Conversations on Race and Belonging

NSEA’s Conversations on Race and Belonging is back for 2022-23. The sessions are designed to encourage participants to improve their personal racial understanding based on self-examination and awareness. The program builds a peer cohort and peer-to-peer relationships through conversation and storytelling.

2022-23 Course

The six-session course will be held virtually on Sundays, 4:30 - 7 PM CT. It is scheduled to begin November 20, 2022.

Session dates: November 20, December 11, January 22, February 26, March 26, April 23.

Participants will have the opportunity to gain empowering skills to initiate meaningful conversations on race and to approach such opportunities as bridges into relationships and connections with others. These skills will be incorporated into each session, as well as outside of the sessions, with friends and family. All assignments, including the podcasts and videos, generally run less than one hour.

Sessions include many opportunities to journal or take notes, so be sure to always come to the sessions with pen and paper. The format will include pair shares, small group work and full group work. Since the pandemic hit in 2020, this program moved to a virtual format. While participants may join the Zooms on a smartphone, a computer is encouraged to make shared material more easily visible.

Registration Deadline for the six-session course is Friday, November 4.

Advanced/Deeper Dive Sessions

Members who have participated in previous Conversations on Race and Belonging programs have an opportunity to participate in three “deeper dive” sessions, scheduled for October 23, January 8, April 2, June 11.  Each virtual session will focus on a different topic. Registration for those sessions is available here.

These sessions are open to NSEA members, but space is limited.