Melissa Van Bergen 4/7/25 Melissa Van Bergen 4/7/25

NAEYC Week of The Young Child 2025

Melissa Van Bergen 3/31/25 Melissa Van Bergen 3/31/25

Cesar Chavez Day March 31

Melissa Van Bergen 2/20/25 Melissa Van Bergen 2/20/25

The other talk

Melissa Van Bergen 1/25/25 Melissa Van Bergen 1/25/25

Embracing Cultural Work

Melissa Van Bergen 10/8/24 Melissa Van Bergen 10/8/24

(From the TOJC Archives) What does it mean to be an ally?

Melissa Van Bergen 7/23/24 Melissa Van Bergen 7/23/24

Representation

Grace Bounds 6/6/23 Grace Bounds 6/6/23

Books for Children about Skin Color

Grace Bounds 3/28/23 Grace Bounds 3/28/23

Let’s Hear From the Kids

A new poem from Katie Kissinger!

At Threads of Justice Collective, we believe that cultural work and cultural organizing are central elements of liberatory education and anti-oppression work. It is everybody's work. In our use of cultural work, we are drawing on the ideas of Paolo F

Join Threads of Justice Collective in our series: White People's Work. A 3-session introductory series for White people who want to focus on their role in anti-racism, anti-oppression work.
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Join us in this series that will then inspire and empower

It was such a pleasure to be a part of NW Regional's Provider Appreciation Event and talk with Early Childhood Professionals about the importance of representation in early literacy.
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#inclusion #inclusiveclassrooms #teacher #eceteachers #e

We are so grateful for all of you that are committed to anti-bias/anti-oppression work with children, families and ECE professionals. This year has been one of TOJC's busiest yet! In May alone we have had 5 workshops, posted blogs, and are collaborat

Anti-Bias Leadership Seminar! We are halfway through this spring's ABLS! Together we are diving deep into identity work, action planning and taking meaningful steps towards a more just and inclusive future for children!
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This work is ongoing! Parti

Warming up for tomorrow's workshop with Oregon Infant Mental Health Association with the next session of Building Anti-Racist Learning Spaces and an incredible view!
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#inclusion #inclusiveclassrooms #teacher #eceteachers #ecematters #earlyl

This past weekend we wraped up a 9 hour anti-bias workshop series. Threads of Justice Collective was so grateful to be a part of such an impactful collaboration - supporting hundreds providers to dive more deeply into anti-oppression work with childr

This week as we enter NAEYC's Week of the Young Child, we are reflecting on what action we can take against the increasingly oppressive and dangerous ideas and actions across our country.
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What acts of resistance are you taking?
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Our society does

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