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​Given that our demand exceeded our capacity, and because we wanted to ensure a high-quality group, we created an application. It helped us find the ideal group of people with a focus on maximizing racial, religious, and gender diversity. We also wanted to keep the application process short and easy, so we weren’t creating a barrier for potential participants.

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CONNECT: An Interracial Discussion on Race in America
Kick-off meet-and-greet December 2016
Dialogue sessions monthly from January to June 2017
Based in Washington, DC

About
CONNECT: An Interracial Discussion on Race in America creates an intellectually safe space to discuss contentious issues around race with other thoughtful, reflective young people. This is a place for deep thinkers who want to find their voice in a sea of polarizing voices. We are looking for 10 to 15 people from a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, faith, and non-faith backgrounds to participate.
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We will meet monthly for 2 hours for 6 sessions. In advance of our meetings we will read sections of "White Rage" by Carol Anderson, which outlines the history of white backlash against black advancement. In addition, we will develop a final product in the form of written reflection pieces based on our discussions.

Eligibility
  • You care about creating positive race relations, racial coexistence, and/or racial justice.
  • You have devoted some part of your professional or extracurricular life to informing yourself and/or your community about race-related issues.
  • You are committed to dialogue as a path to opening up an intellectually open and honest conversation about race.
  • You can commit to attending all proposed sessions; reading pre-assigned texts prior to each session; and writing a reflection piece that can be shared publicly about anything we have touched on in any of our sessions.

Questions
  • First and last name
  • Age
  • Gender (or non-gender) identity/ what pronouns you prefer
  • Racial and/or ethnic identity
  • Faith or non-faith identity
  • Current city and state
  • Current professional title and organization
  • Email address
  • Best number to reach you
  • What are the most critical race questions or issues you wish you had a safe space to ponder with others?
  • What attracts you to this dialogue group?
  • What “gifts” do you feel you can bring to contribute to the success of the group and its goal of furthering race conversations in intellectually open and honest ways?
  • If you were to be a part of the group, what do you see yourself doing afterwards to effect positive change in your community?
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