Welcome to our Calendar of Events!
This calendar includes opportunities for learning and connection from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center, the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families, and several other organizations across Wisconsin. (NOTE: Opportunities from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center are noted with a blue ribbon on the calendar below.)
–> Find training and event flyers here.
–> For a complete listing of Regional Events and Support Groups, please visit the Wisconsin Family Connections Center Eventbrite Page.
–> Find support group flyers here.
–> For information about Recorded Webinars, Upcoming Live Webinars, Courses, and Conferences, please visit the Champion Classrooms.
Events are added as information is made available to us. If you’d like to share an upcoming event with us, please contact us at info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org.
Workshop: Nurturing a Positive Racial Identity in Multiracial Children (9/18)
Why is a positive racial identity important for multiracial children? How do they see themselves, how do others see them, and why might that matter in racial identity development? What can and should caregivers do to foster a healthy racial identity for mixed kids?
Join Embrace Race for a 2-hour workshop to explore these questions. Participants will deepen their understanding of multiracial children’s experiences and identity development based on social science research, reflect and share about their own racial journeys and the multiracial children they care for, and practice relevant skills. This workshop is for any caregiver who plays a meaningful role with a multiracial child or children, either at home, in the classroom, or in other spaces. Parents, guardians, educators, and all caregivers welcome!
Meet the workshop facilitators
- Melissa Giraud is the co-founder and co-director of EmbraceRace and identifies as multiracial (Black/White), daughter of immigrants from Dominica and Quebec. Melissa has spent a lifetime trying to center the voices, experiences, and concerns of children and families, with a particular interest in immigrant kids of color and first-generation children.
- Dr. Nicol Russell has worked as an early childhood classroom teacher, school administrator, childcare director, and at state-levels in the Department of Education and the Department of Special Education. She is passionate about being a voice for Indigenous, Black, and other children of color who are often excluded, neglected, or otherwise overlooked. Nicol identifies as multiracial (Native Hawaiian and Black).
