Centering Black Children and Families in State Policy Work: Early Lessons from the ECOSYS Initiative

It’s more important than ever to make sure the needs, voices, and power of Black children and families is at the heart of the work we do. Racial equity cannot take a back seat to any other concern. For the past three years, EPI, nearly a dozen national partners, and forty state partners have been developing the ECOSYS Initiative, to strengthen the connections across organizing and advocacy spaces, and to find innovative ways to center Black children and families. This panel will introduce the ECOSYS project and discuss what we’re learning.