What does PCM do?
The Philly Children's Movement knows that families and schools are critical spaces for building racially just communities. We envision a world in which all people are liberated, whole, and valued. We work to dismantle racism, anti-Blackness, and White supremacy. Our organizing for racial justice happens in schools, community events, child-centered activism, and racial justice campaigns.
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Work with Schools
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Activism & Organizing
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Community Events
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Campaigns
PCM ACTIVE CORE
Tia Mathisen
Andrea Myers
Jen Bradley
Sam Gerlach
Luca Poxon
Testimonials
Latest news
Philly Children’s Movement in the News!
PCM has had a busy few weeks, speaking with both the Philadelphia Gay News and Ark Republic. We loved how the Philadelphia Gay News captured so much of what we’re excited to see in our new Organizing Director, Tara Rose Brown. And Tia and Tara teamed up together in the Ark Republic piece to sound[…]
Grant Support from the Greenfield Foundation
PCM would like to thank the Greenfield Foundation for a generous General Operating Support grant we received earlier this year! This funding will support our workshops in schools and in the community, our Radical Little Library, and child- and family-centered activism events and campaigns. The Greenfield Foundation funds innovative programs that further the following three[…]
Talking with Kids about Race Caregiver Workshop
The ‘Talking with Young Kids about Race’ is a workshop for parents, teachers, and caregivers of young children aged 0-8 years old. This is a minds-on, participatory workshop with time to learn, share, and discuss strategies and opportunities for talking with young children about race. Facilitators will share resources on both adult racial identity development[…]
PCM Winter 2023/24: What lyric does the world need to hear?
Radical Morning Meeting PCM has been busy this winter! Working with Partners In School Innovation, we are deep into our partnership with four elementary schools in the School District of Philadelphia. The photo above is part of our Radical Morning Meeting coaching work in first grade at the Alexander Adaire Elementary School, where PCM coach[…]
PCM this fall!
After a season of: filling our Radical Little Library with summer reads that offered readers windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors (Rudine Simms-Bishop), working with families to disrupt book bans, and joyfully resisting and dancing away hate in Philadelphia, PCM has spent the fall supporting schools, families, and partner organizations across the city. Here’s a[…]
Fabulous Families for Freedom! Dancing, chalking, and cheering Moms for Liberty Away
“It’s so, so important to see other people like you in books. It’s so important to see pictures and stories about people who you can say ‘hey, I’m like them, that’s awesome! They’re cool, I’m cool, this is amazing,’” Oona, a fiery tween, told the crowd of close to 200 people, as they stood up[…]
PCM Summer: Protests, Kids Against Hate, #teachtruth, and more!
PCM has been busy the past two months working in solidarity with a whole host of amazing Philly-based activist organizations to fight Moms for Liberty and their impending “Joyful Warriors” summit. We’ve partnered with old and new friends from ACT-UP, BAR-WE, Philly Family Pride, COLAGE, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Zinn Education Project, Black Lives Matter at[…]
Thank you, Resist!
We would like to thank the RESIST grant-making panel for supporting our work again this year! Your theory of change and continued support of grassroots racial and social organizing is so very important us at PCM and to the communities we serve. We are honored to be recognized alongside so many other wonderful collectives and[…]
Stop Moms for Liberty! Banning Books, Banning Children’s Rights
What’s going on? Maya Angelou. Stan Berenstain. Judy Blume. John Green. Children’s and young adult books by these beloved authors are just a handful of the 1,648 titles banned from schools last year with claims ranging from pornography to making white kids uncomfortable. These are far from arbitrary or isolated incidents– the image of a[…]
Harriett’s Bookshop, Ibram X Kendi, and… PCM!
In September, Jeannine Cook (a founding member of PCM and owner of Harriett’s Bookshop) invited PCM to take part in an evening with Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning, Antiracist Baby, and How to be an Antiracist. Kendi’s stunning new children’s book, Magnolia Flower, is an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s short[…]