Racial Justice: For Families and Children
Although cliche, it is never too young to start to shape the worldview and how we raise our children.
About
This is one of three parts in our Collection on Racial Justice.
For Families with Young Children
- Pinterest Boards Collections by The Jewish Education Project ECC and Family Engagement
- Books
- What is Jewish About Respecting Differences? | PJ Library
- Books for Kids About Anti-Racism | Book Revue, a local bookstore (with online shipping)!
- 31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance | Embrace Race list curated by The Conscious Kid and American Indians in Children’s Literature.
- 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race | EmbraceRace with MomsRising
- 100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child To Advance Racial Justice | Raising Race Conscious Children | Sachi Feris | RaceConscious.org
- Talking to Children About Racial Bias | Ashaunta Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS, FAAP & Jacqueline Dougé, MD, MPH, FAAP | healthychildren.org
- Anti-Biased Leaders in Early Childhood Education: A Guide to Change
- Stages of Children’s Racial Identity Development | Louise Derman-Sparks
- Anti-bias Article and Pledge | Living Our Commitments: A Pledge to All Children and Families | Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
- Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books
Rather than just a list, this guide helps to layout what to look for and consider.
- How Black Art Can Spark Conversations with Children | PBS
Dr. Aisha White is the director of the P.R.I.D.E. (Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education) Program at the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development.
Talking to Children
- Talking to Kids About Police Violence | Repair The World
A guide and resources for children of different ages.
- On COVID, protests, and supporting our kids! | EmbraceRace
Their recent newsletter highlights some of their most important resources. EmbraceRace was founded in 2016 by two parents (one Black, the other multiracial Black/White) to gather the resources and create the community they needed to meet the challenge of raising children in a world where race matters.
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Resources to help educators respond to issues of systemic racism within this country.
This guide highlights b’nai mitzvah models developed throughout North America that can spark innovation.
Congregation Emanu-El of NYC. 8th graders explore different ways of doing social justice including fundraising and philanthropy, community organizing and advocacy as well as the Jewish context for these approaches. They volunteer throughout the year.
Our Village takes a learner-centered approach in everything they do. Learners’ questions and concerns are the starting place for each lesson and faculty engage in comprehensive training to support this orientation. An essential component of this approach is the development of deep relationships
Congregation Tifereth Israel (CTI), Glen Cove, NY. CTI learners and their families participate in hands-on experiential learning. The curriculum focuses on Jewish values learned through our stories (both modern and ancient).
One of the successes of J-Life is that it continues to build community among parents. Most of the learners who started in kindergarten have stayed to continue going on to the upper grades. Parents express that they have a lot of fun participating in J-Life and that they enjoy coming to these experiences.