NBCDI's 51st Annual Conference!

The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) will host its annual conference in person this year. This year's theme is "Creating an and Future for Black Children and Families." In the wake of the Buffalo massacre, we must acknowledge the trauma we continue to endure as a community. Now more than ever, we need to be vigilant and committed to dismantling racism for the sake of all our children. The volatile political, economic, and social climate of the past few years have exacerbated long-standing challenges in Black communities. We have suffered on many levels – excessive loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic and increased racial violence and police brutality; continued underinvestment in the early education and childcare workforce; and attacks on our civil and human rights from voting to family choices to our children having access to culturally relevant and affirming learning experiences. Most importantly, the impact of these injustices…