Community Dialogue Co-Sponsored by EmbraceRace and ARPS on September 18

Charlottesville and the threatened end of DACA are only the most recent in a

seemingly endless series of potentially traumatizing racialized developments. Come hear from--and share insights, observations, and concerns with--other caregivers

working to support children in trying times.

Date: Monday, September 18, 2017

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Library, Amherst Regional High School

If you plan to attend the September 18th parent/guardian event co-sponsored by ARPS and the organization Embrace Race and will need childcare, please remember to contact Debbie Westmoreland at 362-1823 or westmorelandd@arps.org no later than Wednesday, September 13.

Click here for a printable flyer: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-2bHm-1AjRfSGJmY2s1bWYxNUE

Community Dialogue Co-Sponsored by EmbraceRace and ARPS on September 18

All are invited to an important community dialogue co-sponsored by ARPS and the local organization Embrace Race. The event will focus on providing a space for conversation and connection concerning the role parents/guardians play in supporting their children's responses to, and experiences of, recent national events such as that which recently occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

Please mark your calendars for Monday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m. and join us in the High School Library for this important conversation. If you want to come but will need childcare, please contact Debbie Westmoreland at 362-1823 or westmorelandd@arps.org no later than Wednesday, September 13. 

Learn more about Embrace Race through these resources:
10 Tips for Teaching and Talking to Kids about Race (Spanish)
10 Tips for Teaching and Talking to Kids about Race (English)

EmbraceRace Parenting Conversation on Tuesday, February 28 at 9 pm.

shared at the request of local non-profit EmbraceRace:

An *EmbraceRace conversation, Parenting in the Age of Trump, will occur on Tuesday, February 28 at 9 pm.  We will be joined by child psychologist Allison Briscoe-Smith. Many parents and educators from around the country have already signed up and submitted questions.

Register now to join or to receive the recording after the event.

*EmbraceRace is an online community of discussion and practice about raising and caring for kids, all kids, in the context of race. We'll have a web site, podcast, FB page, and other platforms, all forming an interactive community of support for those of us – parents, teachers, counselors, grandparents, day care providers, aunts and uncles – trying to raise kids with healthy racial sensibilities. Kids are very welcome too!

EmbraceRace is not only for parents! It's for anyone who has a role in the lives of children or anyone who might have useful information, insight, questions, concerns, or experiences to share w/them - about race, for example. In other words, the community is meant for a great many of us!