Framed through the 3Ps Framework of Protecting, Promoting, and Preserving, this presentation shares how families and children are experiencing the dual pandemics – COVID-19 and racism and leveraging their cultural wealth. This means that we must attend to child and family healthy supports, economic stability and mobility as well as equitable access, experiences, and outcomes for young children and their families. Participants will be asked to examine how they protect children and families from trauma and stress, promote their health, wealth, and educational excellence, and preserve their cultural identity, traditions, and language. This is especially pressing for Black families and their children and other marginalized groups. Participants will be asked to engage in the uncomfortable truths while recognizing the opportunity for transforming the early care and education to meet the needs of children, families, educators, and communities.