ESTABLISHING PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS AND EXPANDING RESOURCES

I tried to establish contact with two early childhood professionals outside the United States in Africa.  I used the Global Alliance of NAEYC e-mail addresses at http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance.  I sent emails to the early childhood professionals in the Federal Republic of Nigeria at arebimbo@yahoo.com and The National Early Childhood Development Alliance in South Africa at cecd@iafrica.com.  Since, I have not heard back from them, I decided to call within the United States.

For U.S. contact, I called 202-232-8777, which is the  Membership Department.  I was unable to reach a representative, so I left a detailed message.  I even sent a letter to their P.O. Boxes in Washington, D.C.  Next, I visited the New Jersey AEYC website at www.njaeyc.org to search for Local New Jersey Affiliates.  But my county of Essex/Hudson AEYC said the page was not found.  Finally, I emailed the Administrator, Helen Muscato, at mail@njaeyc.org.

NAEYC supports the early childhood community and it offers many different ways to do so.  It's "mission is to serve and act on behalf of the needs, rights and well-being of all young children with primary focus on the provision of educational and developmental services and resources" (www.naeyc.org).  I chose this early childhood organization because I always hear about what they do for the field in general, but I was interested in getting detailed information.


References

http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance/
www.naeyc.org/
www.njaeyc.org/