ECLOC Collaborative Intake Form

The Early Childhood Leaders of Color (EC LOC) Collaborative is a nationwide collaborative that is self-organized and self-determined focused on increasing the sustainability, social capital and power of EC LOC.

We are guided by five core principles:

Our programming is EC LOC-directed and organized by EC LOC, for EC LOC
We affirm the lived experiences of EC LOC
We respect and value the time, responsibilities, and emotional labor carried by EC LOC
We strive to offer value to the individual leader, their organization, and the broader early childhood ecosystem overall
We center liberation as the end goal

How you hope to engage

This community thrives in reciprocity, where we can both receive and contribute. Let us know how you hope to engage.

What excites you most about joining this community? What draws you in, lights you up, or feels especially meaningful about being part of the Collaborative?
(Examples: peer support, community building, collective healing, access to experts, etc...)

What kinds of support, resources, or connections are you hoping to receive through this space? This could be personal, professional, emotional, or systemic support—whatever feels most important right now.

What are you excited to offer to this community? Whether it’s your wisdom, your creativity, a listening ear, or your lived experience—what might you want to share, teach, or co-create?

(Don’t feel limited by these but some examples: facilitate virtual programming, workshops or communities of practice; host in-person meetups; moderate affinity group spaces; share resources)

About You

First Name

Last Name

Email

Street

City

State

Zip

Organization

Search for your organization and enter the name in full if it is not in the existing list.

Title/Role

Organization Website

Which area of Early Childhood does your organization's work most/primarily drive impact in?

Other Early Childhood area of impact:

Impact Metrics (pre-survey)

The following impact metrics were self-determined and co-created by the EC LOC Planning Committee as a way to capture the intended impact that the EC LOC Collaborative might have on individual members and the EC ecosystem as a whole. Prior to joining the EC LOC Collaborative as a leader in the field, rank you current level of agreement with the following statements.

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Social Capital: I have a community of peers I can lean on in Early Childhood.
Sustainability: I feel a sense of belonging and have space and time for rest and restoration.
Power: Early Childhood Leaders of Color are collectively standing in our power and shifting power back to ourselves and our communities

Thanks for your interest!

One last thing! We are currently re-designing our onboarding process this summer for the Collaborative.

As we implement feedback from our Onboarding Working Group, we will be pausing onboarding sessions and will re-open the Calendly link by August 1, 2025.

Apologies for any inconvenience and we hope to schedule your final Onboarding soon. If needed, please reach out with any questions to ecloc@promisestudio.org

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