Talking About Race When the Conversation Gets Hard

Join co-authors Dr. Caprice D. Hollins and Ilsa Govan in conversation with Ruchika T. Malhotra, author of Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success. For over two decades, Hollins and Govan, Co-Founders of Cultures Connecting, have been bringing people together to talk about race, racism, power, and privilege. They have learned that these conversations rarely go as planned. People get uncomfortable. Emotions surface. Resistance shows up. People say things that cause harm, others go silent, and we can find ourselves unsure of what to say or do next. At a time when conversations about race and racial justice are increasingly difficult to navigate, knowing how to stay engaged matters. Drawing from the latest edition of Facilitating Conversations on Race: Strategies for Leading Group Discourse, Hollins and Govan will share stories from their experiences facilitating conversations on race, lessons they have learned from the moments that did not go as planned, and practical strategies for navigating difficult conversations without avoiding the hard stuff.