Love the Skin They Are In and Practice/Skill-building Session
Jan 29, 2025 8:30PM—Feb 05, 2025
Location
ONLINE: Eastern Time (USA, Canada)
Cost $20
Event Contact Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America | Email
Categories Children's Activities, Eastern Region US, Education-Waldorf-Steiner, Lecture - Presentation, ONLINE, Workshop
TWO-PART OFFERING…
PART 1 – Love the Skin They Are In: Fostering Healthy Racial Identity Development in the Young Child
January 29, 2025, at 3:30 pm HT, 5:30 pm PT, 6:30 pm MT, 7:30 pm CT, 8:30 pm ET
PART 2 – Practice and Skill-building Session
February 5, 2025, at 3:30 pm HT, 5:30 pm PT, 6:30 pm MT, 7:30 pm CT, 8:30 pm ET
Part 1 – In this follow-up session to our April 2024 presentation on the same topic, Early Childhood teacher and Waldorf alum Keelah Helwig will help parents and caregivers understand and support healthy, age-appropriate racial identity development in young children. Drawing on research and decades of her own experience as a Waldorf student and teacher, Keelah will offer a framework to help adults reflect on racial identity and share practical exercises that help all students love the skin they are in. This two-part event includes a practice/skill-building session.
Part 2 – In the week following the presentation, Aiyana Masla and Masumi Hayashi-Smith of Alma Partners will lead practice sessions for participants to integrate what they have learned with Keelah. In these sessions, participants will have opportunities to connect in small groups, engage in reflective exercises, and collaboratively delve into problems of practice associated with Racial Identity Development and Anti-Bias Education.