Make a Circle Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion

While the event is sold out, we encourage you to add your name to the waitlist. If you RSVPed and have a change of plans, please cancel your RSVP, so we can accommodate those on the waitlist. Thank you!

📍 The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oaklnd, CA 94612

🕐 Doors open at 6:00

📽️ Movie begins at 7:00

🎟️The event is free with an RSVP

🗣️ Spanish and Cantonese interpretation upon request during checkout

🆓 Free child care available upon request during checkout

Thank you to our sponsors - KQED, Oakland Starting Smart & Strong, Parent Voices Oakland, First 5 California, First 5 Association of California, Child Care Providers United, SEIU 521, SEIU 1021, Alameda Professional Child Care Association, and Valley Family Child Care Association. We're excited to see you soon!

✏️ Professional Development Opportunity: Please click on the link below if you are interested in receiving professional development hours, for attending this screening. You must have an account with the California Early Care and Education Workforce Registry.

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MAKE A CIRCLE Screening

From an award-winning filmmaking team, MAKE A CIRCLE follows a group of child care providers who are determined to change how our society values the education of its youngest citizens. With a mix of humor, outrage, and passion, MAKE A CIRCLE captures the unfolding stories of Patricia, a leader of the California child care workers union, as she fights on behalf of a largely immigrant workforce; Charlotte, another union member who tirelessly lifts up the low-income families in her care; and Anne, the director of a large preschool, who finds novel ways to value and support her teachers when jobs at Starbucks are offering higher pay. Within their stories are interludes that offer a cinematic window into the unique, imaginative world of the young children in their care. The film culminates as thousands of child care union members march on their state capitol demanding better working conditions, just as their contract is set to expire. Weaving together the magic they create in the classroom, the struggles they endure at home, and their tireless activism for their profession, MAKE A CIRCLE is a moving portrait of life as an early childhood educator and a promising blueprint for fixing our broken child care system.

Host or Publisher First 5 Alameda County