The Black Family Voice Project
The Black Family Voice Project is a two year community based participatory research project where we ask questions to Black Families in King County about how they are preparing their babies for kindergarten. Developed by Soar and the King County Early Learning Coalition, our goal is to close the achievement gaps that persist for Black children in King County. Our intention for this project is to learn about Black families’ experiences in King County, build relationships with the community, and set the stage for supporting community-led advocacy. We also wanted to elevate their stories and share them with permission to decision makers in education and legislative systems.
Our Goals:
Support a foundation of authentic family engagement at the community level.
Engage and support parents and caregivers as lifelong advocates for their children.
Create opportunities for connection and advocacy for Black families.
Increase the power of family voice
to shape local, regional, and state
level policy.
Support a foundation of authentic family engagement at the community level.
Engage and support parents and caregivers as lifelong advocates for their children.
about school readiness.
Share their stories honorably in form of a report and short film documenting the process.
Create opportunities for connection and advocacy for Black families.
Our Framework
The Black Family Voice Project is focused on creating respectful and reciprocal relationships with Black community members. Therefore, we intentionally selected Community Based Participatory Research as our process for our project.
our Framework
Documentary Screening
On the behalf of the participating families we are happy to accept invitations to come to you and share our Black Family Voice Project summation and mini documentary coupled with a facilitated discussion. We hope the stories gathered will be able to inform key policies and program planning that ultimately impacts Black families in King County.
Documentary Screening
On the behalf of the participating families we are happy to accept invitations to come to you and share our Black Family Voice Project summation and mini documentary coupled with a facilitated discussion. We hope the stories gathered will be able to inform key policies and program planning that ultimately impacts Black families in King County.
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