{"id":9320,"date":"2020-10-12T13:35:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T13:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/diversity-inclusion\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T00:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:13:23","slug":"diversity-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/diversity-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity &#038; Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diversity and Cultural Inclusion<\/strong><br \/>Being an advocate for ALL children means ALL children. This includes children with special needs, children with non-traditional families, and children whose parents speak different languages.\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore, the diversity of our PTA should reflect the diversity of our schools and communities.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How Do We Ensure Diversity and Cultural Inclusion?\u00a0 Ask the following questions to help get started:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022What is the school\u2019s demographics?<br \/>\u2022How many different cultures are in your school?<br \/>\u2022Are there groups of children and parents that are not represented in the PTA leadership and\/or membership?<br \/>\u2022 Diversity and Cultural Inclusion is intentional.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some resources to help your unit:<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pta.org\/members\/content.cfm?ItemNumber=4483\">National PTA Diversity and Inclusion Policy<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pta.org\/members\/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3023&amp;navItemNumber=3578\">National PTA Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201cWe need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community &#8211; and this nation.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014 Cesar Chavez<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jan Harp Domene Diversity and Inclusion Award<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please help us celebrate PTA\u2019s diversity and inclusion efforts and nominate a PTA for a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pta.org\/members\/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan Harp Domene Diversity and Inclusion award<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awards are presented in three categories&#8211;<strong>local unit, council\/district and state<\/strong>\u2014to the PTA that best demonstrates outstanding achievement in diversity and inclusion, as well as efforts to be more welcoming to all families.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National PTA was founded in the spirit of diversity and inclusion. Our association\u2019s co-founder, Alice McLellan Birney, expressed that our mission was to make every child\u2019s potential a reality, \u201cirrespective of creed, color or condition.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diversity and Cultural InclusionBeing an advocate for ALL children means ALL children. This includes children with special needs, children with non-traditional families, and children whose parents speak different languages.\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore, the diversity of our PTA should reflect the diversity of our schools and communities.\u00a0 How Do We Ensure Diversity and Cultural Inclusion?\u00a0 Ask the following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10444,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9320\/revisions\/10444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}