00:36:27.896 --> 00:36:29.730
it would make a difference
in how they start

00:36:29.731 --> 00:36:31.358
thinking about things.

00:36:31.650 --> 00:36:35.069
-Um, we haven’t really broached
the subject with [inaudible].

00:36:35.070 --> 00:36:37.697
Yeah, people don’t treat
everybody correctly

00:36:37.698 --> 00:36:39.490
based on their skin color,
but like

00:36:39.491 --> 00:36:41.492
I’m totally glossing over it.

00:36:41.493 --> 00:36:45.037
-If we tell our kids about
Breonna Taylor

00:36:45.038 --> 00:36:48.082
they’re going to ask us like,
could that happen to us?

00:36:48.083 --> 00:36:50.209
You know, could a police officer

00:36:50.210 --> 00:36:53.005
come in and
shoot us in our house?

00:36:54.089 --> 00:36:57.758
I think I’m just trying to lean
into the discomfort of it.

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:59.969
-The ability to go through life,

00:36:59.970 --> 00:37:02.722
not having to think about race,

00:37:02.723 --> 00:37:04.975
that is white privilege.

00:37:05.184 --> 00:37:07.977
Things are not getting better.

00:37:07.978 --> 00:37:10.480
-All children should be
protected from this.

00:37:11.356 --> 00:37:13.816
Some children won’t be.

00:37:18.989 --> 00:37:21.867
This desire to
protect my daughter,

00:37:22.618 --> 00:37:25.369
you can’t protect anyone
from everything, but

00:37:25.370 --> 00:37:28.457
I’m hoping that she’ll be able
to be strong and resilient

00:37:29.082 --> 00:37:30.959
and feel safe.

00:37:35.130 --> 00:37:37.215
DAN: [firmly]
Uh-uh! Stop. [child whines]

00:37:37.216 --> 00:37:39.550
[calmly] Did you bite somebody?
CHILD: I wanna get on there!

00:37:39.551 --> 00:37:42.553
-Did you bite somebody?
-[crying] I wanna get on there!

00:37:42.554 --> 00:37:44.764
-Then remember, your words
are faster than your body.

00:37:44.765 --> 00:37:46.057
-[crying]
I wanna get on there. No!

00:37:46.058 --> 00:37:49.268
-Now, tell her with your words.
[Maisie cries and squeals]

00:37:49.269 --> 00:37:52.438
DAN: Tell her with your words.
[both girls scream and cry]

00:37:52.439 --> 00:37:55.483
Did you wanna have a turn?
Then you need to tell her.

00:37:55.484 --> 00:37:58.611
-I’m getting on there.
MAISIE: I want to have a turn.

00:37:58.612 --> 00:38:01.030
DAN: Are you-
-I’m get on there right now!

00:38:01.031 --> 00:38:02.657
-Are you done?
-NO!

00:38:02.658 --> 00:38:04.784
DAN: Come here. Come here.
Are you done?

00:38:04.785 --> 00:38:06.410
-[crying] No!
Then you tell her this,

00:38:06.411 --> 00:38:08.788
“I’m not done yet.”
-I’m not done yet.

00:38:08.789 --> 00:38:10.373
DAN: Right here.
[Maisie cries]

00:38:10.374 --> 00:38:12.416
I wanna save it. Now listen.

00:38:12.417 --> 00:38:14.460
Turn to Rory.

00:38:14.461 --> 00:38:16.462
Did you wanna have
a turn with that swing?

00:38:16.463 --> 00:38:18.297
MAISIE: Yes.
-Then talk to her about it.

00:38:18.298 --> 00:38:20.551
MAISIE:
[faintly] Can I have that?

00:38:22.386 --> 00:38:24.720
DAN: You have to listen to her.
She said, “Can I have that?”

00:38:24.721 --> 00:38:27.014
MAISIE:
Can I have that

00:38:27.015 --> 00:38:29.893
when you’re done?

00:38:31.812 --> 00:38:33.479
[dog barks faintly outside]

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.398
I can’t see it on here.
I can only see it on the

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:38.734
computer, but I’m pretty sure
you’re paying $100 a month,

00:38:38.735 --> 00:38:41.946
and you only have to pay 74.
But that means we have

00:38:41.947 --> 00:38:46.242
five more months. [sighs]
DAN: For a 42-minute visit

00:38:46.243 --> 00:38:49.370
to the hospital. Yew!
-Yeehah.

00:38:49.371 --> 00:38:52.957
To make them say, “Your heart’s
still there and it’s healthy!”

00:38:52.958 --> 00:38:55.710
Um, okay. So-

00:38:55.711 --> 00:38:57.461
LAURA:
Meanwhile, you know, like,

00:38:57.462 --> 00:38:58.838
it feels

00:38:58.839 --> 00:39:01.008
unwise to…

00:39:02.009 --> 00:39:04.510
not have a buffer right now.
-Right.

00:39:04.511 --> 00:39:06.429
-Just in case, you know,
the school closes,

00:39:06.430 --> 00:39:08.973
they can’t pay you.
-Right.

00:39:08.974 --> 00:39:11.642
LAURA:
Um…

00:39:11.643 --> 00:39:13.519
We’re stressed out.

00:39:13.520 --> 00:39:16.480
I mean, it’s gotta be coming
through for her.

00:39:16.481 --> 00:39:19.025
-Right.
She woke up this morning.

00:39:19.026 --> 00:39:21.152
I was like, “How was
your sleep?” And she says,

00:39:21.153 --> 00:39:24.363
“I didn’t hit any of
my friends.” [Laura laughs]

00:39:24.364 --> 00:39:27.491
DAN: [laughing] I said, “You’re
right ’cause you were sleeping.”

00:39:27.492 --> 00:39:29.619
-Great start.

00:39:29.620 --> 00:39:33.831
[gentle music coming
from the room]

00:39:33.832 --> 00:39:35.374
LAURA:
Did you have a good nap?

00:39:35.375 --> 00:39:37.335
DAN: (off-screen) We both
have childhood traumas

00:39:37.336 --> 00:39:39.462
and we don’t wanna see Maisie

00:39:39.463 --> 00:39:41.297
go through what we had
to go through.

00:39:41.298 --> 00:39:42.632
LAURA: Yeah. Thank you.
DAN: (on-screen) Ready?

00:39:42.633 --> 00:39:44.258
Come on out.

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:47.178
Ready? One and two,
and one, two, three!

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:49.223
[Dan grunts playfully]

00:39:50.307 --> 00:39:52.892
LAURA: (off-screen)
I wanna make sure that she knows

00:39:52.893 --> 00:39:55.561
better than I did, that her body
is really important

00:39:55.562 --> 00:39:59.315
and to be treasured and
respected, um,

00:39:59.316 --> 00:40:02.026
by everybody, including herself.

00:40:02.027 --> 00:40:03.861
And she just pushed it off like,
“Come here.

00:40:03.862 --> 00:40:05.404
I wanna have a turn.”

00:40:05.405 --> 00:40:07.741
“Don’t push me.
I’m on the swing.”

00:40:08.575 --> 00:40:10.743
“Can I have a turn
when you’re done?”

00:40:10.744 --> 00:40:14.539
MAISIE: Yeah.
DAN: Yeah? Okay.

00:40:14.540 --> 00:40:17.333
[Laura vocalizes a sigh]
Parenting. [exhausted sigh]

00:40:17.334 --> 00:40:19.710
DAN: Parenting, you’re
doing great. You know that-

00:40:19.711 --> 00:40:21.796
[crosstalk]
-Thanks, babe.

00:40:21.797 --> 00:40:24.924
-If I die and come back,
I want you to be my mom.

00:40:24.925 --> 00:40:26.634
[crosstalk] -Don’t die!
-Okay? Will you be-

00:40:26.635 --> 00:40:29.262
[crosstalk] LAURA: Alright.
That took a turn. [laughs]

00:40:29.263 --> 00:40:30.805
[quiet chatter]

00:40:30.806 --> 00:40:33.225
DAN: (off-screen) I don’t wanna
leave early childhood,

00:40:34.476 --> 00:40:37.061
but I need to see
what’s more sustainable.

00:40:37.062 --> 00:40:39.105
[faint chatter]

00:40:39.106 --> 00:40:41.441
[birds caw outside]
[typing]

00:40:46.071 --> 00:40:48.155
DAN: (on-screen)
I am wanting to reach out

00:40:48.156 --> 00:40:51.158
to you and ask about the
credential program.

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:53.578
My goal is to

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:56.289
acquire my multi-subject
teaching credential

00:40:56.290 --> 00:40:59.208
and shift to the

00:40:59.209 --> 00:41:02.295
elementary grades,
hopefully 4th or 5th grade,

00:41:02.296 --> 00:41:04.964
with an emphasis on

00:41:04.965 --> 00:41:08.134
social sciences and history.

00:41:08.135 --> 00:41:10.845
Please get back to me at your
earliest convenience.

00:41:10.846 --> 00:41:12.556
Thank you.
[typing]

00:41:13.098 --> 00:41:19.478
[thoughtful music]

00:41:58.477 --> 00:42:01.729
CHILD: No! I want stay here.
PATRICIA: Oh! [chuckles]

00:42:01.730 --> 00:42:05.024
[crosstalk] Sariah? Wait, wait,
wait… It’s your mom.

00:42:05.025 --> 00:42:06.651
[laughs]
SARIAH: No!

00:42:06.652 --> 00:42:09.654
I don’t wanna go bye-bye. No.
[crosstalk]

00:42:09.655 --> 00:42:11.697
PATRICIA:
Sariah, Sariah, listen.

00:42:11.698 --> 00:42:14.951
You’re coming back Monday.
-[Sariah cries] No!

00:42:14.952 --> 00:42:17.245
[crosstalk]
-Okay. Bye-bye, Tiana.

00:42:17.246 --> 00:42:20.581
Bye, Sariah.
You’re coming back Monday.

00:42:20.582 --> 00:42:24.085
Okay. I love you.
[Sariah continues to protest]

00:42:24.086 --> 00:42:26.088
PATRICIA:
Hard to leave.

00:42:27.422 --> 00:42:29.508
[sighs] Ay, ay, ay.

00:42:42.396 --> 00:42:44.940
PATRICIA:
At this time, every day,

00:42:45.899 --> 00:42:50.237
when everything is so quiet,
I miss them. [laughs]

00:42:52.781 --> 00:42:54.699
PATRICIA:
I continue with onions.

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:57.368
[onion skin crinkles]
I use a lot of onions

00:42:57.369 --> 00:42:58.870
for everything.

00:42:58.871 --> 00:43:01.455
[sizzling from pot]
The onion is the queen

00:43:01.456 --> 00:43:04.126
of the kitchen. [laughs]

00:43:07.212 --> 00:43:09.590
[food simmering, egg cracking]

00:43:12.551 --> 00:43:15.928
And I’m trying to find
my mom.

00:43:15.929 --> 00:43:18.264
She was a Prima Ballerina

00:43:18.265 --> 00:43:21.560
and my dad was completely
the opposite. [laughs]

00:43:23.687 --> 00:43:28.567
He was, you know, like
Secretary of State in Bolivia.

00:43:29.610 --> 00:43:32.945
He believe in justice.

00:43:32.946 --> 00:43:36.408
[somber music]
He fight in the revolution,

00:43:37.409 --> 00:43:41.580
to give the indigenous people
the right to vote.

00:43:44.666 --> 00:43:47.711
He had a lot of enemies.

00:43:49.755 --> 00:43:55.176
I think I was five-years-old,
the militaries

00:43:55.177 --> 00:43:57.303
knocking the door

00:43:57.304 --> 00:43:59.723
and they start hitting my dad.

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:03.352
And they took him.

00:44:04.269 --> 00:44:06.188
I saw my mom crying.

00:44:08.690 --> 00:44:12.861
They forced him to drink the
black oil from the car.

00:44:14.238 --> 00:44:16.073
He almost died.

00:44:17.658 --> 00:44:20.201
When I was in the university,

00:44:20.202 --> 00:44:23.412
he told us that we need
to leave Bolivia

00:44:23.413 --> 00:44:26.332
because it was very dangerous
for us

00:44:26.333 --> 00:44:27.584
to stay.

00:44:30.629 --> 00:44:33.214
[food sizzling]
PATRICIA: Hi, honey!

00:44:33.215 --> 00:44:34.382
-Hello.

00:44:34.383 --> 00:44:36.634
You need any help
in the kitchen?

00:44:36.635 --> 00:44:39.762
Um… washing the-
[both laugh]

00:44:39.763 --> 00:44:42.723
PATRICIA:
I know you don’t like it.

00:44:42.724 --> 00:44:44.226
Thank you.

00:44:47.771 --> 00:44:50.732
I think of my dad all the time.

00:44:51.733 --> 00:44:56.280
I’m always very proud of him.
I know he’s proud of me too.

00:44:57.990 --> 00:45:01.701
That one is yours.
You put me a lot of rice.

00:45:01.702 --> 00:45:02.870
(speaking Spanish)

00:45:05.664 --> 00:45:08.499
[laughs]
Oh, my goodness.

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:11.335
PATRICIA: Oh, my God. [groans]
[laughs]

00:45:11.336 --> 00:45:13.046
(speaking English)

00:45:42.367 --> 00:45:43.367
[kiss] Okay.

00:45:43.368 --> 00:45:44.369
[woman sings in Spanish]

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:58.341
[lively chatter in Spanish]

00:45:58.342 --> 00:46:00.260
[people greet each other
in Spanish]

00:46:03.388 --> 00:46:06.391
[busy chatter]

00:46:13.106 --> 00:46:14.816
[Patricia addresses group
speaking Spanish]

00:47:05.492 --> 00:47:07.411
[applause]
PATRICIA: ¡Sí se puede!

00:48:06.094 --> 00:48:08.889
[hum of city]

00:48:13.101 --> 00:48:15.144
[indistinct tinny ringing]

00:48:15.145 --> 00:48:16.771
[shuffling and
movement in room]

00:48:16.772 --> 00:48:18.981
MAN: Why don’t you just give
me the list and,

00:48:18.982 --> 00:48:21.108
and I’ll call out the names,

00:48:21.109 --> 00:48:23.819
and we’ll be ready to go.
Okay.

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:25.613
CHARLOTTE: (on-screen)
And they were wonderful.

00:48:25.614 --> 00:48:27.114
[whispers] Okay.
[jingle bells clink]

00:48:27.115 --> 00:48:29.367
[laughs]
DON: Okay.

00:48:29.368 --> 00:48:30.910
CHARLOTTE: Okay. ‘Kay, get
on beat. You ready?

00:48:30.911 --> 00:48:33.913
DON: Let’s do it. Okay.
-One, two… [snaps]

00:48:33.914 --> 00:48:36.958
One, two. One, two.
Break it down. Break it down.

00:48:36.959 --> 00:48:38.876
DON: [rhythmically]
Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm.

00:48:38.877 --> 00:48:41.087
-Okay, stop Santa..
[laughter] -Okay.

00:48:41.088 --> 00:48:44.340
[excited chatter of children]
ADULT: Shh! Shh!

00:48:44.341 --> 00:48:47.802
SANTA DON:
Ho, ho, ho! Ho, ho, ho!!

00:48:47.803 --> 00:48:50.137
[kids squeal]
SANTA: Hi kids!

00:48:50.138 --> 00:48:53.766
I’m here because I heard that
there was a lot of

00:48:53.767 --> 00:48:56.853
nice children here.
Who’s been naughty?

00:48:56.854 --> 00:48:58.104
[scattered yelling
from children]

00:48:58.105 --> 00:49:00.523
SANTA: What!
You been naughty?

00:49:00.524 --> 00:49:02.775
CHILD: [yells] I was good!
SANTA: You were good?

00:49:02.776 --> 00:49:04.443
CHARLOTTE: Can I open it?

00:49:04.444 --> 00:49:07.656
SANTA: Auntie Rose said you
guys have been good all year.

00:49:08.824 --> 00:49:10.157
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
We’re giving the parents

00:49:10.158 --> 00:49:12.368
a parent night out.

00:49:12.369 --> 00:49:14.120
They’re happy to just …

00:49:14.121 --> 00:49:16.539
“You’re gonna keep my kids
’til eight o’clock?”

00:49:16.540 --> 00:49:19.292
You know, some are,
“I can go get his bike!

00:49:19.293 --> 00:49:21.169
I can go hide the toys!”

00:49:21.170 --> 00:49:23.671
I think one said,
“I can go take a bath!”

00:49:23.672 --> 00:49:26.591
-Say “Santa!”
-Santa!

00:49:26.592 --> 00:49:28.718
CHARLOTTE: It’s just respite
care for them and it’s like,

00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:31.637
“You’re special.
Merry Christmas.”

00:49:31.638 --> 00:49:34.349
[adults and children cheer]
[Santa laughs]

00:49:35.976 --> 00:49:39.729
-Are we ready to open, guys?
CHILDREN: Yeah.

00:49:39.730 --> 00:49:41.523
[children chatter, paper rips]

00:49:41.815 --> 00:49:44.443
[‘wows’ and excited chatter
from children]

00:49:46.278 --> 00:49:52.241
[children squeal and chatter]

00:49:52.242 --> 00:49:54.744
[tender music]

00:49:54.745 --> 00:49:56.746
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
Just last week,

00:49:56.747 --> 00:49:59.665
two providers said,
“I don’t know if I’m gonna

00:49:59.666 --> 00:50:02.293
keep my school open”

00:50:02.294 --> 00:50:04.879
and “I can’t afford it.”

00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:07.340
And they’re so good!

00:50:07.341 --> 00:50:10.927
And I’m like, “Just, please
just— are you—

00:50:10.928 --> 00:50:12.679
are you sure?”

00:50:14.640 --> 00:50:19.227
If we don’t get a decent
contract with the state,

00:50:19.228 --> 00:50:21.979
you’re gonna have even
more providers closing their

00:50:21.980 --> 00:50:24.149
doors for good.

00:50:30.948 --> 00:50:33.324
-I don’t think they just
realized that that’s

00:50:33.325 --> 00:50:36.369
the ramifications and, um-
ANNE: Yeah. Well, Prima,

00:50:36.370 --> 00:50:38.913
let’s not, let’s not leave
that off the table,

00:50:38.914 --> 00:50:40.206
for future advocacy.
[crosstalk]

00:50:40.207 --> 00:50:41.999
PRIMA: I’m looking at the
clock though—[crosstalk]

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:45.086
-And I think that maybe we
could invite them [voice fades]

00:50:45.087 --> 00:50:47.171
to participate with us

00:50:47.172 --> 00:50:48.756
in advocating—[fades]

00:50:48.757 --> 00:50:50.801
[somber music]

00:50:54.304 --> 00:50:56.264
ANNE: (off-screen)
Policymakers saying,

00:50:56.265 --> 00:50:59.851
“We wanna understand.
Tell us.”

00:50:59.852 --> 00:51:02.395
And then we tell them,

00:51:02.396 --> 00:51:04.730
and then they do nothing.

00:51:04.731 --> 00:51:06.858
[faint chatter]

00:51:06.859 --> 00:51:08.609
It often feels like you’re just

00:51:08.610 --> 00:51:11.153
running on a treadmill
that goes nowhere

00:51:11.154 --> 00:51:14.199
for nothing, to do advocacy
in this field.

00:51:21.832 --> 00:51:23.916
SUSAN: And if there’s any
silver lining coming out of

00:51:23.917 --> 00:51:27.420
this pandemic, it’s the funding
that’s coming down the pike—

00:51:27.421 --> 00:51:29.130
-Yeah.
that we can utilize.

00:51:29.131 --> 00:51:31.591
-Yeah. And one of the
things that I read in this

00:51:31.592 --> 00:51:33.467
federal plan,

00:51:33.468 --> 00:51:35.887
I think it’s great that they’re
talking about wages

00:51:35.888 --> 00:51:39.932
and how detrimental it is for
EC teachers to be

00:51:39.933 --> 00:51:42.226
paid so poorly.
-Mm-hmm.

00:51:42.227 --> 00:51:46.022
-But then the answer is to raise
them to at least $15 an hour.

00:51:46.023 --> 00:51:48.149
-Oh, I know, it’s-
-That makes me sick.

00:51:48.150 --> 00:51:50.276
-Yeah.
-How is $15 an hour a

00:51:50.277 --> 00:51:53.529
livable, professional wage?
[crosstalk] It is not.

00:51:53.530 --> 00:51:58.117
-And we have to find another
way to sustain instead of…

00:51:58.118 --> 00:52:01.037
charging more tuition,

00:52:01.038 --> 00:52:04.124
which [scoffs]
is really hard for parents.

00:52:05.083 --> 00:52:07.835
Or your GoFundMe idea
every year.

00:52:07.836 --> 00:52:10.838
-Uh-huh. [conversation fades]
[urgent music]

00:52:10.839 --> 00:52:14.717
Susan has a mantra that she
taught me when I became

00:52:14.718 --> 00:52:18.346
a director and that is,
“If you don’t feed the teachers,

00:52:18.347 --> 00:52:20.932
they will eat the children.”
[laughs quietly]

00:52:20.933 --> 00:52:25.686
And pretty much everything that
we do is to feed the teachers

00:52:25.687 --> 00:52:29.607
as the central organizing
aspect of the school.

00:52:29.608 --> 00:52:32.944
[teachers chatter in background]
They need to have benefits,

00:52:32.945 --> 00:52:35.154
including paid time off.

00:52:35.155 --> 00:52:38.407
Making sure that teachers have
planning time,

00:52:38.408 --> 00:52:41.077
professional development.

00:52:41.078 --> 00:52:44.080
But it’s really challenging to
feed the teachers in

00:52:44.081 --> 00:52:46.708
this broken system.

00:52:47.876 --> 00:52:49.795
[corn leaves rustle in wind]

00:52:52.089 --> 00:52:54.048
[faint chatter of children,
birds chirp]

00:52:54.049 --> 00:52:56.635
CHILD:
Quit eating the flower.

00:52:57.928 --> 00:53:00.137
DAN: Those are nasturtiums.
You can eat those.

00:53:00.138 --> 00:53:01.223
CHILD:
Oh.

00:53:02.349 --> 00:53:04.475
DAN: Will you pick one
for me to eat?

00:53:04.476 --> 00:53:06.811
CHILD: Yes, I will.
You can have this one.

00:53:06.812 --> 00:53:08.396
DAN: Oh, really?
-Yeah.

00:53:08.397 --> 00:53:10.565
DAN: You’re—
That’s very kind of you.

00:53:10.566 --> 00:53:13.192
Thank you. I’m scared.

00:53:13.193 --> 00:53:16.112
Should I be scared?
-No. You should be happy.

00:53:16.113 --> 00:53:18.782
DAN: Will you point your magic
wand and help me to be happy?

00:53:18.991 --> 00:53:21.033
Nnnnn here I go!
[makes nom nom sounds]

00:53:21.034 --> 00:53:24.620
Mmm!
-Dan, they taste a little crazy.

00:53:24.621 --> 00:53:26.330
DAN: I’m happy now.
Mm,

00:53:26.331 --> 00:53:29.292
[still eating] I’m not scared.
I am happy!

00:53:29.293 --> 00:53:31.627
I got nasturtium power.

00:53:31.628 --> 00:53:33.714
Woo! Those are spicy!

00:53:34.381 --> 00:53:36.716
ANNE: How are you?
DAN: I’m good. I’m good.

00:53:36.717 --> 00:53:39.302
I’m really just
stressed with school. Um…

00:53:39.303 --> 00:53:42.180
-Yeah, yeah.
-and

00:53:42.181 --> 00:53:45.850
I have seven applications
in to elementary schools,

00:53:45.851 --> 00:53:47.894
three interviews next week.
-Mmm.

00:53:47.895 --> 00:53:49.478
I actually was told
the other day, Anne

00:53:49.479 --> 00:53:52.523
in another interview,

00:53:52.524 --> 00:53:55.026
“I understand that you’ve got a
lot of preschool teaching,

00:53:55.027 --> 00:53:57.987
but how in the world do you
think that’s gonna apply

00:53:57.988 --> 00:54:01.240
to teaching in real school?”
-Oh, my God. [crosstalk]

00:54:01.241 --> 00:54:03.492
-And immediately was like,
-How insulting!

00:54:03.493 --> 00:54:05.536
’Well, I won’t be fucking
working there.’  -Right.

00:54:05.537 --> 00:54:07.788
I said, “Guess who gets you all
those kids prepared

00:54:07.789 --> 00:54:09.874
for these grades.”
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:54:09.875 --> 00:54:12.335
-And she’s like, “Oh, I’m sorry.
I can see I definitely

00:54:12.336 --> 00:54:14.337
hit a button.” I said,
“You did!”

00:54:14.338 --> 00:54:15.588
-Yeah.
-Woof!

00:54:15.589 --> 00:54:16.964
-Yeah.

00:54:16.965 --> 00:54:20.176
I would choose for you to
stay in the field,

00:54:20.177 --> 00:54:22.803
because of everything that
you bring to it.

00:54:22.804 --> 00:54:24.931
-Thank you.
-And because I know—

00:54:24.932 --> 00:54:27.308
-It’s hard, Anne.
—that you love the work.

00:54:27.309 --> 00:54:29.644
-A part of me is like,
“Oh, shit, are you abandoning

00:54:29.645 --> 00:54:30.854
these kids?”

00:54:32.773 --> 00:54:34.024
-Yeah.

00:54:35.192 --> 00:54:37.361
[faint chatter of kids playing]

00:54:40.614 --> 00:54:43.909
[Leila hums softly]

00:54:49.581 --> 00:54:53.919
[sings]
♪ Good lord show me the way ♪

00:54:54.878 --> 00:54:58.674
♪ Oh, Zion let’s go down ♪

00:54:59.049 --> 00:55:03.094
♪ Let’s go down, come on down ♪

00:55:03.095 --> 00:55:07.306
♪ Oh, Zion let’s go down ♪

00:55:07.307 --> 00:55:10.936
♪ down to the river to pray ♪

00:55:12.312 --> 00:55:13.856
[whispers] Thank God.

00:55:15.399 --> 00:55:17.650
[deep, quiet sigh]

00:55:17.651 --> 00:55:19.819
She’s sleeping.

00:55:19.820 --> 00:55:21.612
[quiet, vocal sigh]

00:55:21.613 --> 00:55:24.866
[bird caws nearby]
[Leila sings] ♪ ah ga-ga-ga-ga ♪

00:55:24.867 --> 00:55:28.160
[baby laughs and coos]
LEILA: Ow.

00:55:28.161 --> 00:55:30.496
(off-screen) I feel like a
deeper sense of compassion

00:55:30.497 --> 00:55:32.665
for parents.

00:55:32.666 --> 00:55:36.170
I wasn’t really able to
understand or internalize

00:55:36.837 --> 00:55:39.130
the amount of angst

00:55:39.131 --> 00:55:41.757
or worry that they had.

00:55:41.758 --> 00:55:44.428
[Leila singing making funny
sounds on-screen]

00:55:45.012 --> 00:55:46.888
(off-screen)
Now I get it. [chuckles]

00:55:46.889 --> 00:55:49.015
[laughing and singing
on-screen]

00:55:49.016 --> 00:55:50.808
[gentle music]

00:55:50.809 --> 00:55:53.186
(off-screen)
Child care is like

00:55:53.187 --> 00:55:55.314
a mortgage payment.

00:55:55.898 --> 00:55:59.358
You know, I’m living hand to
mouth as it is.

00:55:59.359 --> 00:56:02.028
[laughing on-screen]

00:56:02.029 --> 00:56:03.196
[baby coos]

00:56:03.197 --> 00:56:05.072
LEILA: (off-screen)
There’s a long history of

00:56:05.073 --> 00:56:08.451
people of color taking care
of white children

00:56:08.452 --> 00:56:11.914
and neglecting their own
children in the process.

00:56:14.249 --> 00:56:16.959
You know, like I’m gonna invest
all this time and energy

00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:18.878
in the wellbeing of other
people’s children,

00:56:18.879 --> 00:56:20.338
but my child

00:56:20.339 --> 00:56:23.008
doesn’t get half of what
they get?

00:56:24.718 --> 00:56:27.970
Is it solidifying a message
that they deserve less?

00:56:27.971 --> 00:56:31.849
[faint chatter and sounds
of Leila pushing stroller]

00:56:31.850 --> 00:56:33.893
I don’t think that all
schools do this,

00:56:33.894 --> 00:56:38.064
but I get a good teacher
tuition rate for Zion,

00:56:38.065 --> 00:56:40.234
which is great.

00:56:40.859 --> 00:56:43.861
[chatter]
-Hi bonita!

00:56:43.862 --> 00:56:47.031
Oh, nice to meet you!
Wee.

00:56:47.032 --> 00:56:48.491
LEILA: (off-screen)
I get to entrust my child with

00:56:48.492 --> 00:56:51.869
people that I care about
and care about me.

00:56:51.870 --> 00:56:54.664
ANNE: (on-screen) Were you done?
You were just done.

00:56:54.665 --> 00:56:55.748
[chatter of children
and adults]

00:56:55.749 --> 00:56:58.793
LEILA: (off-screen)
Care and education,

00:56:58.794 --> 00:57:00.878
you can’t have one
without the other.

00:57:00.879 --> 00:57:04.465
TEACHER: Thank you Maxine!
Thank you!

00:57:04.466 --> 00:57:06.801
[background chatter]

00:57:06.802 --> 00:57:10.012
-MARGARITA: [gasps]
Peekaboo! I see you! [laughs]

00:57:10.013 --> 00:57:13.891
Hello. Hello. [laughs]
You wanna see my—

00:57:13.892 --> 00:57:16.769
Ooh, you ripped my— [gasps]
You ripped my mask!

00:57:16.770 --> 00:57:18.688
[gasps] Oh, no!

00:57:18.689 --> 00:57:20.815
You wanna see my face?

00:57:20.816 --> 00:57:22.066
[gasps]

00:57:22.067 --> 00:57:23.860
See?

00:57:23.861 --> 00:57:25.820
I’m gonna fix my mask.

00:57:25.821 --> 00:57:29.031
LEILA: [sings]
♪ Los pajares los cantan ♪

00:57:29.032 --> 00:57:31.784
MARGARITA: [sings]
♪ La luna se levanta ♪

00:57:31.785 --> 00:57:33.870
LEILA:
♪ que sí, que no ♪

00:57:33.871 --> 00:57:36.914
♪ que caiga un champarrón ♪
MARGARITA: ♪ chaparrón ♪

00:57:36.915 --> 00:57:39.667
LEILA: Champarrón?
MARGARITA: Chaparrón.

00:57:39.668 --> 00:57:41.127
-Champ—?
-Chapa.

00:57:41.128 --> 00:57:42.545
-Chapa…
-rron.

00:57:42.546 --> 00:57:44.005
LEILA: Chaparrón.

00:57:44.006 --> 00:57:48.092
BOTH: ♪ que sí, que no ♪
♪ que caiga un chaparrón ♪

00:57:48.093 --> 00:57:50.512
MARGARITA: Until the end.
[both laugh]

00:57:52.181 --> 00:57:54.515
ANNE: I’m just gonna start us
off with a check-in.

00:57:54.516 --> 00:57:57.852
Who would like to let us
know how you’re doing?

00:57:57.853 --> 00:58:00.313
[sympathetic music]
MARGARITA: Um, I’m okay.

00:58:00.314 --> 00:58:02.441
Little bit, uh…

00:58:03.734 --> 00:58:05.152
uh…

00:58:05.819 --> 00:58:08.197
[heavy hearted sigh]

00:58:09.781 --> 00:58:11.742
[weeping]

00:58:13.911 --> 00:58:17.288
I’ll say, um, sad.

00:58:17.289 --> 00:58:19.917
Because my mom, her feet is bad.

00:58:21.293 --> 00:58:22.960
It’s hard.

00:58:22.961 --> 00:58:25.797
(off-screen) We just took
my mom to the hospital.

00:58:26.673 --> 00:58:30.135
The doctor say that
she needs amputation.

00:58:33.055 --> 00:58:35.389
Anne say, “Don’t worry, Margo.”
[chatter]

00:58:35.390 --> 00:58:37.184
“Family is first.”

00:58:37.851 --> 00:58:41.188
I feel guilty because it’s
hard to find a sub,

00:58:43.190 --> 00:58:45.776
but I need
to take care of my mom.

00:58:50.239 --> 00:58:53.367
[walker rolls and rattles
on hard floor]

00:58:55.536 --> 00:58:57.578
I say, “Mom, slow down.

00:58:57.579 --> 00:59:00.831
If you try to do things by
yourself, you can fall.”

00:59:00.832 --> 00:59:03.417
And she say,
“You don’t know.”

00:59:03.418 --> 00:59:06.337
And I say,
[whispers] Oh, my god— “Okay.”

00:59:06.338 --> 00:59:08.048
[Margarita’s mom speaks
in Spanish]

00:59:32.155 --> 00:59:33.574
[both laugh]

00:59:53.760 --> 00:59:55.928
MARGARITA: (on-screen) Tortilla?
-Mm hm.

00:59:55.929 --> 00:59:57.013
[clatter of tortilla press]

00:59:57.014 --> 00:59:58.598
MARGARITA: (off-screen)
I want to be there

00:59:58.599 --> 01:00:01.267
at the school, but

01:00:01.268 --> 01:00:03.604
sooner or later,
I need to retire.

01:00:05.314 --> 01:00:09.442
My mom did a good job with me
when I was little,

01:00:09.443 --> 01:00:12.612
so then now it’s my turn to
take care of her.

01:00:12.613 --> 01:00:15.615
[traffic whirs by outside]

01:00:15.616 --> 01:00:18.202
[sighs] I don’t know,
it’s tough.

01:00:20.454 --> 01:00:23.206
[soft meditative music]

01:00:30.130 --> 01:00:32.089
[plastic bottle hits the floor]

01:00:36.053 --> 01:00:38.722
[plastic bottle hits floor
and bounces]

01:00:40.599 --> 01:00:42.851
[bottle hits floor harder]

01:00:44.019 --> 01:00:46.312
[bottle bounces on floor]

01:00:46.313 --> 01:00:48.606
[faint chatter]

01:00:48.607 --> 01:00:50.274
[loud chatter]
PATRICIA: I know, I know…

01:00:50.275 --> 01:00:53.027
[child cries]
I can’t pick you up, mama.

01:00:53.028 --> 01:00:55.655
[children play and chatter]
[child whines]

01:00:55.656 --> 01:00:59.242
I know. I know.
I’m here.

01:00:59.243 --> 01:01:02.453
Mami, I can’t pick you up.
[child speaks- inaudible]

01:01:02.454 --> 01:01:05.289
PATRICIA: I know. I know.
A ver, okay, okay.

01:01:05.290 --> 01:01:08.376
[Patricia makes playful
drinking sounds] Okay, okay…

01:01:08.377 --> 01:01:12.004
(off-screen) Right now,
I can’t do too much.

01:01:12.005 --> 01:01:14.674
I need to be careful.

01:01:14.675 --> 01:01:18.219
I just had a major surgery.
I didn’t know it was-

01:01:18.220 --> 01:01:21.097
it’s gonna be like that.
[scoffs]

01:01:21.098 --> 01:01:22.682
I lost a lot of blood.

01:01:22.683 --> 01:01:24.684
[chatter]
[toys clack]

01:01:24.685 --> 01:01:27.855
PATRICIA: (on-screen)
Gentle, mami. Gentle.

01:01:28.939 --> 01:01:30.439
[toy thumping on table]

01:01:30.440 --> 01:01:32.733
(off-screen)
It’s hard for them.

01:01:32.734 --> 01:01:35.195
They don’t understand
what’s going on.

01:01:36.488 --> 01:01:38.406
[blocks clatter on floor]
PATRICIA: (to child) Ohhh!

01:01:38.407 --> 01:01:40.157
But you know, I can’t

01:01:40.158 --> 01:01:43.829
close my daycare.
I can’t afford to close.

01:01:44.997 --> 01:01:46.915
We don’t have sick leave.

01:01:47.541 --> 01:01:49.000
(on-screen)
Oh my goodness.

01:01:49.001 --> 01:01:51.879
[children chatter and play]

01:02:02.222 --> 01:02:05.141
PATRICIA: (off-screen)
The state reject everything.

01:02:05.142 --> 01:02:08.978
Every single proposal,
they reject.

01:02:08.979 --> 01:02:12.607
(on-screen) And congratulations
for your graduation!

01:02:12.608 --> 01:02:14.066
-Thank you!
-Amazing.

01:02:14.067 --> 01:02:17.361
Amazing. It’s wonderful.

01:02:17.362 --> 01:02:19.239
[child whines]

01:02:21.283 --> 01:02:23.576
[playpen creaks and thumps
against floor]

01:02:23.577 --> 01:02:25.786
[active music]

01:02:29.917 --> 01:02:32.376
(off-screen)
This is not fair.

01:02:32.377 --> 01:02:36.047
We have a lot of support
from the community,

01:02:36.048 --> 01:02:39.217
but it’s sad we don’t have
support from the state.

01:02:39.218 --> 01:02:42.053
[protesters chant]
-What do we want? -Healthy kids!

01:02:42.054 --> 01:02:44.222
-What do we want? -Healthy kids!

01:02:44.223 --> 01:02:47.225
PATRICIA: (off-screen) Enough is
enough. We need to do something.

01:02:47.226 --> 01:02:48.309
-What do we want?

01:02:48.310 --> 01:02:49.645
-Support educators!

01:02:49.937 --> 01:02:51.020
-What do we want?

01:02:51.021 --> 01:02:53.439
-Support educators…

01:02:53.440 --> 01:02:56.067
-What’s your name? -Angela.
-Angela, Charlotte.

01:02:56.068 --> 01:03:01.113
[group chants] Child care now!
Child care now! Child care now!

01:03:01.114 --> 01:03:04.367
Child care now!
Woo! [crowd cheers]

01:03:04.368 --> 01:03:06.160
[applause]

01:03:06.161 --> 01:03:08.162
CHARLOTTE:
Vanna ain’t got nothing on me.

01:03:08.163 --> 01:03:10.164
[cheers from crowd]

01:03:10.165 --> 01:03:13.042
Hello, beautiful people.
I am a family

01:03:13.043 --> 01:03:16.337
child care provider in Oakland
for over 28 years.

01:03:16.338 --> 01:03:17.588
[cheers from crowd]

01:03:17.589 --> 01:03:21.509
Women, essentially Black and
brown women providers

01:03:21.510 --> 01:03:26.681
have been shouldering the burden
of a broken child care system

01:03:26.682 --> 01:03:29.100
that’s on the brink of collapse.
Right?

01:03:29.101 --> 01:03:31.143
CROWD MEMBER: Right!
CHARLOTTE: We continue to call

01:03:31.144 --> 01:03:33.396
on our state to do its part,

01:03:33.397 --> 01:03:38.150
to provide fair pay,
retirement and healthcare.

01:03:38.151 --> 01:03:39.902
You matter.

01:03:39.903 --> 01:03:42.239
Keep fighting.
[cheers from the crowd]

01:03:49.663 --> 01:03:51.998
-What do we want?
-Child care!

01:03:51.999 --> 01:03:53.583
-When do we do want it?
Now!

01:03:53.584 --> 01:03:56.086
CHARLOTTE: [on phone] ’Cause
you missed work today, correct?

01:03:56.879 --> 01:03:59.797
And we need you to keep
that job. Okay?

01:03:59.798 --> 01:04:03.676
So you do qualify.
Just tell the agency,

01:04:03.677 --> 01:04:07.096
make it a serious need
and let them know

01:04:07.097 --> 01:04:10.099
that this beautiful provider,
Charlotte Guinn,

01:04:10.100 --> 01:04:11.517
Rose’s Daycare,

01:04:11.518 --> 01:04:14.228
has been holding spots for you.

01:04:14.229 --> 01:04:17.356
And she has 14 people on
the waiting list,

01:04:17.357 --> 01:04:19.192
which is true.

01:04:19.193 --> 01:04:20.944
Don’t give up hope.

01:04:21.904 --> 01:04:24.322
Tell her, “Please help me.”

01:04:24.323 --> 01:04:25.698
[chatter]

01:04:25.699 --> 01:04:28.618
It just seems so unfair when
other countries have

01:04:28.619 --> 01:04:30.912
free child care, -Right.
-free school, -Right.

01:04:30.913 --> 01:04:33.664
free college. [scoffs]
And, and this parent is

01:04:33.665 --> 01:04:36.250
trying to go to work and they’re
denied because they make

01:04:36.251 --> 01:04:38.085
$15 an hour.
-Yep.

01:04:38.086 --> 01:04:40.630
-Like that’s some money.

01:04:40.631 --> 01:04:43.466
[serious music]
[faint chatter]

01:05:28.220 --> 01:05:29.595
[children chatter]

01:05:29.596 --> 01:05:30.930
LEILA:
You ready to read the book?

01:05:30.931 --> 01:05:33.933
CHILD: Yes!
LEILA: Our skin.

01:05:33.934 --> 01:05:38.437
We all have skin. It comes in
different colors.

01:05:38.438 --> 01:05:40.106
ZION: Baaat
LEILA: Oh, Zion is saying

01:05:40.107 --> 01:05:43.985
her skin is like that?
CHILD: That is nobody.

01:05:43.986 --> 01:05:46.195
LEILA: Do we have same same
or different?

01:05:46.196 --> 01:05:48.447
-Different.
LEILA: It is different.

01:05:48.448 --> 01:05:50.825
LEILA: All of these people
are a family.

01:05:50.826 --> 01:05:52.034
[chatter]

01:05:52.035 --> 01:05:55.204
LEILA: Yeah? Who has
same same skin in the family?

01:05:55.205 --> 01:05:57.039
LEILA: Do you notice someone
that has different skin in

01:05:57.040 --> 01:06:00.960
this family? Who?
Who has different skin?

01:06:00.961 --> 01:06:02.420
Ah, yes!

01:06:02.421 --> 01:06:05.506
It seems this person has
white skin in that family.

01:06:05.507 --> 01:06:09.969
CHILD: Oh.
LEILA: Yeah. You are noticing.

01:06:09.970 --> 01:06:12.805
LEILA: [reading] Our skin is
beautiful and strong

01:06:12.806 --> 01:06:15.933
and important
just the way it is.

01:06:15.934 --> 01:06:18.019
Is your skin
strong and important?

01:06:18.020 --> 01:06:19.520
CHILD: Yeah?
LEILA: Yeah? Is my skin strong

01:06:19.521 --> 01:06:21.397
and important?
[child growls]

01:06:21.398 --> 01:06:24.108
Is Casey’s skin strong and
important? Yeah?

01:06:24.109 --> 01:06:25.902
CHILD:
Yeah.

01:06:25.903 --> 01:06:30.156
ANNE: Okay. So does everyone
remember that we’re reading

01:06:30.157 --> 01:06:34.160
this book with children?
And we’re thinking about,

01:06:34.161 --> 01:06:36.704
what are the
children thinking about

01:06:36.705 --> 01:06:38.664
as we read this book to them?

01:06:38.665 --> 01:06:40.583
Okay.
Go.

01:06:40.584 --> 01:06:43.045
LEILA:
What does this note say, Tara?

01:06:44.254 --> 01:06:48.216
-Talks about facts and
celebrates skin first

01:06:48.217 --> 01:06:51.427
before talking about racism.

01:06:51.428 --> 01:06:53.554
-I think about that often when
I’m reading books about

01:06:53.555 --> 01:06:57.558
racism because I want to
present joyful,

01:06:57.559 --> 01:06:58.893
[chuckles] I guess,

01:06:58.894 --> 01:07:03.147
information about skin and
difference before I introduce

01:07:03.148 --> 01:07:06.317
the like, not so fun side of it.
WOMAN: Like if the only thing

01:07:06.318 --> 01:07:08.152
we’re talking about is

01:07:08.153 --> 01:07:10.112
the collective trauma—
-Yeah.

01:07:10.113 --> 01:07:11.405
—of a group of people.
-Yeah!

01:07:11.406 --> 01:07:13.574
-Not all these amazing
accomplishments.

01:07:13.575 --> 01:07:16.202
LEILA: Just the trauma.
It only reinforces the idea

01:07:16.203 --> 01:07:18.913
of inferiority of a group
of people.

01:07:18.914 --> 01:07:20.831
And if you’re reading this in
the school setting,

01:07:20.832 --> 01:07:23.167
every kid is forced to
think about it.

01:07:23.168 --> 01:07:25.711
Like, it’s not just like the
Black kid that’s at home

01:07:25.712 --> 01:07:27.880
thinking about it.
Like, it’s like everybody’s

01:07:27.881 --> 01:07:31.008
thinking about, like taking
the burden of race

01:07:31.009 --> 01:07:35.137
being the people of color’s
like, experience or like,

01:07:35.138 --> 01:07:39.600
job to know
and places it on everyone.

01:07:39.601 --> 01:07:42.020
[quiet chatter]

01:07:44.022 --> 01:07:45.690
[indistinct tapping]

01:07:45.691 --> 01:07:49.068
CHILD: [singing] ♪ all around
there’s some raindrop ♪

01:07:49.069 --> 01:07:52.113
MAISIE:
You keep making raindrops.

01:07:52.114 --> 01:07:55.241
You can make raindrops with
this color! [tapping marker]

01:07:55.242 --> 01:07:57.869
Dada. Dooda. Toot toot.

01:07:57.870 --> 01:08:00.830
Tooty. Toot toot. Doo-da.
DAN: Who doo doo da da!

01:08:00.831 --> 01:08:03.250
MAISIE: You can do that.
[tapping, markers rattle]

01:08:04.710 --> 01:08:06.627
[Dan inhales then exhales]

01:08:06.628 --> 01:08:10.006
[out-going ringtone]
-Please leave us a detailed

01:08:10.007 --> 01:08:13.218
message and we will
return your call.

01:08:14.720 --> 01:08:17.138
[beep on phone]
DAN: Hello, Golestan School.

01:08:17.139 --> 01:08:19.307
This is Dan Harrison.
I apologize.

01:08:19.308 --> 01:08:23.352
I realize that the school hours
are closed right now

01:08:23.353 --> 01:08:25.521
and I feel funny leaving this on
the general voicemail, but

01:08:25.522 --> 01:08:26.606
I’m going to.

01:08:26.607 --> 01:08:30.776
I accept this invitation of
employment at Golestan

01:08:30.777 --> 01:08:33.362
with all my heart and soul,

01:08:33.363 --> 01:08:36.073
and teaching capabilities.
And I look forward to this

01:08:36.074 --> 01:08:38.535
journey together.
I will talk to you soon.

01:08:40.037 --> 01:08:41.537
[relieved exhale]

01:08:41.538 --> 01:08:43.289
I need a hug from my ladybug.

01:08:43.290 --> 01:08:45.417
MAISIE:
Oka-doka.

01:08:46.710 --> 01:08:48.504
DAN:
Oka-doka.

01:08:49.755 --> 01:08:51.631
[children chatter]
DAN: Who’s next?

01:08:51.632 --> 01:08:54.091
One and a two,
and a one, two, three.

01:08:54.092 --> 01:08:57.303
[Dan and children sing]
♪ Ellie’s here today… ♪

01:08:57.304 --> 01:08:59.472
DAN: (off-screen)
I’m gonna miss making a circle.

01:08:59.473 --> 01:09:02.600
♪ Hey ho. Ellie’s here today ♪
CHILD: I did it backwards!

01:09:02.601 --> 01:09:04.769
DAN: (on-screen)
Holy macaroni!

01:09:04.770 --> 01:09:07.647
(off-screen) But I am gonna
preschool the shit

01:09:07.648 --> 01:09:09.398
out of 3rd and 4th grade.
[laughs]

01:09:09.399 --> 01:09:12.944
[singing]
♪ Hey ho, hey ho… ♪

01:09:12.945 --> 01:09:16.155
DAN: My eyeball’s here today?
[laughter] Yay!

01:09:16.156 --> 01:09:18.074
[chatter]

01:09:18.075 --> 01:09:20.368
CHILD: You go like upside-down,
like this.

01:09:20.369 --> 01:09:23.412
DAN: That’s a great idea.
That’s your foot pedal?

01:09:23.413 --> 01:09:26.541
Is there any more music you want
me to play so that you can

01:09:26.542 --> 01:09:28.584
play along?
Is there any other songs?

01:09:28.585 --> 01:09:30.546
-Yeah.
-What song?

01:09:31.004 --> 01:09:32.630
CHILD: Don’t Let Me Down.
That’s it.

01:09:32.631 --> 01:09:34.757
DAN: Don’t Let Me Down?
CHILD: It’s pretty yelly

01:09:34.758 --> 01:09:39.929
because they say,
“Don’t let me down” real loud.

01:09:39.930 --> 01:09:43.767
[“Don’t Let Me Down” by The
Beatles plays on phone]

01:09:45.602 --> 01:09:48.020
CHILD: [sings] ♪ Down! ♪
DAN: Yeah, let’s hear it.

01:09:48.021 --> 01:09:50.941
I’m gonna keep sweeping while
you rock out. Okay?

01:09:51.859 --> 01:09:53.651
- ♪ Down! ♪
[toys clatter nearby]

01:09:53.652 --> 01:09:56.654
[chatter]
DAN: Take it away, “Bob.”

01:09:56.655 --> 01:09:59.740
Don’t let me down, “Bob”—
“Ringo.”

01:09:59.741 --> 01:10:01.284
“BOB”: No, I’m “Bob.”
DAN: Oh, sorry, “Bob.”

01:10:01.285 --> 01:10:04.412
[“Bob” continues singing]

01:10:04.413 --> 01:10:06.789
[chatter]

01:10:06.790 --> 01:10:10.710
[children play while “Bob”
sings “Don’t let me down!”]

01:10:10.711 --> 01:10:13.838
“BOB”: [even louder]
♪ Don’t let me down ♪

01:10:13.839 --> 01:10:16.507
DAN: I will definitely
not let you down.

01:10:16.508 --> 01:10:18.217
[children chatter and laugh,
another child cries nearby]

01:10:18.218 --> 01:10:20.803
DAN: That’s a big hug, Quyen,
Thank you. [crosstalk]

01:10:20.804 --> 01:10:22.889
Was it scary?
-Yeah. [cries]

01:10:22.890 --> 01:10:26.309
Yeah? Aw.
Which chair were you on?

01:10:26.310 --> 01:10:28.394
-[faintly] This one.
-And you just kinda fell off

01:10:28.395 --> 01:10:29.645
of there?

01:10:29.646 --> 01:10:31.481
Yikes.
Can I have a hug now?

01:10:32.232 --> 01:10:34.817
-Yah.
DAN: Okay. Come here.

01:10:34.818 --> 01:10:36.944
I need a hug.

01:10:36.945 --> 01:10:39.031
Nothing like hugging a
purple pen.

01:10:42.034 --> 01:10:44.285
-Come on up, Dan.

01:10:44.286 --> 01:10:47.496
[cheers and applause]
-Paging Dan to the stage.

01:10:47.497 --> 01:10:49.833
Paging Dan to the stage.

01:10:51.585 --> 01:10:54.545
Feel like I’m on a dunk tank
and you all have a ball,

01:10:54.546 --> 01:10:56.464
and you’re like-
[laughter]

01:10:56.465 --> 01:11:01.344
MARGARITA: Daniel, no te vayas.
[scattered laughter]

01:11:01.345 --> 01:11:04.388
Don’t go. [quiet laughter]
Stay with us.

01:11:04.389 --> 01:11:06.724
We need you.

01:11:06.725 --> 01:11:08.351
-Thank you.

01:11:08.352 --> 01:11:10.394
SUSAN:
I think I’ve been in denial

01:11:10.395 --> 01:11:12.730
this whole year, [laughs]
thinking that

01:11:12.731 --> 01:11:15.483
that other school would
go away or, [chuckles]

01:11:15.484 --> 01:11:18.110
your job offers wouldn’t happen.

01:11:18.111 --> 01:11:19.445
[kiss]

01:11:19.446 --> 01:11:21.948
That other school is so
lucky to have you.

01:11:21.949 --> 01:11:23.742
[Dan blows through lips]

01:11:30.207 --> 01:11:34.544
ANNE: I’m angry that our society
doesn’t support this field

01:11:34.545 --> 01:11:37.547
enough for you to
stay in

01:11:37.548 --> 01:11:39.048
your

01:11:39.049 --> 01:11:41.217
expertise.

01:11:41.218 --> 01:11:43.303
And… [weeping]

01:11:44.137 --> 01:11:46.431
that’s really sad to me.

01:11:47.432 --> 01:11:49.600
I love you.
DAN: I love you too.

01:11:49.601 --> 01:11:51.061
Thank you.

01:11:52.104 --> 01:11:54.272
As the kids are going through
this next step,

01:11:54.273 --> 01:11:56.441
it’s hard for them.

01:12:00.237 --> 01:12:03.782
[weeping] I realized this week
that “Ringo” or “Bob,”

01:12:04.658 --> 01:12:07.410
”George,” also known as Walden,

01:12:07.411 --> 01:12:09.495
has been singing,

01:12:09.496 --> 01:12:12.248
“Don’t let me down.” He’s been
getting louder and louder

01:12:12.249 --> 01:12:14.041
every day,

01:12:14.042 --> 01:12:17.962
standing with his block
playing guitar.

01:12:17.963 --> 01:12:19.965
[exhales]

01:12:20.424 --> 01:12:23.010
I feel like I’m letting
you all down.

01:12:29.141 --> 01:12:45.281
[warm, caring music]

01:12:45.282 --> 01:12:47.783
[faint seagulls squawking,
children chatter]

01:13:02.883 --> 01:13:05.009
[quiet meditative music]

01:13:05.010 --> 01:13:07.011
[kids stirring]

01:13:42.965 --> 01:13:45.717
[pensive music]

01:13:47.386 --> 01:13:48.678
PATRICIA: (off-screen)
This Friday

01:13:48.679 --> 01:13:51.139
is the end of our contract.

01:13:54.935 --> 01:13:57.687
[bus engine whirs]

01:13:57.688 --> 01:14:00.690
¿Se puede llenar para los niños?
-Yeah.

01:14:00.691 --> 01:14:05.069
(Off-screen)
If we don’t have any resolution,

01:14:05.070 --> 01:14:06.612
it’s gonna be very bad.

01:14:06.613 --> 01:14:07.614
(speaking Spanish)

01:14:17.416 --> 01:14:19.584
[traffic hums]

01:14:22.796 --> 01:14:25.673
PATRICIA: (off-screen)
In one of the meetings,

01:14:25.674 --> 01:14:29.177
the state told us

01:14:29.178 --> 01:14:32.722
we were like essential workers

01:14:32.723 --> 01:14:34.808
when it was the pandemic,

01:14:38.478 --> 01:14:41.481
but we are not
essential anymore.

01:14:46.111 --> 01:14:48.446
[energetic acoustic guitar]

01:14:48.447 --> 01:14:50.156
[traffic whirs]

01:14:53.952 --> 01:14:56.245
ANNE: (off-screen)
We don’t have a union,

01:14:56.246 --> 01:14:58.289
but we are all…

01:14:58.290 --> 01:15:00.583
(on-screen) We are all the same.
We are all connected.

01:15:00.584 --> 01:15:03.586
We’re all doing the same care
and education of young children

01:15:03.587 --> 01:15:08.216
in all of our different ways,
and we’re coming and saying,

01:15:08.217 --> 01:15:10.218
“You can’t ignore us.”

01:15:10.219 --> 01:15:12.178
[faint chanting of protestors]

01:15:12.179 --> 01:15:14.889
[crosstalk from inside car]
ANNE: Look at that.

01:15:14.890 --> 01:15:17.475
It’s a sea of yellow.

01:15:17.476 --> 01:15:20.229
For me, it always comes back
to teachers.

01:15:20.604 --> 01:15:23.189
And what is the common goal?

01:15:23.190 --> 01:15:27.735
It’s to have teaching be seen
as a profession

01:15:27.736 --> 01:15:30.821
that is respected and
compensated.

01:15:30.822 --> 01:15:33.450
[whoops and cheers]
PATRICIA: [on-stage] (Spanish)

01:15:44.795 --> 01:15:49.090
-That’s right.
[loud triumphant cheers]

01:15:49.091 --> 01:15:51.342
[from stage]
-We are not babysitters.

01:15:51.343 --> 01:15:52.677
[crowd cheers in agreement]

01:15:52.678 --> 01:15:53.679
ANNE:

01:16:12.072 --> 01:16:15.033
[marching band drums,
people cheer and chant]

01:16:32.509 --> 01:16:35.344
[people blowing whistles,
cheering, drumming]

01:16:35.345 --> 01:16:37.181
[loud chatter and chanting]

01:16:44.855 --> 01:16:46.732
[busy chatter]

01:16:49.109 --> 01:16:51.027
MAN: Thank you very much. I
appreciate everybody

01:16:51.028 --> 01:16:53.654
taking the time to coming on out
here and meeting with me.

01:16:53.655 --> 01:16:55.573
Agradezco tu
que tomaron su tiempo

01:16:55.574 --> 01:16:58.868
para venir explicar
su situaciónes.

01:16:58.869 --> 01:17:03.707
My name is Patricia Moran.

01:17:04.333 --> 01:17:09.128
I’ve been through a surgery
almost three weeks ago.

01:17:09.129 --> 01:17:12.381
After I returned from the
hospital, the next day,

01:17:12.382 --> 01:17:17.136
I was working because I,
I couldn’t, I can’t afford

01:17:17.137 --> 01:17:18.888
to close my daycare.

01:17:18.889 --> 01:17:21.432
-We risk our homes,

01:17:21.433 --> 01:17:22.558
our business,

01:17:22.559 --> 01:17:25.603
our families’ lives
and you have given us

01:17:25.604 --> 01:17:27.397
nothing to show for it.
(Spanish)

01:17:32.861 --> 01:17:35.238
-One more. I do have to get
moving on shortly, so just-

01:17:35.239 --> 01:17:36.822
-Okay. I’ll make it fast, sir.
-Yes, ma’am.

01:17:36.823 --> 01:17:40.660
-I’m, I’m a cancer survivor and
I also have multiple sclerosis.

01:17:40.661 --> 01:17:43.162
[supportive applause]
I need the healthcare,

01:17:43.163 --> 01:17:45.706
and providers like me
are struggling.

01:17:45.707 --> 01:17:48.751
We need your assistance and
we need fair wages

01:17:48.752 --> 01:17:52.005
so I can put my children
through college. [applause]

01:17:53.924 --> 01:17:56.425
-I need more than a pass on.

01:17:56.426 --> 01:17:59.136
His kids are taken care of.
Mine are not.

01:17:59.137 --> 01:18:02.765
WOMAN: Mm. Right.
-We need help now.

01:18:02.766 --> 01:18:05.018
-Yes.
-Right now.

01:18:06.144 --> 01:18:09.314
[distant traffic, faint bell]

01:18:19.908 --> 01:18:22.744
PATRICIA: Hi, honey.
¿Cómo estás? (Spanish)

01:18:39.720 --> 01:18:41.388
[heavy sigh]

01:18:44.057 --> 01:18:46.100
PATRICIA: (off-screen) We stay
in the meeting until

01:18:46.101 --> 01:18:47.895
two o’clock in the morning.

01:18:49.188 --> 01:18:52.690
[breeze rustles leaves]
I couldn’t sleep.

01:18:52.691 --> 01:18:55.193
I was thinking that,
oh, my God,

01:18:55.194 --> 01:18:59.030
today is the end
of the contract.

01:18:59.031 --> 01:19:01.949
What is gonna happen?

01:19:01.950 --> 01:19:03.993
(on-screen)
Ow, ow, ow, ow.

01:19:03.994 --> 01:19:06.787
BOY: Ah so cute!
PATRICIA: Hi, mami!

01:19:06.788 --> 01:19:08.748
Are you tired?
[baby fusses]

01:19:08.749 --> 01:19:12.835
Oh, you’re tired.
BOY: So cute! So cute.

01:19:12.836 --> 01:19:15.838
PATRICIA:
I know, she’s so cute.

01:19:15.839 --> 01:19:17.215
[baby hiccups]

01:19:17.216 --> 01:19:21.802
But around one o’clock
in the afternoon,

01:19:21.803 --> 01:19:23.971
things start changing,

01:19:23.972 --> 01:19:26.224
changing for good!

01:19:26.225 --> 01:19:28.309
[buoyant music]

01:19:28.310 --> 01:19:30.019
REPORTER: After months of
advocating, the

01:19:30.020 --> 01:19:31.938
Child Care Providers United Union

01:19:31.939 --> 01:19:34.565
won a pay increase and funding for benefits

01:19:34.566 --> 01:19:36.150
in the state’s budget.

01:19:36.151 --> 01:19:38.278
PATRICIA:
We were like, “Really?”

01:19:39.238 --> 01:19:41.322
REPORTER: This is the highest
rate increase

01:19:41.323 --> 01:19:43.700
they’ve ever received, at 20%.

01:19:44.868 --> 01:19:48.704
-Maybe they’re tricking us.
It’s too good for…

01:19:48.705 --> 01:19:50.248
[laughs] to believe.
REPORTER: The new deal also

01:19:50.249 --> 01:19:53.543
includes 100 million per year
for healthcare funding and

01:19:53.544 --> 01:19:56.213
80 million for
retirement funding.

01:19:57.548 --> 01:19:59.173
PATRICIA:
And…

01:19:59.174 --> 01:20:02.343
we had the deal.
[burst of joyous laughter]

01:20:02.344 --> 01:20:04.220
[faint chatter]

01:20:04.221 --> 01:20:06.347
PATRICIA: (off-screen)
It’s like it covered

01:20:06.348 --> 01:20:09.225
a very big wound

01:20:09.226 --> 01:20:11.394
with a small band aid,

01:20:11.395 --> 01:20:13.187
but it opened the door.

01:20:13.188 --> 01:20:15.899
[chatter]

01:20:17.442 --> 01:20:20.528
There were some providers,
they start this fight

01:20:20.529 --> 01:20:22.530
20 years ago,

01:20:22.531 --> 01:20:25.616
when nobody put any,
any value

01:20:25.617 --> 01:20:27.994
to our jobs.

01:20:27.995 --> 01:20:31.706
Some of them, they die,
they pass away fighting.

01:20:31.707 --> 01:20:35.127
They pass away with a hope
to change things.

01:20:36.587 --> 01:20:38.963
And now it’s getting better.

01:20:38.964 --> 01:20:40.548
[baby coos, children chatter]

01:20:40.549 --> 01:20:43.927
We are going to keep fighting,
keep working

01:20:44.636 --> 01:20:48.723
so that the future of other
providers that are coming

01:20:48.724 --> 01:20:51.184
to work, they’re gonna have
more benefits.

01:20:51.185 --> 01:20:54.979
They’re not going to
struggle like we,

01:20:54.980 --> 01:20:57.274
we are— we did it.

01:20:57.983 --> 01:21:00.818
That’s, you know, is the legacy.

01:21:00.819 --> 01:21:03.279
(on-screen) Oh, my God.
It’s all your family!

01:21:03.280 --> 01:21:05.156
CHILD:
That’s me and my mom.

01:21:05.157 --> 01:21:06.574
PATRICIA:
That’s awesome!

01:21:06.575 --> 01:21:08.535
CHILD:
I wanna do that!

01:21:10.537 --> 01:21:13.040
(off-screen) Oh, they’re gonna
be so surprised. [paper rustles]

01:21:13.749 --> 01:21:16.292
CHARLOTTE: [gasps excitedly]
Number one mom.

01:21:16.293 --> 01:21:18.377
[scissors scrape ribbon]

01:21:18.378 --> 01:21:21.381
(off-screen)
Our new contract, it’s a start.

01:21:22.508 --> 01:21:27.554
We are thankful because
you’re going from zero to ten,

01:21:29.097 --> 01:21:32.142
but we wanna go from zero
to a hundred.

01:21:34.561 --> 01:21:36.271
(on-screen)
Ooh, that smells good.

01:21:36.980 --> 01:21:38.356
[clatter of cookie sheet]
Ah!

01:21:38.357 --> 01:21:41.150
I just felt that
someone’s coming.

01:21:41.151 --> 01:21:43.903
[children chatter]

01:21:43.904 --> 01:21:49.200
This is the birthday boy.
Here, I have something for you.

01:21:49.201 --> 01:21:53.913
The teachers and I want you to
know you are outstanding.

01:21:53.914 --> 01:21:56.249
-Thank you so much.
-So you gotta open this.

01:21:56.250 --> 01:21:57.708
-Okay. Thank you.

01:21:57.709 --> 01:22:00.503
-’Cause you da bomb mom.
-Aw, this is so pretty

01:22:00.504 --> 01:22:03.130
and I’ma wear it at his
party tomorrow. Thank you.

01:22:03.131 --> 01:22:04.882
CHARLOTTE: And you better-
-I really like this and I

01:22:04.883 --> 01:22:06.884
appreciate you.
-Okay. So that’s— [crosstalk]

01:22:06.885 --> 01:22:09.011
I’m just being no good.
-Okay. Thank you so much.

01:22:09.012 --> 01:22:11.556
-Okay. You keep your head up.
-Okay. Okay. [crosstalk]

01:22:11.557 --> 01:22:14.725
You’re getting that promotion
at work, I’m so proud of you.

01:22:14.726 --> 01:22:18.396
-Yes. And my pay is going up—
-Yay!

01:22:18.397 --> 01:22:20.815
You’re, you’re not just
a pretty face.

01:22:20.816 --> 01:22:22.233
[door clanks]
CHARLOTTE: This is special

01:22:22.234 --> 01:22:24.485
because you’re special.
-Thank you.

01:22:24.486 --> 01:22:27.488
-And, and when you go
through hard times,

01:22:27.489 --> 01:22:29.365
we want you to know

01:22:29.366 --> 01:22:31.326
you’re super mom.

01:22:32.411 --> 01:22:37.123
(off-screen) Pouring into our
communities, this is what we do.

01:22:37.124 --> 01:22:40.710
(on-screen) We’ve been holding
this surprise.

01:22:40.711 --> 01:22:43.754
Oh, man, y’all gonna make
[inaudible]

01:22:43.755 --> 01:22:45.840
CHARLOTTE: Look. Come here.
Come here. We love you.

01:22:45.841 --> 01:22:47.758
Come here.
-I don’t never get treated

01:22:47.759 --> 01:22:50.887
this good!
Oh, my God. Thank you.

01:22:50.888 --> 01:22:52.263
You keep it up.

01:22:52.264 --> 01:22:54.974
CHARLOTTE: Hello!
Give me my baby.

01:22:54.975 --> 01:22:59.020
Okay, I have something for you.
[crosstalk] -Okay.

01:22:59.021 --> 01:23:02.065
[mother gasps quietly]
[crinkling plastic]

01:23:03.066 --> 01:23:05.276
[emotional] Auntie Rose.

01:23:05.277 --> 01:23:09.030
CHARLOTTE: You are so special.
Your babies love you.

01:23:09.031 --> 01:23:11.073
[mother laughs joyfully]
CHARLOTTE: We love you.

01:23:11.074 --> 01:23:13.492
-My whole family loves them
being here. We love you.

01:23:13.493 --> 01:23:15.870
We appreciate you and
everything like…

01:23:15.871 --> 01:23:17.830
Aw, Auntie Rose,
Thank you guys.

01:23:17.831 --> 01:23:19.832
-Yeah. We love you, man.
-Probably the best gift I’ve

01:23:19.833 --> 01:23:21.834
ever gotten on any
Mother’s Day.

01:23:21.835 --> 01:23:24.045
-Give me another hug.
-Thank you so much, Auntie Rose.

01:23:24.046 --> 01:23:26.172
CHARLOTTE: (off-screen)
If parents didn’t have

01:23:26.173 --> 01:23:29.258
to worry about child care,
oh, my God…

01:23:29.259 --> 01:23:31.052
What kind of world
would that be?

01:23:31.053 --> 01:23:34.473
[chatter, Charlotte laughs]
CHARLOTTE: Okay bye!

01:23:35.474 --> 01:23:37.184
[cars whir by]

01:23:38.936 --> 01:23:40.269
[objects moving, clinking]

01:23:40.270 --> 01:23:42.605
LEILA:
How do you want your hair?

01:23:42.606 --> 01:23:46.108
ZION: Did you what my hair.
-Do you want a ponytail?

01:23:46.109 --> 01:23:48.444
Bun-bun?
-A bun-bun.

01:23:48.445 --> 01:23:50.780
-One bun-bun or two bun-bun?

01:23:50.781 --> 01:23:53.366
-One bun-bun.
-One bun-bun?

01:23:53.367 --> 01:23:54.785
-Yeah.
-Okay.

01:23:55.077 --> 01:23:59.038
ZION: A bun-bun like mama.
LEILA: A bun-bun like mama!

01:23:59.039 --> 01:24:00.289
All right.

01:24:00.290 --> 01:24:03.001
Can we go put on a new diaper
[kiss] and your dress?

01:24:03.460 --> 01:24:05.294
But can I tell you something?
-Yeah.

01:24:05.295 --> 01:24:09.423
-Today is your last day in
mama’s classroom.

01:24:09.424 --> 01:24:11.759
[quiet, tender guitar music]

01:24:11.760 --> 01:24:14.637
-I wanna go in my classroom.
-Yeah. You’re gonna go in

01:24:14.638 --> 01:24:16.597
your Dolphin classroom?

01:24:16.598 --> 01:24:20.977
You’re gonna be a big dolphin?
-No. I’m gonna be a whale.

01:24:20.978 --> 01:24:23.646
-You’re g— [laughs] okay.

01:24:23.647 --> 01:24:26.400
ZION: There’s a squidy
in your hair.

01:24:28.193 --> 01:24:30.319
I got squidy.

01:24:30.320 --> 01:24:32.239
-Squidy.

01:24:34.825 --> 01:24:35.908
[Zion sneezes]
LEILA: Oh!

01:24:35.909 --> 01:24:37.577
[another big wet sneeze]
LEILA: [displeased] Awww!

01:24:37.578 --> 01:24:39.871
[Zion vocalizes,
Leila is out of breath]

01:24:39.872 --> 01:24:42.416
[bike and feet shuffle
on asphalt]

01:24:43.792 --> 01:24:45.209
ZION: Mom! Come!

01:24:45.210 --> 01:24:47.461
LEILA: Yes.
Why are we having a party?

01:24:47.462 --> 01:24:51.090
CHILD: Because party.
LEILA: Because party!

01:24:51.091 --> 01:24:53.551
We’re having a party because
you’re not gonna be

01:24:53.552 --> 01:24:55.720
butterflies anymore.
CHILD: Wee!

01:24:55.721 --> 01:24:59.348
-Bye-bye, butterflies!
Hello, dolphins!

01:24:59.349 --> 01:25:02.519
CHILD: Good dolphin.
[paper rustles] Good dolphin.

01:25:04.271 --> 01:25:06.148
[crinkling, quiet chatter]

01:25:07.608 --> 01:25:09.734
[cheering, clapping]

01:25:09.735 --> 01:25:11.195
[children play and chatter]

01:25:14.615 --> 01:25:16.115
ANNE:
I feel like this group

01:25:16.116 --> 01:25:18.284
has become such a
tight-knit community.

01:25:18.285 --> 01:25:20.870
I see it in the play in the
yard when the children are

01:25:20.871 --> 01:25:22.705
are able to [voice fades]
ADULT: They all matter.

01:25:22.706 --> 01:25:24.790
CHILD: They all matter!
-Mm hm.

01:25:24.791 --> 01:25:26.459
ANNE: (off-screen)
I love this work.

01:25:26.460 --> 01:25:27.835
[children laugh]

01:25:27.836 --> 01:25:32.798
It is a sacred responsibility
to care for our children.

01:25:32.799 --> 01:25:35.761
TEACHER: Maisie!
[cheers and applause]

01:25:38.430 --> 01:25:42.350
ANNE: Helping them learn how
to be citizens with agency,

01:25:42.351 --> 01:25:45.186
respecting their voice,
caring about

01:25:45.187 --> 01:25:47.647
their feelings and thoughts,

01:25:47.648 --> 01:25:51.317
helping them have healthy
relationships that are

01:25:51.318 --> 01:25:52.568
important to them.

01:25:52.569 --> 01:25:54.695
TEACHER: And the Rainbow of
the Stars teachers!

01:25:54.696 --> 01:25:56.197
[cheers and applause]

01:25:56.198 --> 01:25:58.366
ANNE: (off-screen) You can’t
put a price tag on that.

01:25:58.367 --> 01:26:00.160
That’s…

01:26:00.452 --> 01:26:01.786
essential.

01:26:01.787 --> 01:26:04.330
[chatter and celebration
on screen]

01:26:04.331 --> 01:26:07.625
At some point, when does it
become unsustainable for us

01:26:07.626 --> 01:26:10.086
to keep doing this work?

01:26:10.087 --> 01:26:12.213
Less and less people are
interested in

01:26:12.214 --> 01:26:14.465
entering the field.

01:26:14.466 --> 01:26:17.301
It’s gonna be harder and
harder to sustain

01:26:17.302 --> 01:26:20.429
doing this work at all.

01:26:20.430 --> 01:26:23.599
And we need to, as a society,
have an answer for that.

01:26:23.600 --> 01:26:24.475
[music fades]

01:26:24.476 --> 01:26:26.185
What are we gonna do

01:26:26.186 --> 01:26:28.355
when we can’t do this anymore?

01:26:31.817 --> 01:26:33.985
But there are answers.

01:26:33.986 --> 01:26:37.071
There are really simple
answers, and we can do it.

01:26:37.072 --> 01:26:40.157
We just have to have a will
to do it and then,

01:26:40.158 --> 01:26:41.951
um, find a way.

01:26:41.952 --> 01:26:43.996
And we, we can do that,

01:26:46.290 --> 01:26:49.333
if people listen to us.
[burst of laughter]

01:26:49.334 --> 01:26:51.170
[others in room join
in laughter]

01:26:51.712 --> 01:26:56.132
[inspiring, energizing music]