Contents
Foreword Mariana Souto-Manning?ix
Acknowledgments?xiii
Introduction?1
Mark K. Nagasawa, Lacey Peters, Marianne N. Bloch, and Beth Blue Swadener
Part I: EARLY YEARS SYSTEMS FRAGMENTATION AND INEQUALITY
1.?In This Moment . . . We Are Essential?11
Lucinda Heimer
2.?One Center, Two Programs: Finding Promise Within a Fragmented and Unequal Non-System?19
Louis Hamlyn-Harris
3.?Toward Transforming Fragmented and Unequal Early Years Systems?Recommendations?25
Jacqueline Jones
Part II: CENTERING ANTI-RACISM IN EARLY YEARS CONTEXTS
4.?Constellations of Care: Black Kith and Kin Home/ Place-Making Beyond the State Gaze?33
Ashley J. May
5.?Proactive, Not Reactive: Creating Anti-Racist Policies for Child Care Centers and Preschools?39
Kerry-Ann Escayg and Flora Farago
6.?Short- and Long-Term Policy Solutions Are Necessary to Address Inequities in Access and Affordability in the Early Years?47
Chrishana M. Lloyd and Julianna Carlson
Part III: FELT IN/EQUITIES IN THE EARLY YEARS: INFANT/TODDLER CARE AND EDUCATION
7.?Felt In/equities: The Status of Infant/Toddler Care?57
Barbara Milner
8.?Felt In/equities: The Status of Infant/Toddler Teachers?63
Emmanuelle N. Fincham
9.?Recognizing the Birth-to-3 Workforce as Educators?69
Emily Sharrock and Annie Schaeffing
Part IV: DE/PROFESSIONALIZATION
10.?Grounding Educators? Experiences, Perspectives, and Intellect in De/Professionalization Debates?77
Lea J. E. Austin
11.?Toward Equity in Professionalization Through Community- and Coalition-Building?83
Juliana Pinto McKeen, Fabiola Santos-Gaerlan, Alice Tse Chiu, and Wendy Jo Cole
12.?Toward Professionalization By the People?89
Betzaida Vera-Heredia
Part V: SUPPORTING THRIVING TEACHERS
13.?Don?t Train Me to Serve! Supporting Thriving Teachers Through Identity Development?97
Vanessa Rodriguez
14.?"I Want to Be Treated Like I?m Valuable": Advocating for Teachers? Humanity?103
Abbi Kruse
15.?Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk With Teachers?109
Lorraine Falchi and Cristina Medellin-Paz
Part VI: Whose Standards?
16.?Being Held to Whose Standards? Considering the Unique Experiences of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Children?119
Alexandra Figueras-Daniel and Stephanie M. Curenton
17.?Using Aesthetic Approaches to Meet and Challenge the National Standards: A Both/And Approach?127
Margarita G. Ruiz Guerrero and Carolyn Brennan
18.?"John Adams Didn?t Own Slaves": Culturally Affirming Standards, Assessments, and Curriculum?135
Evandra Catherine
Part VII: HONORING COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH
19.?Elevating the Cultural Wealth in Communities of Color: The R.I.C.H.E.R. Framework?Intersectionality Between Race and Place?143
Iheoma U. Iruka
20.?It Really Does Take a Village: Why Educators Need to Be Involved in Community Initiatives?151
Jaclyn Vasquez and Mark K. Nagasawa
21.?Mi Casita: How a School Can Exist to Meet the Needs of Children and Adults Alike?157
Eva Ruiz and Rafael (Rafa) P?rez-Segura
22.?Sustaining Our Futures Through Expanded Relations?163
Anna Lees
Conclusion: Now What? Our Call to Collective Action?169
Mark K. Nagasawa, Lacey Peters, Marianne N. Bloch, and Beth Blue Swadener
Index?185
About the Editors?193
About the Contributors?195