Virtual Action Day:  Raise Your Voice in Your Home District 

Can’t make it to Harrisburg on May 12? Sign up for Virtual Action Day and participate from home.

Register to let us know you'll be participating in Action Day from home. Your registration helps us know which legislators are receiving the message that early childhood education is an investment, not a cost, in Pennsylvania. Invest in Pennsylvania's future!

Consider the following methods to participate in Virtual Action Day or use your creativity and tell us how you sent the message to your Senator or House of Representatives member:

• Online Action - Send an email message via PennAEYC’s legislative action center (link coming soon!) to your legislator on Action Day. Or use your imagination to create an activity that delivers the message quality early childhood education is an investment, not a cost, for the success of Pennsylvania's children and future!
• Send Twitter or Facebook Messages to your policy  makers letting them know how much early education funding means to your program, the families you serve and the people you employ (if you are a program director). Personal stories have the most impact. Find your legislator's contact information here. Use hashtags #InvestInUs and #MakeItHappen.
• Hands-on activity for providers/parents/children - Have children and parents complete a coloring activity or art project and deliver to legislators’ district offices in your region. Deliver the message that early childhood education is an investment for Pennsylvania's children and future. 
• Phone Bank - Establish a phone bank in your program and have parents and staff call your legislator's office to deliver the message that early childhood education programs are a priority for Pennsylvania's children and future. Find your legislator's contact information here. 
• Action Day at Home - Draw inspiration from Child Care Director Aliya Johnson-Roberts’ story (download here) of Action Day at Home and consider hosting an Action Day at Home for your staff, parents, and children.

Invest in Pennsylvania's future!