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Head Start was founded with the mission to empower marginalized Americans by partnering with families to prepare their children for success in school and life. Prioritizing equity, diversity, and inclusion within our programs and throughout our practices and relationships is essential to keeping the Head Start promise. In light of ongoing protests and calls for action against systemic racism, Head Start agencies may need to re-think and re-vamp their individual mission and culture to improve formal diversity and inclusion initiatives. IHSA has partnered with consultant, Yolanda Winfrey with Freestyle by Winfrey, LLC, to develop and design this extremely important pre-service   training that will promote four important components to ensure equity, inclusion and diversity are the forefront of your workforce culture. The four components of this training include improving engagement, counteracting unconscious bias, diversity and inclusion at work, and fostering an inclusive climate.



Yolanda Winfrey, a past Head Start Child and a past Head Start Parent (her son Douglas is a Head Start Alumni as well) has worked in the early childhood field for over 20 years. She has held various positions including Head Start/Early Childhood Director and Chief Talent and Organizational Development Officer. Yolanda has a Master’s Degree in Education (Early Childhood) from Concordia University Wisconsin, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an Advanced Practice Social Work Certification from the State of Wisconsin. READ MORE ABOUT YOLANDA HERE!