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

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Embracing Cultural Work

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(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!

Join us tomorrow for Giving Tuesday! threadsofjustice.org/donate
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So far, this year has been amazing and filled with so much growth, community, and learning! This year, among other workshops and events, we offered two sessions of our Anti-Bias Leade

Can't wait to see you at the Beat the Drum book reading coming up on Saturday! Join us at Chehalem Culutral Center (415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR 97132) room 201. Each family will get a free copy of the book, learn Chinuk words, and enjoy an afterno

Day 2!! We have been thrilled and honored to make so many connections and see so many important people in our community (in person!)! Can't wait for the collaborations and relationships that will grow from the connections made over the last few days!

Early Learning and Pyramid Summit! Today is our first full day at the Early Learning and Pyramid Summit. It has been so wonderful to have important conversations, make new connections, and see long-time friends!
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Our first Collective Gathering was a success! We had such a wonderful time with one another: getting to know each other, planning, dreaming, and bringing visibility to some of the big issues in our early childhood field. The conversation was so engag

Help the Threads of Justice Collective continue to offer high-quality anti-bias education that supports teachers, children, and families. Your sustaining donation will help with TOJC programs like our Emerging Facilitators cohorts and translating res

Yesterday was International Pronouns Day! Happy pronouns day, a friendly reminder that we can't tell someone's gender just by looking at them! Try speaking with children about gender and modeling introducing yourself and including your pronouns, aski

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day to all of our Native American friends and family!
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Check out our stories for resources, events, and children's books!
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Had a thoughtful helper today as we got to work creating our session for the upcoming NW Early Learning and Pyramid Summit! Hope to see you there to talk about the importance of naming anti-bias practice in the implementation of the Pyramid Model &am

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