tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post4899188997050917556..comments2024-01-02T23:08:09.335-05:00Comments on ZAPAGRINGO: Revolutionary ChildcareRJ Maccanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330027127067847774noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post-58253561951609583242022-08-06T15:11:38.329-04:002022-08-06T15:11:38.329-04:00I enjoyed reading tthisI enjoyed reading tthisHeating Contractors Charlottehttps://www.heating-specialists.com/us/north-carolina-heating/heating-contractors-charlotte.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post-14107654526253642402007-01-10T01:26:00.000-05:002007-01-10T01:26:00.000-05:00Hey Jasper,
Sorry it has taken me so long to get ...Hey Jasper,<br /><br />Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you! I'm very excited to see that you are from Austria and also interested in an "other childcare."<br /><br />First I'm going to try to respond to your request for examples:<br /><br />1) How we do childcare<br /><br />We are just a little over one year old as a group and none of us are paid to organize or provide childcare! Some of us have formal training in childcare, although most of us do not...so we are slowly learning from eachother and seeking out resources to help us interact with the children in a way that fits our politics and the politics of the parents...<br /><br />This is vague, I know, but perhaps if stay in contact over e-mail (zapagringo[at]gmail.com) we can share more specifics...although it is nice to have the dialogue publicly documented :-)<br /><br />2) Why we are organizing ourselves and building parternships<br /><br />We started as four organizers who had all been doing childcare in one form or another with mainly two groups: Pachamama (a childcare cooperative in Bushwick, Brooklyn started by members of <a href="http://www.sistaiisista.org">Sista II Sista</a>) and <a href="http://www.criticalresistance.org">Critical Resistance NYC</a> (local chapter of a national penal abolitionist organization).<br /><br />As we found the childcare work we were doing very useful and important, and as we saw more and more women-led initiatives popping up and needing childcare, we decided to start organizing childcare volunteers and building more intentional relationships with other organizations.<br /><br />We've tried to do this based on affinity...between volunteers and with the organizations we partner with.<br /><br />It should be stated that one main interest of the group is to be a bridge between organizers and groups, a bridge to cross barriers of class, gender, and race. As a form of horizontal solidarity.<br /><br />As our vision statement says, we volunteers come from a wide variety of backgrounds and all have struggles of our own. We didn't want to create an organization that just reinforced the ally identity. This childcare crew is meant to be a bridge and not a destination.<br /><br />3) Our structure<br /><br />If it's useful for you, here is our structure document (as it looks today)...<br /><br />--------<br /><br /><b>REGENERACIÓN: STRUCTURE</b><br /><br /><b>Comin’ and Goin'</b><br /><br />* Trainings and workshop are open to everyone!<br />* Becoming a volunteer means being down with the vision, filling out an application, and working one shift accompanied by an organizer.<br />* Becoming an organizer involves saying you want to be an organizer, being an active volunteer for 6 months and developing a meaningful relationship with a group, set of parents, and/or kids. After 6 months, these folks, the potential new organizer, and the other organizers will figure out what’s the best fit.<br />* If you are a volunteer and you want to leave Regeneración, contact an organizer and let them know why you can’t/don’t want to be a volunteer anymore.<br />* If you are an organizer and you want to leave, you have to make sure that the work you are responsible for will be handled by someone else.<br /><br /><b>Volunteers gotta:</b><br /><br />* Maintain clear communication with organizers and any groups that you regularly volunteer with regarding your availability, capacity, and thoughts/concerns.<br />* Use the Regeneración listserve to keep track of childcare requests and other events and concerns as they are posted.<br />* Volunteer for childcare opportunities and participate in Regeneración gatherings as you are able to.<br />* Understand the Regeneración Vision Statement and keep it in mind when you are doing childcare or otherwise reppin’ the crew.<br /><br /><b>Organizers gotta:</b><br /><br />* Maintain clear communication and regular contact with volunteers, groups, parents, and kids with whom we regularly work.<br />* Use the Regeneración listserve and check the e-mail account to keep track of childcare requests and other events and concerns as they are posted.<br />* Volunteer for childcare opportunities.<br />* Organize Regeneración gatherings<br />* Support Regeneración volunteers and partner groups<br />* Assess and evaluate childcare opportunities<br />* Understand the Regeneración Vision Statement and apply it to your work and everyday life<br /><br /><b>Fielding Requests</b><br /><br />For any childcare opportunity or group request for partnership, a specific organizer will follow-up both with the group and prospective volunteers to assess the groups need and our capacity.<br /><br /><b>Regeneración Gatherings</b><br /><br />Organizers commit to coordinating around 6 Regeneración gatherings a year. Volunteers are encouraged not only to attend but to help in organizing as well if they are able to. We want to have one gathering a year that brings together the groups we partner with and honors the work that we do together. Another gathering will focus on mutual aid and money and will generally happen late January or early February. Other gatherings will focus on preparation for a major childcare request, skill building, political education, game creation, etc. Volunteers are encouraged to organize themselves in any way they see fit as well…these are just the gatherings that the organizers are committed to taking on.<br /><br />---------<br /><br />I hope this stuff is in some small way helpful to you...we're mostly doing childcare during meetings and events and are still learning the best way to do this and also thinking about breaking down the wall between "adult space" and "kids space" in political spaces, amongst other things...<br /><br />I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!<br /><br />yours,<br />RJRJ Maccanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330027127067847774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post-32598090707134509762007-01-05T09:51:00.000-05:002007-01-05T09:51:00.000-05:00Hi Zapagringo!
Sounds great what you are doing!
I ...Hi Zapagringo!<br />Sounds great what you are doing!<br />I am verry interested in alternative ways of childcare, could you maybe give me a few examples about what exactly you are doing? how is you structure? <br /><br />greets from Austria<br />viva zapatero<br /><br />jasperlatehumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168480625069646500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post-3793811629621067402006-12-23T02:24:00.000-05:002006-12-23T02:24:00.000-05:00we are standing underneath the butt of a spruce di...we are standing underneath the butt of a spruce dinosaur. so cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post-10793930159293763202006-12-12T11:32:00.000-05:002006-12-12T11:32:00.000-05:00congratulations!!! y'all are doing incredible wor...congratulations!!! y'all are doing incredible work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268138.post-6442778374456914182006-12-12T00:49:00.000-05:002006-12-12T00:49:00.000-05:00Nice pic! It was good to be there.Nice pic! It was good to be there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com