In supporting of the values of the Keystone Kids Go work group outlined below, this page serves as placeholder for resources identified by members related to food equity, food insecurity, health disparities, and social and racial justice.
Values
Values
- Engage with integrity, trust and mutual respect
- Seek and respect the diverse values, perspectives and contributions of all members
- Listen to, learn from, and co-create solutions with children, staff, and families within the early childhood education community
- Consider ways in which social determinants of health contribute to disparities and inequities
- Commit to identifying and addressing implicit bias within personal and professional practice and dismantling systemic racism
- Invest in promoting health through early childhood and family support settings
- Collaborate to enhance and sustain agency-specific programming through partnerships and resource sharing
Documents
Advancing Equity Position Statement
| advancingequitypositionstatement.pdf |
An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the US Food System
| annotated-bibliography.pdf |
Community Engagement Toolkit
| community_engagement_toolkit.pdf |
Dismantling Racism in the Food System
| dismantling_racism.pdf |
Policy Brief: Leveling the Fields
| leveling-the-fields.pdf |
Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters: A Review of the Research
| research_review.pdf |
National Farm to School Network - Equity Resources
| nfsn_equity_resource.pdf |
State of Our Health - A Statewide Health Assessment of Pennsylvania
| pa_health_equity.pdf |
Iowa Farm to School and Early Care Coalition
| iowa_coalition.pdf |
Towards Equitable and Just Food Systems: Exploring Food Justice, Food Sovereignty, and Ending Food Apartheid Policy & Practice
| just_food_systems.pdf |
USDA Equity Action Plan in Support of Executive Order (EO) 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Under-served Communities through the Federal Government
| usda_action_plan.pdf |
Websites and Articles
Article: The Bias of Professionalism Standards: Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not privilege the values of white and Western employees and leave behind people of color.
Article: Policymakers Can Redesign the Early Childhood and Education System to Root Out Structural Racism: Children of color and their families are often marginalized and excluded from access to high-quality early child care and education (ECE). Never has this been so pertinent as amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which is disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic families, largely because of structural racism. But children and their families are not the only ones facing barriers. Nearly all child care workers are women. Most are women of color, who are paid less and have fewer professional development opportunities than their white counterparts.
Article: Policymakers Can Redesign the Early Childhood and Education System to Root Out Structural Racism: Children of color and their families are often marginalized and excluded from access to high-quality early child care and education (ECE). Never has this been so pertinent as amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which is disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic families, largely because of structural racism. But children and their families are not the only ones facing barriers. Nearly all child care workers are women. Most are women of color, who are paid less and have fewer professional development opportunities than their white counterparts.
Stakeholder Analysis
ECE Stakeholder Analysis
| ece_stakeholder_analysis.docx |
General Prevention Stakeholder Analysis
| general_prevention_stakeholder_analysis.docx |
Obesity Prevention Stakeholder Analysis
| obesity_prevention_stakeholder_analysis.docx |