GEEARS: GA Early Ed Alliance for Ready Students

GEEARS is growing! We’re seeking a Development Manager to expand our network of donors and funders, manage sponsorships, and support our fundraising events and campaigns. Is this your skill set? Are you passionate about the power and potential of early childhood? Click here to apply today! geears.org/about-us/caree…

It’s Election Day! Use this list to make sure you’re prepared as you head to the polls today. Click here to check your polling location and hours: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

Tomorrow (5/19) is Election Day. Georgia’s youngest children are counting on you! Click here to view your sample ballot, which lists every candidate and ballot measure you’ll vote on tomorrow: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

Georgia’s Primary Election Day is this Tuesday, May 19th. Your voice is their future. Click here to check My Voter Page for polling locations, sample ballots, and more: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

Family-friendly workplace practices are also business-friendly. Want proof? Check out our latest @SaportaReport column recapping our recent Leadership Forum. Speakers from @BestPlace4WP, the @USCCFoundation, and more mapped the clear connection between family-friendly policies and ROI. Click here to read! saportareport.com/recent-leaders…

TODAY is the last day to vote early. Click here to find your early voting locations and hours: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

The @MSRC_ATL launched at the @HighMuseumofArt, this morning with baguettes and spaghetti flying through the air! That’s what happens when your partner in promoting early literacy is the whimsical @alliancetheatre reading (and giving away!) their original picture book, “DINOSAUR!” Thank you to the early learning programs and families who brought their little ones to the most delightfully wild read-aloud in MSRC history and to all our other attendees: Our community partners and board members, @AtlSpeechSchool, Andrew L. Gray from @andreforatlanta, and Cristel Williams of our generous funder, @PNCBank. MSRC partners will spend the summer celebrating “DINOSAUR” with programming all over the city. Click here to learn more and find an event near you! geears.org/initiatives/ma…

The @MSRC_ATL's new season begins TOMORROW. Join us with your little ones at 10am at the High Museum of Art’s Hill Auditorium for our free launch event, featuring a read-aloud of this season’s roaringly good book, “DINOSAUR!” Every family will take home a free copy of the book, complete with a READ guide that helps adults maximize the early literacy benefits of reading with your child. Click here to register: high.org/event/mayors-s…

Family-friendly policies are a must-have for organizations aiming to hire and retain employees and boost productivity and profits. So, GEEARS and several partners recently cohosted a leadership forum full of stories and data about such polices and their serious ROI. We heard from @BestPlace4WP and the @USCCFoundation and awarded @alliancetheatre's innovative approach to child care for its artists. And we wrote about it all in our latest @SaportaReport column! Click here: saportareport.com/recent-leaders…

To show our community that #GANeedsChildCare, we’ve asked providers from around the state to share about their experiences, challenges, and needs. Kaitlyn Huffman, a lead teacher in a two-year-old class in Marietta, hopes for more training to help students who are on the autism spectrum or have other special needs. To hear more stories like Kaitlyn’s, click here: geears.org/ganeedschildca…

Next week, the @MSRC_ATL launches its 14th season! Bring your little ones to our kick-off event at 10am on Thursday, May 14th at the High Museum of Art’s Hill Auditorium. Admission is free and your family will bring home a free copy of this season’s book, “DINOSAUR!” We’d love to see you there. Register here: high.org/event/mayors-s…

GEEARS’ Senior Health Policy Manager was all over Atlanta today, making the most of Children’s Mental Health Week. She began at a downtown celebration, where CALi demonstrated taking a “P.A.W.S.” to ground yourself during big emotions. Next, she participated in a sweet (and literacy-boosting!) story hour at her daughter’s child care program. Children’s Mental Health Week culminates tomorrow. Access all its resources by clicking here: decal.ga.gov/Prek/Childrens…

Yesterday, dozens of employers gathered at the @atlchamber to explore a question: How can your organization become one of the best places for working parents in Georgia? This, not coincidentally, is the name of our recent initiative with the @GAChamber Foundation. Best Place for Working Parents®-Georgia offers employers inspiration and resources to strengthen their workplaces’ family-friendly policies. Over lunch, GEEARS and the Georgia Chamber Foundation joined forces with the Metro Atlanta Chamber and the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce to share ideas, absorb data and stories presented by Brittany Scott of the @USCCFoundation and @BestPlace4WP co-founder Sadie Funk, and honor @alliancetheatre with the BP4WP-GA Innovator Award. Want to learn how to make your workplace more family-friendly? Click here: bestplace4workingparents.com/georgia/

Kick off your little one’s bookish summer at the @MSRC_ATL's season launch! We’ll gather at 10am on May 14th in the High Museum’s Hill Auditorium for a read-aloud of this summer’s original story, “DINOSAUR!” Every child will take home a free copy of the book. You’ll also learn about the MSRC’s literacy-rich, partner-led programming, which happens all over Atlanta, all summer long. Click here to register for this free event! high.org/event/mayors-s…

Children’s Mental Health Week begins today! As longtime advocates for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, GEEARS welcomes @GADeptEarlyCare's annual celebration of the things families and early childhood professionals can do to help children develop social-emotional skills during their earliest, and most developmentally critical, years. Click here to see all the resources and activities CMHW has to offer: decal.ga.gov/Prek/Childrens…

Out latest newsletter is live! Check it out to learn about GEEARS’ new CEO, save the date for our Annual Luncheon, and apply to be an Early Childhood Changemaker. Click here: mailchi.mp/geears/april20…

Congrats to Mindy Binderman, our 2026 Early Childhood Champion Award recipient! 🎉 As founding executive director of @GEEARS, she led a statewide movement supporting early learning and healthy development for children birth to five. @GAEarlyEd