Regional DEY Childhood Defenders Working Group Application

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Are you interested in working more closely with DEY? Join a DEY Regional Childhood Defenders Working Group: A community of ECEC advocates restoring the link between high quality and child development. If you are interested and located in one of the six regions, please complete this form. If you don't see a regional group for your area, stay tuned as we hope to launch more groups in the future.

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Below is a list of the regional groups and their goal. Please indicate which group you wish to join (you must work or live within that geographical location). *

Kentucky Area Working Group: Co-Facilitators Michele Hemenway Pullen and Hans Petersen: Group Focus-In the state of Kentucky and city of Louisville broad conversations and policymaking is happening directly impacting this mission in the formation of “Universal Pre-K ” services. This group will focus on lifting voices to ensure that those in positions of power consider all those impacted by their decisions, most important, the children themselves.

Massachusetts Working Group: Co-Facilitators Suzanne Stillinger and Aidn White: Group Focus: As a group we want to work on identifying and addressing barriers practitioners face in being able to provide developmentally-appropriate, culturally competent and responsive education and care, including the role of neuroscience and neuro types and how we inadvertently introduce and reinforce biases in our classrooms and within our communities.

California Working Group: Co-Facilitators Dana Cox and Lisa Gerber: Group Focus- Our goal is to facilitate conversation and advocacy opportunities that connect to the DEY mission and vision, particularly as CA expands to Universal Preschool.

Greater Chicago Area Working Group: Co-Facilitators Kisa Marx and Angela Fowler: Group Focus- Our focus is to collaborate with educators to develop a Children’s Charter of Rights in conjunction with children. This Charter will prioritize community engagement, child-centered play, and recognize the value of all children’s participation as global citizens.

Tennessee Working Group: Co-Facilitators Annie Paraison and Zoe Mathews: Group Focus- The TN DEY Workgroup is focusing on Early Childhood Education workforce development. We hope to develop intentional and measurable goals with our group members to advance ECEC in Tennessee.

New Hampshire Working Group: Co Facilitators Ellen Grudzien and Jackie Firmin: Group Focus- Early Childhood Educators gathering to work toward creating a developmentally appropriate environment for children in New Hampshire while working with community leaders, decision makers and leadership to pave a bright future in quality care.

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