27 June 2022
A Message From Our Executive Director - June 2022
As we close the month of June, many of us are experiencing transitions such as the end of the school year, when we honor a commencement or a new beginning.
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17 June 2022
Celebrating Freedom: Juneteenth
I am reminded of the fateful words of Frederick Douglass from a speech he delivered 170 years ago that still resonate very much in 2022 as African American and people of color in America continue the fight for the same equity and equality that this great abolitionist was waging in the mid-19th century.
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14 June 2022
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and culturally responsive practices
SEL and culturally responsive practices are inextricably linked. CASEL’s 5 Competencies encompass culturally responsive tenets such as cultural humility, positive identity development, inclusive curriculum, understanding systems of oppression, and creating welcoming and affirming environments.
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14 June 2022
Youth elevating the impact of BIPOC educators
Over the past few years, Whole Child Connection has been intentionally working to grow our partnerships with youth in our community.
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14 June 2022
Resources to support education for all ages and information about local events!
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilation Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
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14 June 2022
Reflection activities for the end of the school year
As we approach the end of another school year, taking time to reflect as educators and providing space and time for our students to reflect is important.
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14 June 2022
A summer recipe for healing and renewal, joy, and…staying in the fight! …What is your recipe?
I’m exhausted, how about you? As I sat down to write the quarterly letter to go out with our June newsletter, I found myself asking – what do people need to hear right now?
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8 June 2022
Broken Hearts: The Trauma of Racial Violence
Our hearts are broken for the city of Buffalo today, where a white supremacist opened fire at a Tops market on Saturday, killing 10 and injuring 3. Eleven of the victims were African American, including a 77-year-old grandmother who ran a food pantry, and an 86-year-old woman who was simply shopping for her husband who she is taking care of.
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8 June 2022
Grieving Buffalo
Unfolding is the grief, tragic loss, fear, anger, and pain from witnessing the racially motivated mass murder in Buffalo this weekend. We begin as we simply can - even when words fail to capture our feelings - by supporting one another, and by embracing our Western NY to world families left now to confront the horror of this act.
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