Appearances, Publications, & Press

+ Appearances

• Dayton 24/7 now - 14th Annual Readiness Summit

• ABC news - Battle over how to teach race and racism in America’s schools

• Good Morning America appearance - Florida bans critical race theory in public schools

• Black Lives Matter at School Week Early Education Symposium 2021

• Black Lives Matter at School Week Early Education Symposium 2020 - Exploring the Intersection of Gender and Race for Children Ages 0-8

• Black Lives Matter at School Week Early Education Symposium 2019 - From Theory to Practice in Early Education: Black Children Learning and Thriving

• A Standardized Test is a Poor Substitute for Justice. Black Lives Matter in Schools Week Institute for Collaborative Education 2018

• “Why Teach?” Teacher Education Day, BMCC 2018 - Keynote

• School Segregation in New York City Public Schools - Brooklyn Historical Society 2016

• Big Dreams for New York's Youngest Children: The future of early care and education Hosted by Center for New York City Affairs 2015

• Preschool and Leadership in New York City, Jonkoping University, Sweden 2015 - Lecturer

• Al Jazeera 2014

+ Workshops

• Courageous Conversations About Race and Equity for IBM's Associate Offerings Bootcamp, 2020

• Face to Face 2020 presents “Arts & Healing: Trauma-Informed Arts in Education”, Keynote Address

• Antiracism in Theatre for Young Audiences Webinar Series - 2020 (email for access)

• From Theory to Practice in Early Childhood: Black children thriving - Tennessee Association Children’s Early Education, 2020

• Childhood Trauma in the Time of Corona: Teachers, Children and Families - Defending the Early Years, 2020

• Toward Becoming an Anti-Racist Society: Talking with young children about race and racism - Team Westport & United Way, 2020

• From Coping to Healing: Cool Culture Community Conversations Supporting Children During COVID 2020

• Family engagement and culture, Jewish Board for Family and Children’s Services 2018

• Equitable partnerships with under-resourced communities, Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project 2018

+ Publications

• Straight Talk With Young Children About Racism Intervening in racist behavior can produce positive change - The Provincetown Independent

• How to Explain Racism to a Child - Wiki How

• How to Teach Children (Age 2 to 6) - Wiki How

• How to Breastfeed - Wiki How

• Feeling and Dealing: Teaching White Students About Racial Privilege (PDF)

• We Refuse - Washington Post, co-author

• Community Empowerment and Change in Early Childhood: Education diplomacy within a United States context - Childhood Education Journal, co-author

• Bunche-Smith, T. & Ammentorp, L. "From Cinderblocks to Building Blocks: Creating Beautiful Places in Challenging Spaces." Young Children v68 n4, pp. 8-15

• Ammentorp, L. & Bunche-Smith. "The Connect Formation Model of Teacher Development: Creating Connections and Transforming Practice." Young Children, v66 n3 pp. 38-46

+ Press

• 11 Zaentz Innovation Challenge Finalists to Pitch Cutting-Edge Ideas to Advance Early Education

• Keynote speaker urges audience Friday at Sinclair to do what is right not just what is expected.

• Winners of Inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award Named

• Weaving anti-bias and equity into curricula begins with self-reflection

• How to Do Anti-Racist Work with NYC School Communities: 5 Experts Weigh In

• Talk Out of School

• BLM at School Book Chapter

• K12 dive

• Chalkbeat - Anti-Racist Work

• School Segregation/Integration