SOCIAL CHANGE Committee at San Diego AEYC
“We believe that social change starts with the individual. The individual is a pebble that makes ripples in the community waters. By working together, we can make waves that will create change that benefits all.” -Julia Childs Andrews
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Our Role
The SDAEYC CSC is committed to promoting positive social change through increasing awareness of social issues and promoting anti-bias, inclusive, peaceful practices in the early childhood care and education field.
Our commitment is fulfilled through facilitating opportunities for education, advocacy and collaboration with individuals, organizations and community initiatives affecting the early childhood care and education field.
Our Focus 
- Anti-Bias Education
- Equity and Diversity
- Peace and Non Violence
- Advocacy
Our Foundation
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards:
“Anti-bias, antiracist (ABAR) education supports all children’s full development in our multiracial, multilingual, multicultural world and gives them the tools to stand up to prejudice, stereotyping, bias, and eventually to institutional ‘isms’.”
(Derman-Sparks, Edwards, 2010)
Excerpt from Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards:
Anti-Bias Education Goals
Goal One: Nurture every child's construction of knowledge, confident self- identity and group identity.
Goal Two: Promote each child's comfortable, empathetic interaction with people from diverse backgrounds.
Goal Three: Foster each child's critical thinking about bias.
Goal Four: Cultivate each child's ability to stand up for herself or himself and for others in the face of bias.
(Derman-Sparks, Edwards, 2010)
For Children:
All Kinds of Children: Norma Simon
The Barefoot Books of Earth Tales: Dawn Casey and Anne Wilson
Big Boy: Tololwas Mallel
Black Like Kyra: Judith Vigna
Chidi Only Like Blues: An African book of color: Ifeoma Oryefulu
Chinese Children’s Favorite Stories: Mingmei Yip
Corn Rows: Camille Yarbrough
The Dragon Prince: Laurence Yep
Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories: Retold by Liana Romulo
Grandmother’s Stories: Wise woman tales from many cultures: Retold by Burleigh Muten
I Am America: Charles R. Smith, Jr.
I Have Heard of a Land: Joyce Carol Thomas
Hey You! C’mere: A poetry slam: Elizabeth Swados
In Daddy’s Arms: I am tall: Javaka Stoptoe
Is There Really a Human Race?: Jaime Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
It’s OK to be Different: Todd Parr
Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories: Florena Sakade
Kevin and His Dad: Irene Smalls
Let’s Talk About Race: Karen Barbar
Many Nations: An alphabet of Native America: Joseph Bruchac
My Granny Went to Market: Stella Blackstone
Nos Fuimos Todos de Safari: Laurie Krebs
The Princess and the Pea: Radd Isadora
Samsara Dog: Helen Manos
Shades of Black: Sandra Pinkney
The Smile That Went Around the World: Patrice Korst
The Spirit of the Maasai Man: Laura Berkeley
Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop: Margaree King Mitchell
We All Have a Heritage: Sandy Lynne Holman
What a Wonderful World: Ashley Bryan
What is Your Language?: Debra Leventhal
For Adults:
Anti-bias Curriculum: Tools for empowering young children: Louise Derman Sparks and the A.B.C. Task Force
Anti-bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves: Louise Denman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
Can We Talk About Race?: Beverly Daniel Tatum
Celebrate! An anti-bias guide to enjoying holidays in early childhood programs: Julie Bisson
Children’s Human Rights: Mark Ensalaco and Linda Majka, Editors
Courageous Conversations About Race: Glen Singleton and Curtis Linton
Cultural Intelligence: A guide to working with people from other cultures: Brooks Peterson
Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: Eleanor Lynch and Marci Hanson
Diversity in Early Care and Education: Honoring differences: Janet Gonzalez-Mena
The Fifth Anti-Coloring Book: Susan Striker
From Conflict to Peace Building: The power of early childhood initiatives: Paul Connolly and Jacqueline Hayden with Diane Levin
Getting it Right: Linda Espinosa
Patterns of Culture: Ruth Benedict
Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Paulo Freire
Practice in Building Bridges: Intisar Shareef and Janel Gonzalez-Mena
Raising Cain: Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson
Raising Kids Who Will Make a Difference: Susan V. Vogt
Reaching Up for Manhood: Geoffrey Canada
Remote Control Childhood?: Diane Levin
Rules for Radicals: A pragmatic primer to realistic radicals: Saul Hinsky
Teaching/Learning Anti-Racism: Louise Deiman-Sparks and Carol Brunson Phillips
The War Play Dilemma: Diane E. Levin and Nancy Carlsson-Paige
What if All the Kids are White?: Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia Ramsey
White-Washing Rage: Michael Brean, Martin Camoy, et al.
A World of Difference: Carol Copple, Editor