'Understanding, Empathy, Respect for Differing Perspectives'
This past August, we collaborated with the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs on the orientation for their incoming students. We co-developed a workshop based on their Constructive Dialogue initiative, to help students bridge divides and work collaboratively across their differences. Dean Nisha Botchwey of the Humphrey School, recently wrote a post about the initiative and how it went.
What we learned getting white people to talk to each other about race and how to be more anti-racist
After the killing of George Floyd, my small theater company began hosting conversation meet-ups to get people talking about race and how to be anti-racist. We call the sessions “Let’s Get Uncomfortable.”