2. Coming Together for Racial Understanding Refresher Webinar
Purpose: to clarify your work with the dialogue process
What are your questions and concerns?

3. Organize Action Dialogue Individual Change
Institutional and Policy Impact
Collective Action
Coalition Building
Facilitator Training
Organizing Training
Recruit Participants & Facilitators
Action
Forum
Kick Off
Action Planning Training
Community Change

4. Intergenerational and Racial Equity
Equity ≠ Diversity
(Diversity = Variety)
Equity ≠ Equality
(Equality = Sameness)
Equity = Fairness and Justice
From a presentation by Bethany Javois-Johnson

6. Getting Started: Basic Steps
Build a strong, diverse working group and organizing coalition
Develop a Plan
Define your program goals
Clarify your issue
Decide on discussion materials
Decide how you will achieve diversity in dialogue circles
Decide what support you will provide for action ideas
Talk about resources – what you have and what you need
Make sure there is effective communication among all involved

7. Share the work of organizing for dialogue circles
Communications
Budget and Fund Raising
Document and Evaluate Program
Recruit Participants; Form Diverse Groups
Recruit, Train and Support Facilitators
Plan for Kickoff
Find sites and Handle Logistics

8. Hold a Round of Dialogue Circles
Kickoff (optional)
Conduct the facilitated conversations (dialogues)
Provide support for facilitators throughout
Hold an action forum
Provide support for action teams
Track action efforts

9. Sustain your program and Expand the Impact of your work.
Review initial goals and evaluate for the future
Communicate successes to larger community
Take care of yourselves and support one another

10. Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation Discussion Guide

11. Keep In Touch
Carolyne Miller Abdullah Gwen Whiting: