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Cherelle Parker: “I was an early supporter of the fight for 15. I'm talking…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

Ask Me Anything about Early Childhood Education with Cherelle Parker, 5-4-23

Published May 10, 2023 | Video Starts at 05:39

So listen, one of the things that I want to fight for and I'm going to continue to fight for and I was an early supporter of the fight for 15. I'm talking about a $15 minimum wage. but if you were to go to something and Google it for me when you can, it's the MIT living wage calculator. $15 is not even a living wage for a single person right now. (05:39–05:46)

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Asserts early support for a $15 minimum wage.

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“A living wage is at, according to the [MIT living wage] calculator, I think about 1753 or 1758.”
Ask Me Anything about Early Childhood Education with Cherelle Parker, 5-4-23 | Uploaded May 10, 2023 | 05:56-06:03
“In the first 90 days, we are going to review our level of funding and we're going to figure out how we can increase those seats [in early…”
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“We've got to figure out a way to increase the salaries for those people who do this work if we want to continue to get quality.”
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“I'm going to the public sector, the private sector, local, state and federal government to secure funding [for early childhood education].”
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“We need to make sure that there is a coordinated approach with Elwyn.”
Ask Me Anything about Early Childhood Education with Cherelle Parker, 5-4-23 | Uploaded May 10, 2023 | 03:48-03:56
“We've got to work with Elwyn extremely closely and we've got to redefine to a certain degree that intersection between the services being…”
Ask Me Anything about Early Childhood Education with Cherelle Parker, 5-4-23 | Uploaded May 10, 2023 | 04:47-05:01
“We have to do things that are convenient for parents and not just convenient for the providers.”
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“Not only do we have to advocate for that in Harrisburg, but once we do that, guess what, our providers, they're going to need access to…”
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“It calls for strong intergovernmental cooperation between local, state and federal government.”
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“We don't have a standard way to communicate with the public [about city programs].”
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“I'm going to have a mayor's community council in every council district.”
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“We will disseminate great information through [the mayor's community council] vehicle.”
Ask Me Anything about Early Childhood Education with Cherelle Parker, 5-4-23 | Uploaded May 10, 2023 | 09:19-09:24
“We also need to have it web based and app based.”
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“We have to make sure that the information is in our senior citizen centers.”
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“We just have to have a more coordinated approach.”
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“We have different committees, right? A public safety committee, quality of life education committee.”
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“You have to have one [committee] that's specifically focused on early childhood education.”
Ask Me Anything about Early Childhood Education with Cherelle Parker, 5-4-23 | Uploaded May 10, 2023 | 11:35-11:41
“Government will be structured that way [to interact with people beyond elections].”
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“We've got to train our students. Even in the school district of Philadelphia.”
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“Early childhood education is also one of those areas that we should be training for.”
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“I was proud to be the lead advocate to ensure that backroom technical supports for those providers was available.”
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“Even when the millionaire said, you can't get this funding source because it's going to cut into their margins. I didn't care. I did it…”
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