Events & Resources

“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.” -Desmond Tutu Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) The CS3 team continues to develop the 2022 Collaboration Directory, featuring the work of community collaborations across the state. If you have not submitted your collaboration’s updated information, please do so ASAP. This directory is used as a way to read more

“Power can be defined as the ability to make a particular perspective seem universal.” - Alok Vaid-Menon Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) Our virtual conference, Equity from the Start: Taking Action, Shifting Power is four months away! W e are excited to announce the closing keynote speaker as Dr. Dana Crawford. Dr. Crawford is a pediatric and clinical psychologist who developed the Crawford Bias Reduction Theory & Training read more

“Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings.” - Sonya Renee Taylor Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) Every two years, the CS3 team releases an updated Collaboration Directory . The Collaboration Directory serves as Illinois’ most comprehensive list of early childhood community collaborations advancing community systems development efforts locally. We are reaching out to read more

"Hope is the belief that our tomorrows can be better than our todays. Hope is not magic; hope is work." - Deray McKesson Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3)   The annual Partner Plan Act conference will take place virtually June 7- 8, 2022. This year’s conference theme is Equity from the Start: Taking Action, Shifting Power. At the last conference, we reimagined what the sector could look like when we center those most impacted. Now read more

“Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again.” - James Baldwin Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3)   The annual Partner Plan Act conference will take place virtually June 7- 8, 2022. This year’s conference theme is Equity from the Start: Taking Action, Shifting Power. At the last conference, we reimagined what the sector could look like when we center read more