We believe that: 

• A child’s confidence, curiosity, compassion, and creativity are most inspired when they see abundant representation of their race, ethnicity, culture, ability, and gender identity in school staff, curriculum, delivery, and activities. 
• Le Monde leadership supports DEI and is working hard to ensure these values.  
• Parents, caregivers, and school staff can work together effectively to support Le Monde’s DEI goals.
• Tracking equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts and making this information accessible to Le Monde families is critical for transparency and accountability.
• Efforts to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion must be intentionally cultivated and continually assessed and reviewed.
• The lived experience and perspectives of underrepresented students and their parents matter and add value to decision-making processes.
• How underrepresented students and their parents feel about their representation in school education is important and deserves acknowledgement.
• Oppression is intersectional: racism, sexism, ableism, classism, and heterosexism must be examined and dismantled in concert.
• Talking about race, racism, and race equity is necessary, even if uncomfortable; de-centering white perspectives is necessary to make space for diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural perspectives.
• Talking about gender, gender expression, and gender identity in children is necessary, even if uncomfortable; de-centering cis-gender and heteronormative persectives is necessary to make space for gender diverse perspectives.
• Talking about disability is necessary, even if uncomfortable; de-centering ableist perspectives is necessary to make space for the perspectives of those with disabilities and their advocates.
• Unconscious biases do exist and disproportionately affect children of color, particularly Black boys, and can be overcome with awareness and training.
• Educational settings are crucial environments for creating platforms for cultural exchange and mutual understanding.

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