Join us for an exclusive Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values Documentary Screening
The UW College of Education (CoE), the CoE's Early Childhood & Family Studies (ECFS) Program, and the CoE's Learning Sciences and Human Development (LSHD) are excited to host this exclusive film screening of Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values.

This is a 55-minute documentary about families who intentionally parent with an anti-bias lens. The film raises up the voices of multiple families with diverse identities, talking about their hopes, fears, strengths, challenges, and questions as they figure out: What kind of world do we want to create with our children? You can watch the film's trailer by clicking HERE

We will also be joined by Debbie LeeKeenan, the producer of Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values, for a Q&A session after the screening. Afterwards, there will be a reception at the Unity Suite across the street with Debbie and some light refreshments. 
Location
Kelly Ethnic Cultural Theatre (ECT)
3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Date & Time
October 30, 2024, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Meet Debbie LeeKeenan
Debbie LeeKeenan is Co-Director of Anti-Bias Leaders ECE and a lecturer, consultant, and author, currently residing in Seattle, Washington. She was director of the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School at Tufts University in Medford, MA from 1996 to 2013. In addition to teaching in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University, she has been a member of the early childhood faculty at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and she is a former preschool, special education and elementary school teacher. She consults and lectures locally, nationally and internationally. Debbie is a co-producer with John Nimmo of the film, Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years, released in April 2021. Her co-authored books include: Leading Anti-bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide to Change, for Change and From Survive to Thrive:  A Director’s Guide for Leading an Early Childhood Program.  Her other publications include chapters and articles in Young ChildrenVoices of the Practitioner,  Child Care ExchangeTheory into Practice, the first edition of The Hundred Languages of Children, and Proactive Parenting: Guiding Your Child from Two to Six.  She holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of New Mexico. With professional experience spanning 50 years in diverse university, public school, and early childhood settings in Massachusetts, New York City, New Mexico, Philadelphia and Taiwan, her areas of expertise include anti-bias education, early childhood education, teacher preparation, inclusive special education, curriculum development, project based learning, teacher inquiry, family engagement, professional learning communities and public school partnerships. Debbie is also a Curriculum Advisor for Sesame Street Racial Literacy Initiatives. Debbie was awarded the Tufts University Arts and Sciences Multicultural Service Award in May 2003, the Building Bridges Tufts Distinction Award in June 2009 for her work with diversity, and the Abigail Eliot Award in 2015, which recognizes outstanding commitment to young children and the early childhood profession. Debbie was a member of the 2018 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Selection Committee, which recognizes children’s books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people. Debbie was awarded the 2022
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Asian Interest Forum Leadership Award for demonstrating professional excellence, integrity and social responsibility to better the lives of many children, families, the ECE workforce of Asian descent and the ECE field as a whole. Debbie is Chinese-American, the child of first-generation immigrant working-class parents who grew up in New York City, and is part of a multi-racial family.
Event Schedule
5:20-5:45 PM: Arrival & check in
5:45-6:45 PM: Documentary Screening
6:45-7:15 PM: Q&A with Debbie
7:15-7:30 PM: Head over to Unity Suite
7:30-8:30 PM: Reception with light refreshments in Unity Suite
Poster for Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values
THE FILM'S AWARD-WINNING COMPANION:
Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years
The film, Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years (48 minutes), produced by Debbie LeeKeenan and John Nimmo, features vignettes of anti-bias strategies in early childhood classrooms interspersed with teachers reflecting on their practice. Debbie and John partnered with filmmaker Filiz Efe McKinney of Brave Sprout Productions to create a film that shifts the focus away from the talking heads of experts and on to the voices of teachers committed to equity on a daily basis. By taking viewers into diverse early childhood classrooms, the film seeks to demonstrate the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context, and practice in anti-bias education and provides a much-needed resource for teacher education and professional development.

The film has received numerous awards including the Silver Prize for Documentary Feature (2021) in the Social Justice Film Festival and a nomination for Northwest Regional Emmy® (2022) in the category of diversity, equity, and inclusion – long form content.

You find out more and view the documentary by clicking HERE.

LOCATION
KELLY ETHNIC CULTURAL THEATRE (ECT)
Address: 3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Parking: 
1) There is limited paid parking around, including: Parking Area W12
and University of Washington W-10 Parking. You can find more about
parking around the university by clicking HERE. 

There may be some limited street, paid parking around the U-District. Please be mindful that some street parking closes at 8 PM.

Transit Information: 

1) The U-District Link Rail Station is 4 blocks north of the ECT.
Click HERE for a walking map from the station to the ECT.

2) Several major bus lines arrive at bus stops along 15th Ave NE & NE
Campus Parkway, including: the 44, 48, 49, 70, 271, 372, and rapid lines
542, 556 and 586.

Entry: Follow signage to enter the ECT from entry doors on Brooklyn
Ave NE.
UNITY SUITE - VENUE FOR RECEPTION
Address: Located right across the street (Brooklyn Ave) from the theater at Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA

Entry: Enter from the corner of Brooklyn Ave and Lincoln Way. The Unity Suite is located on the ground floor on the left-hand side of the entrance.
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THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS
Join us on October 30
We look forward to hosting you!

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