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Words by Scot Tatelman
Photos by Tyler Gustin
Our first #WhatDoWeTellTheKids project focuses on the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, its impact on children, and the educators struggling to explain why a movement validating the worth of their lives has to exist in the first place.
The #BlackLivesMatter Movement has sparked an important and necessary time in our lives. But what I've battled with most is it needing to exist at all.
Perhaps the most untold story of this movement is the effect it's having on children, and the child development specialists working with these kids on a daily basis. How do you rationalize the nightly news to a 9 year old child? How do you justify there needing to be a movement validating the worth of their lives? How does it feel when you communicate detailed tactics to keep kids safe on the streets, but the same methods used ended up in a black person being shot dead?
It's just not fair - not fair for these kids, and not fair for these professionals thrust into having all the answers. I am honored and humbled to be supported and surrounded by an incredibly committed and gifted community of child development specialists who allowed me to interview and photograph them so they could share their thoughts, fears and struggles.
Their stories are told here. #WhatDoWeTellTheKids?
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Camp POWER Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Assistant Director
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
STATE Co-Founder, Camp POWER Co-Director
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
E-Comm Exec, Camp POWER Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, STATE PackMan, Camp POWER Staff Member
Photographer, Camp POWER Staff Member
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Camp POWER Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
Entrepreneur, Camp POWER Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
Camp Power Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, Camp POWER Staff Member
Child Development Specialist, STATE PackMan, Camp POWER Staff Member
Media Executive, Camp POWER Co-Director
Teacher, Business Executive
STATE Co-Founder, Camp POWER Co-Director
The #WhatDoWeTellTheKids platform was created to shed light, share stories, and continue to make sure we as a brand - and as human beings - are on the right side of history. We’re always building on the ways in which we can do that, so if there’s a cause or issue that you feel needs extra attention, send us a note! We are fueled by you… our State family!
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