Friends of Preschool for All
We are dedicated to preserving Preschool for All, Multnomah County’s landmark universal preschool program. friendsofpfa.org
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- Reposted by Friends of Preschool for All"...due primarily to preschools not being able to hire all the teachers, assistants, cooks and bus drivers they needed" let me help troubleshoot! what were the starting salaries www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
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- Preschool for All is ending 2025 with a bang!💥📈💛✊Thanks to all of the advocates who helped make this happen!
- Reposted by Friends of Preschool for AllIf she became a champion for it we could get out there & knock doors for her instead of writing mean responses to her fundraising emails & standing in the rain to yell at her & thwarting her & the ignorant ass Senate Finance Committee in Salem. Tim Boyle is never gonna knock doors for you Tina!!!!!
- 📣She’s at it again! The governor is selling out toddlers for tax cuts for top earners. Join our rally Monday from 11:30-1 at the Convention Center, 777 NE MLK, to demand Preschool for All be rolled out as approved 2:1 by voters! RSVP and bring friends! actionnetwork.org/events/prote...
- This program could be gone if we don’t take a stand. Let’s tell Kotek once and for all: HANDS OFF PRESCHOOL FOR ALL!✊🪧💛
- 🌞 TODAY! Starting in an hour, join us anytime until 1 pm!🐿️🧺
- ✨Not to be outdone, we are throwing our OWN gala (picnic in the park) tomorrow! Kids are super welcome and fun+drinks+snacks will be in high supply! ✨ (Details in the replies!)
- Official statement from Team Toddler re: *that* NYT piece: 🗣️Lol. LMAO. We especially appreciated this photo of our opposition
- DINKs for good! 🫶 Thank you!!!
- Reposted by Friends of Preschool for AllSO PROUD of my beautiful amazing girlfriend for testifying against P4A indexing *as a* P4A taxpayer. The indexing proposal was tabled later in this meeting and everyone who spoke up contributed.
- Over the past month, our coalition and our community came together to say, NO CUTS, NO COMPROMISES. Thank you for every email, phonecall, public comment, and PB&J assembly line for toddlers at evening meetings. Together, we won Preschool for All- AGAIN! The tax cuts are paused!
- Live shot of Andrew Hoan from Portland Metro Chamber as the Multnomah County Board begins debating cuts to Preschool for All
- Let's take a look at some examples of how the Preschool For All tax works! 👀 It's a progressive revenue mechanism that will guarantee all these payers free preschool once the program goes universal, an average saving of $16,000 per year.✨
- Reposted by Friends of Preschool for AllIt was great to be in a room full of families and local leaders to say: we support Preschool For All! East Portland has the most families out of all the districts, so it’s very important to me that we keep growing PFA. @friendsofpfa.bsky.social #FriendsofPFA
- 🥰... our emails do contain a lot of good info! Get on the list at friendsofPFA.org to get yours!✨
- Thanks for being there and standing with us to protect Preschool for All, @counciloravalos.bsky.social!
- It was great to be in a room full of families and local leaders to say: we support Preschool For All! East Portland has the most families out of all the districts, so it’s very important to me that we keep growing PFA. @friendsofpfa.bsky.social #FriendsofPFA
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- 📚Today's required reading: "There’s no real evidence linking downtown’s woes to local taxes. No flight of the wealthy shows up in the statistics."
- Say it with us: HANDS OFF PRESCHOOL FOR ALL!🗣️✨ actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
- Folks are finding ways to tell County Commissioners exactly what they think about cutting Preschool for All. Watch these public comments from yesterday's regular board meeting! 💛 District 1 coming in hot🔥
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- 👀 Did we mention yet today that we have a super fun, kid-friendly Town Hall planned for next week? RSVP here!✨ secure.everyaction.com/M_6ro0EhLE2W...
- 🌞Rise and shine, Team Toddler! Time to email our County Commissioners! 🫡 actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
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- Reposted by Friends of Preschool for AllCome help defend Preschool for all!!!
- Want to help fight the attacks on Preschool for All? ➡️ Follow us 🤝 ➡️ Get on the mailing list (friendsofpfa.org) ➡️ Join the coalition ✨
- 🥰 We love to see it!!! We'll link another great news story about community capacity building from earlier today below ❤️
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- Good coverage of today's first board hearing on Preschool For All in preparation for a vote on JBE's "indexing" proposal, in effect her attempt to kill the program. Some highlights in this thread! ✨
- ...and guess who presented to the Multnomah County Board today? 👀 That's right, Cornell Sociologist Cristobal Young! But first, we have a thing for everyone to click right now: actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...
- Want to help save universal free Preschool for All for Multnomah County? There's so many ways to pitch in. Check out this great calendar for things to do and how to make sure your voice is heard! www.friendsofpfa.org/take-action/
- Shocked to see that the Governor of Oregon's brilliant plan to *check notes* gut the universal free preschool program in Multnomah County which pays a living wage to childcare workers didn't make the list. www.americanprogress.org/article/prom...
- Key point not covered in the article: IF the indexing proposal passes this August, Preschool For All will be BANKRUPT by 2031. This is a wildly undemocratic maneuver by Commissioner Brim Edwards, doing the dirty work for PMC and Gov. Kotek. www.wweek.com/news/schools...
- We're going to need to save Preschool for All from getting killed in the next couple of weeks. Julia Brim Edward's "indexing the tax" proposal which is designed to bankrupt the program by 2031 will be voted on in AUGUST. This is a war on every future family in our county. Follow to stay updated.
