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Early Head Start El programa Early Head Start de Moore Community House ofrece servicios integrales de apoyo y cuidado infantil asequibles y de alta calidad para familias de bajos ingresos con niños de entre 0 y 3 años. Nos dedicamos a fomentar el desarrollo saludable, apoyar a las familias y preparar a los niños para el éxito de por vida en un entorno seguro, enriquecedor e inclusivo. Comienzo temprano Cómo inscribirse Ubicaciones Recursos para padres Galería Personal Voluntario Informe anual Preguntas frecuentes GALERÍA DE FOTOS

Fogonadura Estamos profundamente agradecidos a nuestros socios, cuya generosidad y apoyo nos permiten impulsar cambios significativos y ampliar las oportunidades para las mujeres, los niños y las familias de nuestra comunidad para las generaciones venideras.

Nuestra Historia La historia de Moore Community House se remonta a más de un siglo, pero si bien nos hemos adaptado al mundo cambiante que nos rodea, seguimos comprometidos con nuestra misión de servir a las familias. Archivo de vídeo Cronología Moore Community House fue fundada en Biloxi en 1924 por el reverendo Waldo W. Moore y su esposa, Myrtie. Era una época en la que el este de Biloxi estaba lleno de fábricas de mariscos que atraían a trabajadores de todo el mundo, especialmente de Europa central después de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Muchos venían con niños pequeños. En una biografía escrita por Myrtie Moore y proporcionada al MCH por su familia, ella recuerda que "la razón de ser de la casa comunitaria era que las madres trabajadoras tuvieran una guardería donde dejar a sus hijos". Myrtie también tenía una escuela nocturna para trabajadores. Muchos niños, en esa época anterior a la legislación sobre el trabajo infantil, también trabajaban en las fábricas. La difícil situación de estos niños fue captada en una serie de imágenes tomadas en 1911 por el famoso fotógrafo Lewis Hine. Trabajando para el Comité Nacional sobre el Trabajo Infantil, Hine viajó por todo el país documentando a los niños trabajadores en una variedad de oficios, incluidas granjas, molinos y fábricas. Sus fotografías de Biloxi muestran a niños de tan solo cinco años que trabajaban largas horas en las fábricas de conservas de mariscos. (Más de 90 de estas imágenes de Mississippi se pueden ver en línea en el sitio web de la Biblioteca del Congreso). El trabajo de Hine ayudó a generar reformas en las leyes laborales que finalmente prohibieron el uso del trabajo infantil. Moore Community House was founded in Biloxi in 1924 by the Rev. Waldo W. Moore and his wife, Myrtie. It was a time when east Biloxi was filled with seafood factories that attracted workers from around the world, especially central Europe after World War I. Many came with young children.In a biography written by Myrtie Moore and provided to MCH by her family, she recalled "the reason for the community house was so that working mothers would have a nursery in which to leave their children." Myrtie also had a night school for workers as well.Many children - in this time before child labor laws - also worked at the factories. The plight of these children was captured in a series of images taken in 1911 by the noted photographer Lewis Hine. Working for the National Child Labor Committee, Hine traveled around the country documenting child workers in a variety of trades, including farms, mills and factories. His photos from Biloxi show children as young as five who were working long hours in the seafood canneries. (More than 90 of these images from Mississippi can be viewed online on the Library of Congress website.) Hine's work helped lead to reforms in labor laws that finally prohibited the use of child labor. In the 1920s and 1930s, the community house on Davis Avenue was a busy place. In 1931, Daily Herald advice columnist Mrs. Vera Wise told a widow with two children to look for work at the oyster and shrimp factories, which will provide her with a house, "and you can leave the babies at Moore Community house or the Wesley house, where they will be taken care of splendidly while you are at work ... Many mothers have raised their children this way" ("Reflections of Mrs. Vera Wise," The Daily Herald , Dec. 3, 1931 - see photo at left. Thank you to the Biloxi Library for their help with historical articles and information). A Daily Herald article from the following year reports that 13 clubs met regularly at Moore: "the sewing school, three girl scout troops, the primary children's story hour, service clubs for boys in which they are taught woodcraft and supervised athletics, a boy scout troop; also several clubs for women they being partly for recreation and partly for aid in sewing." There was a small circulating library, and the community house sponsored and supplied seeds for family garden plots. "A large vacant lot adjoining was lent to them, which 22 families have transformed into a model garden, each being allotted an individual plot" (The Daily Herald, Nov. 26, 1932) It seems that the nursery program had to be canceled for economic reasons during this time at the height of the Great Depression - the 1932 article says the community house had "in more prosperous times, a day nursery. " But in January 1936, a WPA-supervised nursery opened at Moore, serving an average of 30 "little tots, age two to four years." It was expected to remain open until the end of the summer of 1937 (The Daily Herald , May 12, 1936). The nursery at Moore was one of many Works Progress Administration-staffed nurseries for low-income children started through an Emergency Education Program begun in October 1933. Just as today, it both created jobs - allowing the WPA to hire teachers and staff - and allowed parents the opportunity to work themselves. Rev. Waldo Moore died in 1944; in his obituary, it was noted "the Moore Memorial Community House ... continues to be a lighthouse for multitudes along the highways of life." In 1959, according to an article about Moore on its 35th anniversary, Moore Community House had a kindergarten class, taught by Mrs. Ruth Buck, with 32 children, "one of the few accredited kindergartens in Biloxi." About 250 children took part in activities at Moore each week, including five handicraft classes, three library classes, supervised playground activities, and Brownie and Girl Scouts (Dec. 10, 1959). Waldo W. Moore Myrtie Moore "Manuel, el joven recolector de camarones, de cinco años, y una montaña de conchas de ostras hechas por niños detrás de él. Trabajó el año pasado. No entiende ni una palabra de inglés. Dunbar, López, Dukate Company. Ubicación: Biloxi, Mississippi". Lewis Hine, febrero de 1911