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 second in the three-part series, we will set a historical context for conversations around equity. America has always had to fight for racial equity, but today’s battle has a different tone. In this session we will discuss how conversations about equity and Critical Race Theory have made their way into mainstream conversations. Using the RIR protocol, we will practice ways for participants to manage these conversations.

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