Episode 7 - Creating Early Learning Spaces that Promote, Protect, and Preserve Black Cultures and Histories

In this episode, host and project PI Ed Greene asks Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka about ways to create STEM- and climate-related children’s media that promotes, protects, and preserves Black cultures and histories. Dr. Iruka also mentions resources that can be leveraged in support of creating child-centered climate change solutions:

• Effects of Racism on Child Development: Advancing Antiracist Developmental Science – a report describing the Racism + Resilience + Resistance framework (R3ISE) and how it can be used to ensure equity in educational opportunities for racially and ethnically minoritized children. 
• Impact of Racism on Black Children’s Health: Advancing Protection, Promotion, & Preservation Policies – a presentation on how the R3ISE model can be used to support the healthy development of Black children from birth through childhood.
• Black Child National Agenda: America Must Deliver on its Promise – an agenda that identifies policies and practices for ensuring that Black children and their families are protected from racism, discrimination, and inhumane material hardships.
• EmbraceRace – an organization dedicated to creating tools, resources, and discussion spaces that nurture resilience and joy in children of color, and that allow young children of all stripes to think critically about race and racial inequality. 
• Talking About Race with Children – a research brief that offers practical guidance for helping young children deal with racism, stereotyping, and discrimination.