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Interview with Martha Friendly
Title
Interview with Martha Friendly
Description
In an interview conducted for the winter 2021 course offering of HISD25, Martha Friendly, Executive Director and founder of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, discusses her work, experience and perspectives as a policy researcher on the ever-changing relationship between childcare, government and politics and the role of research as a form of advocacy.
Subject
Activism, Women, Parenthood, Feminism
Interview with Carolyn Ferns
Title
Interview with Carolyn Ferns
Description
In an interview conducted for the winter of 2021 course offering of WSTD10, Carolyn Ferns, Policy and Government Relations Coordinator and Board of Director to Child Care Now, shares her journey towards advocating for childcare. She also talks about her role, as well as the work carried out by the Child Care Now organization. The challenges of childcare in times of the COVID-19 pandemic and government fundings in childcare were also discussed.
Subject
Activism, Parenthood, Education, Poverty