Childcare Services & Support

Childcare Services

In line with our mission and commitment to enacting a feminist ethic, the NWSA proudly offers professional childcare services for participants on-site when convening our Annual Conference. Professional childcare services are facilitated by local, licensed, and insured providers that specialize in childcare for events like our Annual Conference and are available to members with dependents between the ages of 6 months and 12 years old. 
The Association subsidizes the cost of childcare for attendees in order to meet the needs of our membership and attendees as well as implement as many conference services that allow your full participation throughout our time during the Conference. Attendees are required to pre-register and pre-pay for on-site childcare in order to secure services.

2024 Annual Conference Childcare Partner

Each year the Association works with a local childcare provider to enable accessible and prorated childcare for Annual Conference attendees. This year our Detroit partner is Children at Play and services are available Thursday-Saturday from 7:30 AM ET - 6 PM ET and on Sunday 7:30 AM - 3PM ET. These services are available to members who pre-registered and pre-paid for their child(ren). Due to our COVID-19 protocols, we only allow our Children at Play team members to facilitate the space.

 *Parents are responsible for providing: meals, snacks, and drinks for their child as well as all child care items, such as diapers and extra change of clothes. A refrigerator will be available in the childcare room. Please do NOT bring any food items with nuts.

Please note that registration closes on October 13th, 2024.

Register for Childcare 

Enter Reservation ID: 10013

Payment Process

The National Office coordinates with Children at Play to confirm your requested care hours, ensuring accurate invoices are sent for payment within one week of the Annual Conference start date (Thursday November 14, 2024).

2024 Presenter Requirements and Resources

Each year, the Association hosts our Annual Conference - drawing over 2000 attendees interesting in the expanding scholarship and activism that shapes our interdisciplinary field. Should your conference proposal be accepted into our program, NWSA requires presenters to adhere to particular requirements and expectations. 

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I see children, all children, as humanity's most precious resource, because it will be to them that the care of the planet will always be left.

~ Alice Walker

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