Our Mission
Parent Voices Oakland (PVO) is a parent-led, Black-led grassroots organizing and advocacy organization based in Oakland and serving families across Alameda County. We advocate for universal child care. We defend Head Start and federal child care funding against attacks targeting immigrant families. We advance Black maternal and infant health equity. And we develop the parent leadership pipeline that turns families on subsidies into the commissioners, candidates, and campaign leaders shaping the policies that affect their lives.
The mission of PVO is to make universal child care available to all families, and to organize, support, and cultivate parents and caregivers in becoming life-long advocates for their children. PVO’s programs are developed to expand local, state, and federal resources for a child care delivery system that is comprehensive, community-driven, and provides support for children and families universally. Through community organizing, parent education and leadership development, coalition building, and civic engagement, PVO elevates the visibility of low-wage working families who cannot afford the full cost of child care, and builds their power to change the systems that have failed them.
