THE E & I TEAM CREATES COMMUNITY
Welcome to SCBWI- Michigan Equity and Inclusion webpage! We commit to our role in meeting the needs of members through service and opportunities. The E & I Team is energized to create a stronger SCBWI-MI community that includes, engages, and embraces disparate voices. So glad you’re here!
**If you have an idea for how we can better create a safe and productive creative space for all members, please use our Virtual Suggestion Box! Click HERE to add a suggestion.**
MISSION We welcome and celebrate writers, illustrators, and translators who represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds and who seek to create quality literature for young people that reflect the lives of all children. PURPOSE We understand the power of children seeing themselves represented in books. Such equitable reading experiences lead to empathy, understanding, and respect. We must implement initiatives that will address issues of inclusivity, accessibility, and belonging for our children’s literature community that will, in turn, help us write books for all children. As Lin Oliver has stated, “Our members create books that will influence what kind of adults children grow up to be and how they see themselves reflected in the world.” VISION To better serve our whole SCBWI-MI community, we choose to bring about change.
To that end, we commit to the following principles: INCLUDE, ENGAGE, EMBRACE.
INCLUDE underrepresented and/or marginalized communities in children’s literature who are an essential part of our SCBWI-MI membership.
ENGAGE our members, communities, and accomplices by identifying resources and support and by providing professional-growth activities.
EMBRACE all interested parties by making SCBWI-MI a welcoming and safe place to better nurture and support communication and networking opportunities within the disparate voices of our members, the community, and potential members. Together, we craft a new and better organizational story.
The E & I Team Blog Posts To view our Blog Posts click HERE.
The E & I Team has many initiatives underway and is always open to new ideas.
If you’d like to get involved, please click HERE to access a quick Volunteer Form. Then, a member of the E & I Team will contact you lickety-split.
The E & I Resource Library: SCBWI's E&I Resource Library is currently under construction. We will update as soon as possible.
LA COMETA Here is a link to the latest La Cometa Bulletin- La Cometa