Stay up to date with the latest news, media coverage, announcements, and insights from EmbraceRace and the growing field of children’s racial learning.
EmbraceRace is your community of support for raising kids (of all colors) who are inclusive, thoughtful and brave about race. Participate and learn with this community today!
Recently a former town counselor in Amherst, MA wrote up the story of EmbraceRace, a national organization founded in her back yard and still drawing inspiration from it.
This year marks ten years of EmbraceRace!
In 2016 two co-parents were looking for resources and community to help them raise their two brown-skinned children in a world where race and racial ideas would shape their experiences and opportunities. Finding little for parents or for young children, they set out to create what they needed—and what it seemed others did too.
EmbraceRace was featured on the Fabulous 413 podcast recently. It was fun and we think you'll enjoy the conversation!
Our co-founder Andrew Grant-Thomas recently wrote a piece featured in Visible Magazine.
Psychologist Sylvia Perry studied conversations between white parents and their school-aged children to understand prejudice.
Andrew Grant-Thomas, who is Black, and Melissa Giraud, who is multiracial, started the nonprofit when they found few resources to help them talk with their young daughters about race.
In 2016, Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas created EmbraceRace, an online collection of resources for parents, educators and kids that has grown into a community of people who care about race, justice and the future of our democracy.
