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Start with equity: Fourteen priorities to dismantle systemic racism in early care and education

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The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police in the Spring of 2020, and the continuous stream of police violence experienced by Black Americans for generations, coupled with the disproportionately negative impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, has thrust this nation into another moment of racial reckoning. Protestors, led by Black Americans, have forced open an opportunity for meaningful, systemic, and sweeping change that can bridge long-standing disparities in access to resources and opportunity in the United States. The fight against systemic racism is not new. We stand on the shoulders of our foremothers and fathers. But the work is unfinished and requires a continued commitment to change. The transformative change we seek requires identifying, with specificity and concreteness, the manifestation of systemic racism in our ECE system and implementing policies to dismantle it. It is against this backdrop that the Children’s Equity Project, with funding from the Heising Simons Foundation, and in partnership with the Equity Research Action Coalition, the National Black Child Development Institute, the Council for Professional Recognition, the National Indian Child Care Association, the National Head Start Association, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, The Education Trust, and the Build Initiative, is issuing a new resource that names 14 critical priorities to advance equity in the ECE system. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Country:
United States

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