National Black Child
Development Institute
The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) works
collaboratively with 27 communities around the U.S. to contribute to the
quality of lives of black children and their families through advocacy and
education. For instance, they have
worked to ‘’improve child welfare services, make universal early care and
education a reality, build family support services, press for educational
reform and provide vital information reading our children’s health’’
(‘’National Black Child Development Institute’’). The websites provides resources to families
about the importance of early childhood education by providing links that go
into detail about various initiatives and publications like T.E.A.C.H., child
welfare, early childhood education, health & nutrition, and literacy. The
website also provided me with insight about their annual conference that I feel
inspired to as an attempt to become more informed about the issues affecting
the quality of education black children are receiving due to the limited
resources in their communities. I feel
after attending the annual conference I will be a better advocate for black
children and their families because I will have a better understanding of what
is taking place in their local communities. Finally, NBCDI strongly recognizes
the pivotal role that all members of the black community play in addressing the
issue of equity and access in early childhood education.
National Association
of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
The National Association of Early Childhood Teacher
Educators is a group of professionals that have shared love for the early
childhood field. They focus on advocating
for the needed improvements in early childhood teacher education as well as provide
the needed network for early childhood educators. This website contributed to my insight as an
early childhood professional by providing me valid resources and publications
about current issues and trends affecting the field of early childhood
education. Finally, I also felt
compelled to become an active member.
Wow! The resources we have been
exposed to throughout my master program!
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I really loved the NCBDI article and insights! My children are biracial and my husband and I stresss the importance of education in our home and unfortunaltly the stigma place on black children with no education beyond high school. It is vey unfortunate that in today's society people still have prejuidices placed on other cultures based on skin color. I know for my children we are tring to raise educated black men who are successful and are involved. Let me know how the conference goes, it sounds very exciting!
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