About The Early Childhood Power & Policy Action Group

The Early Childhood Power and Policy Action Group (PPAG) provides a space for providers and parents to build their organizing and advocacy capacity and exercise their power as leaders of the movement to transform policies and increase resources to support the early childhood education (ECE) system across St. Louis. Housed out of the new Gateway Early Childhood Alliance, the PPAG will be facilitated in partnership with Kids Win Missouri and WEPOWER. The Action Group exists to (1) build the organizing and advocacy capacity of those most impacted by our region's and state's early childhood education system, (2) design equitable and responsive policy solutions, and (3) organize and coalition build towards achieving policy changes and increase resources at the regional and state level. The PPAG will build off the work of the First Steps to Equity Needs Assessment and The Playbook which outline gaps and barriers to equitable access and chart a path forward towards ECE policy and systems change.

We meet on the first Wednesday of every month. Once you sign on to the coalition, you will be connected with our Early Childhood Education Organizer to learn more about how you can take part!