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To eliminate barriers, staff and leaders in early childhood systems <br />must enhance capacity and skills to challenge racism and bias and <br />provide a welcoming and respectful environment for families. <br />ACTIONS <br />1. Commit to challenging racism through equity - <br />driven parent engagement and leadership <br />strategies. <br />4. Provide training for staff to reflect on and navigate <br />through issues of race, power and privilege in <br />relationship to families. <br />2. Ensure that the existing workforce is committed 5. Build the knowledge, skills and capacity of policy <br />to race equity and parent leadership and they have makers and system leaders to promote race equity <br />the needed knowledge, skills and support. and engage families <br />3. Be intentional about respecting, welcoming and <br />promoting parents as partners at all levels: as <br />their child's first teacher and best advocate; in <br />planning, implementing and evaluating programs; <br />in opportunities for leadership and advocacy. <br />r--" R",,I �P.... . ,., „i rq;mEo.K h"O!" --ltiy�am <br />EC LINC Page7 <br />