DEI Committee
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging drive the foundation of Madera Elementary’s core values. We believe that learning and growing toward one’s potential is a basic human right. Our school community is strengthened by the diversity of student, parent, and staff voices singing together, playing together, working together, and learning together. Madera's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee supports our school to foster compassion, engagement, and awareness of the varied cultures, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, family compositions, abilities, learning differences, and socioeconomic backgrounds of our families and the broader community.
Sign up for our email list to receive periodic email digests of DEI-related opportunities, resources, and workshops as well as volunteer opportunities and Madera DEI meetings!
Anti-Racism Resources
This list of resources includes book lists, audio pieces, and video segments for parents or kids who want to get better at talking openly about race and racism.
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Resources for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
Madera Welcoming Buddies Program
The Madera Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is exploring ways to welcome new families and help them transition to life at Madera. In 2020, we launched a voluntary program called “Welcoming Buddies” to pair incoming or newer Madera families with existing members of the Madera community for a welcoming phone call to answer questions, and possibly provide connections to other Madera families or resources in the community. How much time you spend participating is completely up to you and your buddy family!
To support our immigrant families who are new to Madera and/or are learning English, we encourage families to sign up who speak multiple languages and/or are interested in cross-cultural exchange. We would love to have you join us! If you are interested in participating either as an experienced Madera family, or as an incoming or newer family, fill out this form.
Diverse, Inclusive Books
In 2020-21, Madera Elementary's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee curated a wonderful list of books that reflect the diversity of the world around us, while capturing the hearts and imaginations of their lucky readers.
For the 2024-25 Madera book fair & book drive, this wishlist was shared with the Madera community to highlight books that would help cultivate the growth of our school library as a diverse, inclusive collection.
English Language Learners
This list of resources for English Language Learners includes adult English classes, library resources, and online language classes and learning tools.
Multilingual Madera families
If you have language skills and would like to be in our pool of occasional translators, please let us know.
We send out occasional requests for translations (e.g. cleaning up a paragraph or a page we’ve google translated) and you’d only need to respond if you have time.
Connect with Us
We want to hear from you!
All are invited to join our meetings. We would love your help and ideas! Sign up on our email list to be notified in advance of our next meeting.
Join Our Mailing List
Sign up here to stay in the loop! We send out periodic updates of DEI-related resources, webinars, workshops, and upcoming events.
Have input or questions to share? Email us!