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Race Racism Equity Diversity

[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="working-groups" el_class="side-nav"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_raw_html]JTNDaHIlMjAlMkYlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="image-space"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The Race, Racism, Equity and Diversity Working Group of the World Forum is new and under construction. We are in need of your thoughts, passion and a willingness to share your experiences as we together address injustices and prejudice in Early Childhood Education(ECE) where ever it exists in our world. As we increase an understanding of and an appreciation for difference, we must approach programmatic, systemic and policy changes which reflect a more just and equitable ECE society, starting with ourselves. Our collective energy will charge the change we seek and our willingness to think about structures that we have yet to see will be at the forefront of our work. When your color, your religion, your immigration status, your sexual preference,  your chosen identity, your gender or any other variable which may be seen as a barrier, consider joining us and helping us combat the social injustices that exist in our own local environment thus impacting across the world, making a better world for our children. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in being part of this work.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1682549396427{margin-top: 34px !important;padding-left: 38px !important;background-color: rgba(191,219,242,0.25) !important;*background-color: rgb(191,219,242) !important;}"][vc_single_image image="25039" img_size="250x250"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row...

Seen and Heard: Children’s Rights in Early Childhood

By Ellen Lynn Hall and Jennifer Kofkin Rudkin (foreward by Bonnie Neugebauer). Teachers College Press, 2011 Using examples from a Reggio-inspired school with children from ages 6 weeks to 6 years, the authors emphasize the importance of children's rights and our responsibility as adults to hear their voices. Seen and Heard summarizes research and theory pertaining to young children's rights in the United States, and offers strategies educators can use to ensure the inclusion of children's perspectives in everyday decisions....

Designing Inspiring and Effective Spaces for Children

Designing Effective and Inspiring Spaces for ChildrenArchitects, landscape architects, educators, and environmental advocates gathered in Rotorua, New Zealand, in March 2015, to explore and apply high-level universal principles necessary in designing effective and inspiring indoor and outdoor spaces for children. This report includes outcomes, provocations from Working Groups, our 3 global design projects, and a global gallery of spaces for children....