Format: Webinar, original date November 14, 2023
Hosted by: WebJunction
Length: 1 hour
Library communities around the country are seeing rising levels of
division, distrust, and segregation. Recognizing the need for community
healing, library staff at the Richland Library in South Carolina formed
the Let’s Talk Race team to explore strategies for deepening community
connections and engagement. Since 2016, the Let’s Talk Race team has
facilitated more than 250 in-person or online discussions, community
forums, and events, reaching more than 4,000 participants, and creating
opportunities for civic engagement, community connections, and
courageous conversations. Earlier this year, the Richland Library
launched the open-source Let’s Talk Race Curriculum,
providing a set of easy-to-follow resources for other libraries,
museums, and related organizations to implement with their local
communities. The curriculum includes facilitation best practices,
conversation guides, videos, and more. The curriculum provides a
learning pathway to help get started, build facilitation skills, and
create conversation guides to hold your own circles of dialog.
Presented by: Tamara King, Heather McCue, and Kathleen Montgomery
