Facilitated by Junior Brainard ( ), Rainah Chambliss ( ), Mary Hoeffel ( ), Elisa McCool ( )

Why can it be so hard for white people to talk about race and racism? Are there ways that white people can better understand their role in the larger racial narrative and build their cultural literacy in order to more effectively combat the injustices they see and take meaningful action against them? Our learning community will focus on ways that white faculty and staff answer these questions as well as develop strategies for recognizing and managing the difficult emotions that sometimes arise when discussing race in order to become better listeners, educators and anti-racist allies, and to more effectively support diversity initiatives on campus. All faculty and staff at the college are welcome.

Please note: We ask that anyone interested try to commit to attending all four of our sessions, and, at a minimum, to attend the first session on January 25. We hope to develop a set of shared ground rules, concepts, and vocabulary in that first session, and see it as an invaluable part of going deep into this work and taking risks together in a space that we want to keep as safe and supportive as possible.