SXSW EDU 2025
Disarming Stigmas for Early Ed Equity in BIPOC Communities
Description:
Discover insights from a successful initiative in Brownsville, New York City, that increases uptake of necessary early childhood special education interventions through confronting hesitancy and stigmas in Black and Brown communities. This case study leverages community engagement and mindset shifts around child development, highlighting how addressing stigma among marginalized groups significantly improves early learning. Leave with a replicable blueprint for clarifying challenges, disarming stigmas, and supporting communities and families to achieve equity across early childhood education.
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Takeaways
- A blueprint that can be replicated for marginalized communities across the country to increase uptake of any education or human service.
- New perspectives on stigmas, how they come about, and how to use relational tactics to disarm stigmas, particularly around child development.
- Recognize and develop practices for community-first local and systemic change within early childhood education and beyond.
Speakers
- Rebecca Charles, Early Childhood Program Officer, Robin Hood Foundation
- Danielle "Danny" Herring, Early Intervention Ambassador, United for Brownsville
- Carlos F. Rosales, Director of Community Engagement, Citizens' Committee for Children (CCC)
Organizer
Rebecca Charles, Early Childhood Program Officer, Robin Hood Foundation
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