Black Child Development- Carolinas

We are grateful for our partnership with the Alliance Center for Education and the warm welcome they have extended to our STEAM into Summer! Camp community.

Together, we are creating a summer filled with literacy, exploration, creativity, and joy for children and families. Strong partnerships make strong communities, and we are excited about the impact we can create together.

Thank you, Alliance Center for Education, for opening your doors and sharing in this vision. When we work together, children thrive. 💜💙🖤💛

Our counselors are gearing up and getting ready to !Camp with some awesome new titles!!!! First week of !




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New York and North Carolina friends! MAKE A CIRCLE is coming to a community screening near you. Visit our website for detailed screening info!

☀️ FREE Summer Meals are coming to Dorchester County! 🍎🥪🥛

This summer, we're making sure children ages 4–18 have access to healthy meals while school is out.

📅 June 15 – July 20
⏰ Every Monday | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (while supplies last)
To participate, text 📱 803.760.8278 and sign up by June 9.

A huge thank you to our partners and sponsors, New Jerusalem Triumphant Church and Dorchester County First Steps, for helping support children and families in our community.

Together, we're helping kids stay nourished, active, and ready for a great summer! 💙💚

Our hearts are full! 💜💙🖤💛

Reeshemah Hall-Norris,

We are grateful to Academy – Eastfield for inviting us to serve your scholars and families. It was our honor to provide literacy kits and book bags to all four MECK Pre-K classrooms and help place more books and learning tools into the hands of young readers.

Thank you for your partnership and for all you do to nurture the brilliance, curiosity, and potential of every child. Together, we are building a stronger foundation for lifelong literacy and learning.

Free Screening Event PBS North Carolina proudly presents — MAKE A CIRCLE Screening, Discussion and Q&A plus Early Educator Community Resource Fair

Representation in children’s literature is not a luxury. It is a lifeline.
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When children see themselves reflected in the pages of a book, they begin to understand that their stories matter, their voices belong, and their brilliance deserves space in the world. Books become mirrors that affirm identity and windows that expand empathy.

For Black children especially, culturally responsive and inclusive literature helps nurture confidence, language, imagination, and a deep sense of belonging. It reminds our babies that they are more than statistics, stereotypes, or struggle narratives. They are inventors, dreamers, artists, leaders, healers, and Afro-Genius in motion.
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Every child deserves to turn a page and find joy.
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Every child deserves stories that honor the fullness of who they are.
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Every child deserves to be seen.
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This Pride Month and every month, we celebrate books that create space for children to live authentically, love freely, and grow boldly. Because representation does not divide children, it helps save them from invisibility.
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Something powerful happened when community gathered in the same room with a shared commitment to children and families. 💜💙🖤💛

We are still reflecting on the rich conversation, courageous voices, meaningful connections, and collective vision that emerged from our recent coalition meeting. Parents, educators, advocates, and community partners came together not just to talk about change but to organize for it.

Why?

Because every child’s brilliance deserves systems willing to see it, protect it, and nurture it. 💜💙🖤💛




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