The goal of this three-part series is to help people manage difficult conversations in spaces with school-aged children in relation to the current cultural moment (e.g. conversations about race and equity in schools and Covid protocols). Led by Jessica Hochman and Tonya Leslie of We Need 2 Talk, each session will introduce Epoch Education’s RIR Protocol (Recognize, Interrupt, Repair): a tool for managing difficult conversations. Time will be spent considering relevant scenarios and practicing the protocol.

Each session will cover the RIR protocol within a different context. Participants can sign up for one session or all three.

In this session, the first in the series, we will introduce our framework for discussing equity. We invite school librarians and stakeholders in school communities to share their concerns and discuss some of the incidents that are occurring in these spaces. This conversation will help us provide nuance and relevance to the later sessions.

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