I had a renewed interest in the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), which can be found at http://www.nbcdi.org. Below, you will find a copy of their Mission and Vision statements:
MISSION
“For more than 40 years, the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) has been at the forefront of engaging leaders, policymakers, professionals, and parents around critical and timely issues that directly impact Black children and their families. We are a trusted partner in delivering culturally relevant resources that respond to the unique strengths and needs of Black children around issues including early childhood education, health, child welfare, literacy, and family engagement. With the support of our Affiliate network in communities across the country, we are committed to our mission ‘to improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and their families through education and advocacy.’ ”
VISION
“NBCDI envisions a society that ensures a successful future for all children.”
As I researched the website, I found that they are very passionate about policy, early care and education, health and wellness, family engagement, literacy and child welfare, not only for Black children, but children as a whole. I enjoyed their resources tab that offers free downloads, family toolkits, access to their prior newsletters (published semi-annually) and their most current policy brief.
What I recently found on the website that was of interest to me was their latest publication, “Being Black Is Not a Risk Factor: A Strengths-Based Look at the State of the Black Child”. This is very important to me because so many teachers and administrators blame the current state of education on a change in demographics instead of realizing that they should focus their efforts more on hiring educators that can relate and provide a source of identification to their students and to retrain those educators that have been on board to appreciate the diversity that has come in various forms.
My chosen topic for this week is gender diversity, specifically in the early childhood field. I did however, notice that some of the information within the individual tabs was old information, and that where there was once access or links to other helpful cites or resources, are no more. The new publication did provide some information that I could reference in my application assignment, but not much.
Reference:
Mrs. AngielenaECE 
Hello Angielena,
I agree with you, we need more of knowledge educator in the school system. I thank you for this information link. I will read it to learn more about National Black Child Development Institute.
Thank you for sharing.
Serena
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Very informational resource. I also see the need in focusing on the changing diversity as an important knowledge based factor in employing educators. We need to respect and support children’s identities and individual cultures. Thank you for the resource.
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Hello Angielena,
Thank for sharing, over the week I was able to read about the Child poverty from http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/index_childpoverty.html.
I am amazed from the information that was shared. As educator we need to learn more about this issue and found a way to help our students. I am happy we can share our resources together. Please read this one too.
Serena
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