Children’s Museum of Atlanta to debut virtual town square series

Program provides an age-appropriate resource to help parents educate children on important issues in their community

Children’s Museum of Atlanta has long served as a gathering place where families, educators and others come together to learn about and discuss issues important to the community. Beginning today, July 16, the Museum is launching CMA Town Square: Let’s Talk About . . . a virtual interview series that aims to help families and educators learn about and discuss issues important to our community, as well as provide resources that can help those families have deeper conversations. Weekly guest speakers will discuss topics such as systematic racism, equity in education, mental health and more. During this important time in history, Children’s Museum of Atlanta is proud to offer a program that helps families to dig deeper on how to raise children who want to work to create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable society for all.

Each session will be 30 minutes long, allowing 20 minutes of interview time with the guest speaker and up to 10 minutes of audience Q&A. The sessions will take place on Facebook live stream and will be posted on Children’s Museum of Atlanta YouTube channel with a list of resources.  

  

WHAT: CMA Town Square: Let’s Talk About…
Children’s Museum of Atlanta is proud to offer the Atlanta community a resource that can help families have the hard conversation about systematic racism

WHEN: Thursdays at 10 a.m.
Guest speakers will have a 30-minute conversation with time for Q&A

July 16 – Racism in the Classroom: Cori Cain – Director of Strategic Partnerships, The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School

July 23 – Children’s Intersecting Identities: Stacey French-Lee, Ph. D. – clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Georgia State University, Executive Director of campus Child Development Program

July 30 – Social Justice Resources for Parents: Brian Williams, Ph. D. – Director of the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence, clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education in the College of Education at Georgia State University, known as “Dr. Science” at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta

WHERE: Children’s Museum of Atlanta Facebook
Families are invited to join guest speakers live on Children’s Museum of Atlanta’s Facebook or watch later on Children’s Museum of Atlanta’s YouTube

HOW: This digital series is free and open to the community; for more information visit: childrensmuseumatlanta.org/cma-town-square

For more information or to support Children's Museum of Atlanta, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org
or call 404.659.KIDS [5437]

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About Children's Museum of Atlanta

About Children’s Museum of Atlanta:

Children’s Museum of Atlanta is the only educational venue of its kind in Atlanta, presenting educational programs and exhibits designed for young children ages 0-8. The mission of Children's Museum of Atlanta is to change the world by sparking every child's imagination, sense of discovery and learning through the power of play. With learning zones consisting of bright, creative and hands-on exhibits, the Museum supports inventive play-based exploration and experiential learning focused on the whole child. Core competencies for literacy, math and science are promoted throughout all exhibits and programming in alignment with the state and national Core Performance Standards. Funding has been provided by Georgia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. For more information, please visit www.GeorgiaHumanities.org. Major support is provided by the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and major funding is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Children’s Museum of Atlanta also offers memberships. For more information or to support Children's Museum of Atlanta, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org or call 404.659.KIDS [5437].

Museum Admission: Online ticketing only is available at this time. Phone booking is available with ample notice and will be booked via online reservation. Members must pre-book and will be able to redeem their $5 voucher online. Babies 11 months and younger and members are admitted for free and must reserve their free ticket online prior to arriving at the Museum. All daily programs are included in price of admission. For more information regarding ticket and membership options, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org

Museum Hours: The Museum will operate in 2 three-hour sessions with one-hour cleaning between sessions. The hours are 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Please check the Museum website to confirm hours of operation. 

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275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr NW Atlanta, GA 30313

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