Cross-racial conversations about race and racism are often difficult. Many of us lack the tools, skills, and strategies needed to continue these conversations when conflict inevitably arises.

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If you’re White and you’re reading this, you likely want to show up as an ally in racial justice work, but you’re struggling to build authentic relationships across racial lines.

And sometimes when race comes up, you don’t know what the right thing is to say or you’re so scared that you’ll offend a person of color that you just don’t say anything at all.

If you’re a person of color, you may not know how to talk about your own racialized experience in a way that allows you to advocate for yourself in predominantly White spaces.

You want to hold the White folks in your organization or at your institution accountable, but conversations about race with your White colleagues always seem to break down (if they happen at all).

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You don’t have to stay stuck, though. Imagine if you had the tools, skills, and strategies to have cross-racial conversations that build trust and community.

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You feel prepared for racetalk conversations because you know the language needed for effective communication and, more importantly, you understand what’s needed to build authentic relationships across racial lines.

You have more confidence and are building your capacity to engage in racetalk because you understand why communicating across racial lines is challenging – and you know how to navigate those challenges.

Not only are you honing your racetalk skills, but you’re developing your racial literacy, which is foundational to doing antiracist work. You’re learning how to challenge the norm of avoiding conversations about race in your organization and workplace.

In this workshop, you’ll learn what’s getting in the way of having authentic and effective cross-racial conversations about race, the shared understanding needed to have these conversations, and tangible tools and strategies for communicating effectively across racial lines.