The New Neighborhood

Parent Voice at the Heart of Universal Preschool in Multnomah County, OR

Jessica Pika Season 1 Episode 1

Learn how parents shaped and led a successful ballot measure that provides free education and living wage teaching jobs as a way to address racial disparities and inequity in communities across Multnomah County, OR.

Guests:

  • Lydia Gray-Holifield, Parent Leader with Early Learning Multnomah’s (ELM) Parent Accountability Council 
  • Lai-Lani Ovalles, Senior Manager for Early Learning Multnomah 
  • Molly Day, Co-Director, Early Learning Multnomah

Host: Joan Lombardi