In the 1970s, New York Times delivery trucks didn’t go to neighborhoods like Majora Carter’s.
Community Cultivators
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning nation—one community at a time—our Community Cultivators series highlights how innovators across all sectors build and sustain global communities from the ground up. We hope the series inspires your own early childhood work.
The Songs That Saved Mary Gauthier
A New Memoir, Plus Songwriting with Soldiers
“Music is very, very important for brain development,” Mary Gauthier states. “Especially when you sing together.”
A decade ago, early childhood advocacy could be a lonely pursuit. “It felt like we were talking to an empty auditorium,” says Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. “Now there are more people in the auditorium. They’re recognizing the power of early childhood, the importance of creating policy and practice that will benefit children and that will meet the needs of the adults who are caring for young children.”
Tiffany Shlain’s Vision for Building Community
Embrace Beauty, Be Present, Always Carry a Notebook
This is the fourth entry in Early Learning Nation’s Community Cultivators series, and you would think, by now, we’d have...
Shared Values, Different Stories
Logan Smalley’s Vision for Building Community
Like a lot of kids, Logan Smalley liked to take his toys apart and then try (the operative word is...
Julie Leff can pinpoint the moment when she knew Roger Brooks was the right person to lead Facing History and...
In 1999, University of North Carolina sophomore Rye Barcott was sitting in Swahili class when a recent alumnus, just back...
In the late 1980s, as Washington, D.C., endured the crack era, Kyle Zimmer felt compelled to do something to help...
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
Weavers: Geniuses at Connecting & Building Community
David Brooks’s Search for Everyday Heroes
From where David Brooks stands, the State of the Union is a long, long way from sound. The author and...
Just as Early Learning Nation showcases the ways families, researchers and grassroots nonprofits and organizations are building an early learning...
Uché Blackstock didn’t plan to become a radical physician, but the pain and death she witnessed at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn radicalized her.