Council on Addressing Racism in the Early Years: The Mission, Vision, and Work of CARE

The Council on Addressing Racism in the Early
Years (CARE) was established in the fall of 2024.
CARE brings together a multidisciplinary group of
researchers, practitioners, community advocates,
and policy experts to analyze, synthesize, and
communicate what current evidence tells us
about the effects of racism on children’s everyday
lives. In this session, participants will learn about
the Racism + Resilience + Resistance Integrative
Study of Childhood Ecosystem (R 3 ISE)
framework, the underpinning of CARE by
highlighting how racism permeates the everyday
lives of young children and their families while
also emphasizing the cultural wealth families have
that can promote children’s health, learning, and
overall well-being.

Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is an award-winning tenured professor in the Department
of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health and
the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter
Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Dr. Iruka is leading projects and initiatives focused on ensuring that
minoritized children and families and those from low-income households thrive
by attending to their sociocultural contexts and assets. Dr. Iruka has authored
over 100 books and papers and has given over 300 talks addressing systemic
inequities and advancing research and action on the well-being of children and
families. She serves on numerous national and local boards and committees,
including the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the
American Psychological Association’s Board of Educational Affairs, the National
Science Foundation, and the Lancet Commission on Racism and Child Health. In
addition to being a Census Advisor for the National Urban League.

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