Author: meganprmadison
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JOC Growth & Power
Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a session for JFREJ’s Jews of Color Torah Academy! My session, JOC Growth & Power: Encountering and Navigating White Fragility was an opportunity for us to use our own experiences with white fragility as text to explore in chevruta study. For those who were able to join, it…
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2018 NAEYC Annual Conference
I’m really looking forward to this year’s NAEYC Annual Conference from November 14-17 in Washington, D.C. I’ll be presenting two workshops: Supporting Multiracial Children & Families (3 hour) 11/14/2018 from 8:15 – 11:15am at the Washington Convention Center Room 145B America is becoming more racially diverse and educators and other adults in children’s lives need the thinking and…
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Our Image of the Teacher
Last March, I traveled to Aotearoa New Zealand on a study tour hosted by Ijumaa Jordan and Eliana Elias. One of my most significant take-aways from this experience was thinking about our image of the teacher and how we communicate that image through the way we structure and facilitate professional learning. For example, when…
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Black Lives Matter in Early Childhood Education
It was such an honor to co-facilitate a workshop at this year’s Come Learn with Us Conference with Kate Engle! Having the entire day allowed us to dig deep into the history and complexities of anti-Black racism, while still having time to practice strategies for advancing racial justice in early childhood programs. Follow this Facebook…
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What can we do?
The practice of separating families at the U.S. border is human rights abuse. Here are some ways to take action: Share Letter Signed by NAEYC (and 540 other organizations) Attend a Rally Sign ACLU Petition Send Your Own Letter: Beth Blue Swadener and Mimi Bloch have drafted a sample letter that can be adapted for telephone…
Dr. Megan Pamela Ruth Madison 