The
organization I chose for this project is Zero to Three (www.zerotothree.org). Zero to Three is a national
nonprofit organization whose focus revolves around children birth through age
3. Their goal is to educate, train, and
support parents, teachers, and policy makers in order to enhance the lives of
children everywhere.
Zero to
Three offers a newsletter however as of today, I have not received my first
issue. There is a section on the website
where you can browse public policy. For
this part of the assignment, I decided to look at the current actions
listed. One issue that caught my eye was
urging our representative to vote no on the House Reconciliation Bill that the
House of Representatives voted on last week.
According to the Zero to Three website, this bill would affect millions
of people, mainly low income children and seniors. This is definitely something that would
affect many people in my community, as I live in a lower income community.
Through this
assignment, I realized the importance of staying on top of issues that affect us
and our community as a whole. It is easy
to feel like things are someone else’s problems or that we are too small to
make a difference but in the end, one voice is all it takes to make a
change. I am glad I found this
organization and I look forward to learning more about the issues and trends
associated with the families and children in my community, as I can be the one
voice that makes a difference.
Hi Melinda, I am looking forward to readig and sharing with you your thoughts on this organization zero to Three. All organization pretaining to children are important. We as professional have to got out and advocate for our children and have a voice in the teaching of our children and their health.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading you blog on Zero to three. Chilfren are so important and valuable thae we as child educators have to advocate for our child. We have to get everyone on board to help fight these issues. I'm trying my best to keep up issues that affect my community also, because it is important.
Great Blog
I too look forward to hearing more about the pending legislation. I find it interesting how little most people actually know what is going on in DC during session each year. I also find it interesting the varying opinions and points of view on the current legislative matters. I look forward to the updates !
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