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In the second installment of the 2026 NOW Webinar series, The Practice of Belonging, we explore the question, how do practices of interconnectedness and interdependence deepen both the feeling and practice of belonging? Alongside featured local leaders, we will learn how lessons from the early care and education field show us what Prentis Hemphill describes as “rest[ing] in the collective” is a necessary strategy for intentional belonging. Through real world examples of this practice – from classroom to state policy – we will examine how practices of recognition, interdependence, and agency create pathways for radical connection and transformative systems change.
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