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I try to tap into free resources. Many teachers bring resources as well!

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I try to tap into free resources. Many teachers bring resources as well!

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It’s important to reach out to your ECE colleagues—like this.

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It’s important to reach out to your ECE colleagues—like this.

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Another teacher  offers—“absolutely—we need to learn from collaboration with others.”
The pandemic gifted us with zoom opportunities a to attend workshops like this we wouldn’t able to before —local, state, National and international.

Also in our own neighborhoods we can learn about meeting people, elders and residents—food is a great place to start—crossing borders, building bridges, opening doors.

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need open minds to learn; people full of fear; fear of unknown; fear and lack of knowledge - see someone different in my neighborhood think theif - trauma; be part of church, schools; outside the box is the city

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Skin Tone Booklist - https://qualitystartla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Skin-Tone-Colorism-Booklist-1.pdf

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Through the efforts of our board, staff, and many professional community partners, Crystal Stairs, Inc. helps to enhance the quality of life for thousands of children and families in Los Angeles every day.

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PEACH Project Anti-Bias Anti-Racism Series - Quality Start Los Angeles

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PEACH 's Anti-Racism & Equity Working Group and QSLA have partnered to launch this new series " Using Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Practices to Support Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for BIPOC* Families in ECE."

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Anti-Bias Booklist - https://qualitystartla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Anti-Bias-Booklist.pdf

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get support from community; I am part of chamber of commerce; like to be involved in the community; community in my area is now anti-bias; volunteer; get flyers; involved in my community and share; very hard and very sensitive topics; as human - to break crack in human behavior - bias all around since beginning of time - need to education self in support break nonsense; education children to be kind and sensitive; hard topic because face so many challenges

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Taking advantage of the library and their books about bias for little kids. We also sometimes implement them in our lesson plans!

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Go to library and use resources

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Diverse Books - starting with the kids and then taking them to the families.

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Teaching for tolerance website and journal.

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I think one thing is using literature for children—available in classroom and to send home and access to library for families.
children’s literature provides a ‘gateway to any subject’!
One child in a teacher’s classroom is coming to school with light clothing in cold weather. Teacher has issue with communication with family about it. Others recommend—
Another teacher reported her issue is opposite that children come too bundled up:)!
That teacher said she responds to parent with observation—I noticed that he is cold (or hot) in the classroom.
The first teacher feels uncomfortable talking with family because they let their child come less dressed because she thinks the child is choosing his clothing and not dressing warm enough—so this issue and teacher’s discomfort is about parenting practices as well as health concerns for child.

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It's important to change parents' minds - because these are generational changes. As providers, we need to stop biases from continuing in children. Ex. Don't play with that child because of X bias. So we speak with the children around being respectful and inclusive to all.

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before day car - two families from different parts of Mexico and didn't like each other because different parts - different parts - I didn't understand that this was bias - the kids were find but one mom because history? from different parts of Mexico; keep outside school;

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The pandemic showed me the ugliness of humanity, and we can become a stereotype and/or ignorant. So I have made it a goal to be fierce, to face this ugliness and push against this harm. Ex. In doing an open house I offered, one family made a nasty comment about another. Sometimes this is ignorance and if we aren't careful, we will become divided. I had to be careful and show the other family that I respect them and don't tolerate discrimination against anyone. I think if we stand up for people who can't speak, we can counter violence. We need to break down the harm behind ignorance about differences.

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hard to know how to navigate and how to be effective as everyone has own learned experiences; takes time building relationships and building up the role to be effective at conversations on these topics

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During Community helpers, parent does not boys to play with dolls. Another parent does not celebrate holidays.

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comments some parents make about others - have to approach them about not hurting others feelings; try to talk to them; some of the big

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possibly doing including something in your policies and handbook procedures; information through newsletters; handbooks; incorporating something into parent meeting

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Where parents can get together and talk - getting to know each other and know each other; parents come with bias; bring things from home so know each other; put past hurts in the past

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One way we can stop bias is by inviting families to share their stories, their background - food, dress, language, etc. This can help us understand each other more and decrease confusion.

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Survey families, asking them to share their culture (books, recipies), how we can address bias in our programs

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way I am doing it is by having advance meetings through zoom; reaction from student as learning experience; small topic and acceptance by everyone

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Very hard topic as I see it, educating people is hard because we all have trauma. We become defensive. Even if we try to be neutral, we are judgmental by nature. Educating ourselves is one thing, but we have to be especially sensitive to this topic.