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Advanced Microaggressions for Leaders Workshop Rescheduled for April 2026
Advanced Microaggressions for Leaders workshop has been rescheduled from November to April 9-10 next year due to unforeseen family circumstances. The workshop will still meet at 8:30-12:00pm PT / 11:30-3:00pm ET on Zoom. We will advertise this course again in this newsletter when we get closer to the rescheduled date. In the meantime, registration will remain open at Eventbrite . As with all of our workshops, refunds are available for up to 7 days before the event. For questi

Cultures Connecting
Nov 21, 20251 min read


Train the Trainer Workshop in January
Train the Trainer: Strategies for Facilitating Courageous Conversations on Race workshop will be held on January 14-16, 2026 at 8:30-12:00pm PT / 11:30-3:00pm ET on Zoom. Through engaging and interactive exercises, participants learn strategies and tips on how to successfully present sensitive information to a wide audience of learners. You will develop skills to take difficult conversations about race, privilege, and power to a deeper level and learn strategies for working w

Cultures Connecting
Nov 18, 20251 min read


Tools for Having Difficult Conversations on Race
Engaging in difficult conversations about race with others, particularly those we know or are close to, can be daunting for many of us....

Judy Lee
Feb 13, 20251 min read


Facilitating Conversations About Race
After attending our two-day Train the Trainer workshop, a participant sent me the following questions. I enjoyed responding and Caprice...

Ilsa Govan
Dec 5, 20194 min read


Norm for Anti-Racist Activism: Stay Engaged and Expect Non-Closure
How many of us start trying to find ways to mediate or show the commonalities in our beliefs when witnessing racial conflict between...

Ilsa Govan
Oct 28, 20111 min read


Norms for Anti-Racism Work: Experience Discomfort
“Is your comfort more important than someone else’s pain?” -Author Unknown I went to a training on Generational Diversity recently. It...

Ilsa Govan
Oct 7, 20112 min read


No Fixing: Norms for Engaging in Courageous Conversations
No Fixing is an important norm for engaging in courageous conversations and anti-racist activism. I’ve found this easiest to explain with...

Ilsa Govan
Aug 30, 20112 min read


Norms for Anti-Racist Activism: Speak Your Truth & Listen for Understanding
I wrote and presented the following at an Episcopal Women’s Gathering recently: I’m going to give a brief overview of our approach to anti-racism work by explaining the norms we operate under. One of the first steps in dismantling racism is self-awareness. For me, as a White person, this means the on-going process of interrogating the dominant cultural norms I’ve taken for granted as “just the way people are” or “just how things are done”. In contrast, the norms of People of

Ilsa Govan
Aug 25, 20114 min read
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