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The Moment
Growing Together: Building a Just Future
When we cultivate the values of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) in young children, we create steppingstones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy. Growing Together: For Children and Families is LFJ’s new series, with learning activities, stories and book recommendations for children.
Because stories can connect personal experiences to broader social issues, they can help children grow in understanding justice and recognizing and challenging injustice. And stories can offer models of ordinary people engaging in actions – even seemingly small steps – toward embracing inclusivity and rejecting hate and bias. This learning can begin a child’s journey toward helping to create a more just society.
We offer three new learning journeys in this series, along with a new page for reviews of children’s books and a collection of our Story Corner stories. These resources recognize that parents and caregivers play a powerful role in determining what children learn and in shaping children’s perspectives and our shared future. Educators can also use these activities in schools. We will continue to add new learning resources.
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Exploring Identity and Commonalities
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Celebrating African and Indigenous Cultures
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Connecting With Literature
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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The learning journeys and resources in this series can help us learn from our history and examine today’s justice issues to answer the questions: “How can I make a difference?” “How can we make a difference together?”