by familyvoices | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - BC - The Arts
The Arts and Justice Music, performing and art is in deep seeded in the blood of African Americans, brought over from Africa by their enslaved ancestors. In Africa, music and dance have long been used as a method of communication, in celebrations, in death and to tell...
by familyvoices | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - Tools - Cultural Growth
Anti Racism Tools – Trying Together As caregivers, community members, and early childhood educators, we have a responsibility to ensure each child, family, and caregiver is safe from racism and discrimination and has equitable opportunities to thrive. In order...
by familyvoices | Jan 18, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
Civil Rights Movement: Timeline & Events The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. The Civil War had officially...
by familyvoices | Jan 18, 2020 | FamU - Tools - Cultural Growth
Guide for Self/Organizational Assessment There are many benefits for disability organizations to engage in cultural and linguistic competence self-assessment. Such processes can lead to the development of a strategic or action plan with short-term and long-term goals,...
by familyvoices | Jan 18, 2020 | FamU - Bc - Slavery In America
The Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious...