Who We Are

Threads of Justice Collective (TOJC) is a unique collective organization that works hard to practice shared (non-hierarchical) leadership that addresses power dynamics that threaten our efforts for equity and inclusion.

We started as a volunteer collective and have collaborated with a number of partners, including with Social Venture Partners (SVP) to build our capacity to reach more people.

TOJC brings Decades of experience and focus as practitioners in early-childhood anti-bias work across multiple areas:

Trainers of practitioners who work with children and families, including center-based and family child care programs, Head Start, Family Nursery program, home-visiting programs

Trainers of practitioners who work with children and families, including center-based and family child care programs, Head Start, Family Nursery program, home-visiting programs

Consultants and coaches to rural and urban programs, locally and nationally

Consultants and coaches to rural and urban programs, locally and nationally

Advocates for underrepresented and marginalized people through participation on local and national committees to impact policy and practices surrounding anti-bias work.

Advocates for underrepresented and marginalized people through participation on local and national committees to impact policy and practices surrounding anti-bias work.

Classroom teachers of children ages birth-college

Classroom teachers of children ages birth-college

Writers of children’s books, articles and adult books focused on anti-bias topics.

Writers of children’s books, articles and adult books focused on anti-bias topics.

Activists for social justice in the lives of young children from diverse racial, gender, socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic, ability backgrounds.

Activists for social justice in the lives of young children from diverse racial, gender, socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic, ability backgrounds.

Ability to create institutional change and buy-in of Directors, Education Coordinators and other administrative staff in ECE settings as well as Policy Makers at the local and State level. We try to engage participants in understanding and dismantlin

Ability to create institutional change and buy-in of Directors, Education Coordinators and other administrative staff in ECE settings as well as Policy Makers at the local and State level. We try to engage participants in understanding and dismantling patterns of oppression and patterns that keep the status quo in place.

Evidence-based knowledge and lived experience that addresses the full spectrum and the intersection of identities impacted by bias, discrimination, and oppression (gender/gender expression, socio economic status, skin color, culture, language, religi

Evidence-based knowledge and lived experience that addresses the full spectrum and the intersection of identities impacted by bias, discrimination, and oppression (gender/gender expression, socio economic status, skin color, culture, language, religion, sexual orientation, family structure, and able-ness) – We address all of these social identity categories in our work.