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The Alliance for Early Success is a 50-state resource for early-childhood advocates as they pursue the big, sustained impact that will ensure every child in every state, birth through age eight, has an equal chance to grow, learn, and succeed.

Designing for Liberation: A Juneteenth Reflection

EDITORIAL: A recent visit to the civl rights sites in Montgomery crystalized for me the role of law, policy, and institutional choices in codifying racial control. These weren’t unintended outcomes. They were options. Design decisions. Legal architectures. It became painfully clear to me that oppression isn’t accidental. It’s designed. Engineered. Rehearsed. Reinforced. And that clarity brought forth questions—not only “how do I live with this knowledge,” but how do I interrupt it? How do I design for inclusion, for truth, for liberation?

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Black Maternal Health Week Webinar with Michigan Advocates: Community Voices in Maternal Health Policy

In honor of Black Maternal Health Week 2025 (#BMHW25), the Alliance for Early Success and the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH) co-hosted a webinar on engaging community voice and partnerships to enhance maternal health. Watch the recording to learn how community-informed research and policymaking is supporting support Black maternal health in Michigan.

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BEE Collective Is Healing Communities and Building Power in South Carolina

As part of our celebration of this year’s Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), the Alliance is spotlighting a few of the maternal health organizations that you may not have heard about. The Beloved Early Education and Care Collective (BEE Collective) works in the southern part of South Carolina, outside of Charleston, and is focused on building on the assets of the pregnant people, children, and caregivers who are furthest from opportunity — work that creates the kind of deep community that heals itself and builds increasing power.

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