Black Joy in Early Childhood Education 

This interactive workshop will feature strategies for developing sustaining instructional practices for young  learners that center the humanity, identities, lived experiences, and joy of Black, indigenous, children of Color (BIPOC) and their families. As part of the workshop, we aim to highlight instructional strategies that counter one-dimensional perspective of the Black experience which root Blackness in stories of defined pain, suffering/trauma, and oppression. In contrast, the integrated early childhood curriculum featured in this presentation will showcase the joy that Black people have experienced in every point in history. Our intent is not to erase the reality of Black history or the Black experience, but rather to provide balance in how the pain, achievement, atrocities, victory, oppression, and joy are reflected in the stories of people of color. 

Presenters:

Dr. Crystal P. Glover

Uchenna Ebilah

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