Interest in Sector Work: Childspace CDI was established as the non-profit arm of the Childspace organization, which includes Childspace Management Group (CMG), a model worker-owned company that operates three childcare centers. As one of three women who had children born within a month of each other and unable to find the type of care we wanted for our infant sons, we decided to open our own center. CMG began as a worker cooperative to address the low quality, dead end job that employed primarily low-income African American women in Philadelphia. Through worker ownership and by providing fair wages and benefits, such as paid sick leave and vacation, and eventually health care, CMG’s staff turnover rate is considerably lower than the industry average. We hope to continue to empower women, through training and advocacy work, to successfully manage their work place and raise the level of job and serve as a model in the industry.