Healing, Justice & Joy: Building Courageous Community in Early Learning

Workshop Description
This interactive session invites early childhood educators to come together for real conversations about racial literacy, systemic racism, and racial equity in early learning. We explore how history shapes our systems and how we can intentionally center healing, justice, and joy in our classrooms and communities. Through reflection and connection, we move beyond awareness into everyday action. Change in early learning begins when we show up, listen deeply, and grow together.

Learning Objectives
Participants will...

1) Name specific ways systemic racism shows up in early learning settings (through curriculum, hiring practices, family engagement, discipline practices, etc.).

2) Practice using at least one concrete tool for examining racial equity in daily work

3) Identify one transformation in individual and organizational practice that centers healing, justice, or joy for children and families of color.
About the Presenter
CiKeithia Pugh (she/her) has a professional background in early learning community and family engagement. She has worked with communities of color to bring educational services to families, and is a trained and experienced Race and Social Justice facilitator. Her work includes leading conversations around race and working with systems level and grassroots community organizations to reduce racial disparities. CKeithia's work is featured in the fakequity blog, and she is also a facilitator with Equity Matters, a women of color consulting team who specialize in supporting organizations in the pursuit of racially just transformation. CiKethia holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from The Evergreen State College.

WA State Early Learning Professionals: Earn 2 hours of STARS credit for attending live!
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Please note! - Registration will close one day before this training (by 6:30pm on May 20th) to allow time for attendees to complete a pre-work assignment prior to joining the live event.

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Host or Publisher Hilltop Children's Center - Professional Development Institute