Community,
Advocacy, and
Resources for
Education
Over the past 75 years, the literacy rate for Black children in Washington, DC, dropped from over
90% to 23%
Systemic Causes: Urban Renewal Program ･︎ MLK Riots ･︎ Vietnam War ･︎ Crack Epidemic ･︎ Mass Incarceration ･︎ Housing & Economic Insecurity ･︎ No Child Left Behind and Racial Wealth Gap
Education Revolution
Our children require urgent, drastic, and revolutionary change that starts from the community and makes its way to the top. We are committed to the legacy of revolutionary change in education.
Education Reform
Education reform is all too often a capitalistic, gradual, top-down movement that only maintains the status quo of systemic inequity.
Consolidated Parent Group, Est. 1947, Washington, DC
Community Programs for Our Community’s Schools
Educator Advancement Team
A chapter-focused professional cohort of passionate educators committed to shaping Washington’s future leaders by activating innovative educational opportunities for joyful and forward-thinking classroom experiences.
Professional learning community for educators
Hopes and Dreams
Promoting economic empowerment and justice to fund and uplift the hopes and dreams of our people—neighbors, families, and educators—within their community’s schools.
Responsive, mutual aid, and capacity-building opportunities
Power Our Schools
Spark awareness and drive solutions within our neighborhood to build power, navigate policies, advocate for change, and increase volunteerism in our schools.
School and community organizing
Empower Communities to Revolutionize Public Education
Our Mission
The CARE DC movement utilizes and elevates the power of our neighborhoods to advance the performance of our community’s schools.
We are committed to:
Liberating students by advancing educators
Cultivating economic justice
Harnessing community power
Continuing the legacy of collective action and progress for community support for our community’s schools will revolutionize public education in Washington, D.C.
Our children deserve it.
Our Vision
Together with our partners, we envision a future where every school vessel in Washington, DC, is successful by promoting justice and neighborhood empowerment.
