Through the Night is a moving documentary film with a multi-year campaign for social change.
The campaign is an opportunity to strengthen our movements and society by centering mothers and all those who do the work of mothering, and to bring together support for caregivers to feel held, heard, and seen as people, rather than only valued for their labor.
CAMPAIGN GOALS
The mission of the film’s social impact campaign is to care for caregivers through these goals:
Organizing Tool: Support the work of organizations leading campaigns to improve the lives of caregivers, women of color, and working families.
Communal Care for Caregivers: Create and curate supportive communal experiences for caregivers.
Reframe Mothering within movement spaces, as a verb and the most radical and subversive in our communities.
ACTIONS
REST
Join the Nap Ministry to get “big rest”
LEARN
Timeline of COVID-19 Relief for the Child Care Industry & Working Families
“Deepening Your Understanding of Race and Racism | Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching” by PBS Learning Media
WATCH
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WATCH PARTY TOOLKITS
These step-by-step guides are designed to help you organize a screening with your community.
#1: WATCH PARTY KIT
Inside you’ll find tips and suggestions on:
Planning and promoting your event
How to watch the film
Online discussion platform suggestions and sample discussion questions
How to spread the word about the film after the discussion
Resources for your community
#2: LEGISLATIVE TOOLKIT
Inside you’ll find:
A case study for a screening we organized with film partners to educate New York state legislators
Planning tips, discussion prompts, and resources for organizing a screening to educate decision makers
REFRAME MOTHERING
Watch and share conversations that center Black mothers and reframe narratives around mothering and caregiving.
ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES
For Mothers & Caregivers
ORGANIZATIONS
Parenting for Liberation - Connecting, inspiring, and uplifting Black families through liberated parenting.
MomsRising - an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to achieve economic security for all moms, women, and families in the United States.
Mothering Justice - Empowering mothers to engage fellow mothers around a variety of issues that affect working families.
RESOURCES
“Parenting for Liberation” by Trina Greene Brown
“We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood” by Dani McClain
Need Childcare? Go to Childcare.gov for finding childcare in your state
Child Care Data Center: Download state fact sheets and learn more about the affordability, accessibility and quality of child care in your state.
For Childcare Providers
ORGANIZATIONS
All Our Kin trains, supports, and sustains family child care educators.
Day Care Council of New York a membership organization of 93 non-profit sponsoring boards that operate more than 200 publicly-funded child care centers and family child care programs in New York City.
Child Care Aware of America works with more than 400 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide.
RESOURCES
For Allies, Supports & Beyond
ORGANIZATIONS
National Women’s Law Center - fights for gender justice in the courts, in public policy and in our society, especially for women and girls facing multiple forms of discrimination.
Childcare Changemakers - Parents, educators and providers coming together to make high quality early education and care available to every child and family.
RESOURCES
Essential Care Fundraiser for supporting home-based daycare centers
Nanny Employer Checklist for hiring during COVID
Picking Up the Pieces: Building a Better Child Care System Post COVID-19.
Erikson Institute's Family Child Care Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative Pilot: Lessons Learned
Family Child Care Providers: Unsung Heroes in the COVID-19 Crisis
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