Becoming a Let's Talk Race Facilitator
Your journey to becoming a facilitator starts here
Five modules that will prepare you to facilitate conversations about race in your community
Individuals interested in advancing a LTR program should not only work through the facilitation modules with a partner but also lead a courageous conversation about race together as a facilitation team. We recommend going on this learning journey with others and finding time to discuss each module and envision the Let's Talk Race program in your community/organization collectively. Each module has pause points for reflection, conversation prompts, and planning approaches to support collaboration.
Module 1: Understanding the role of a Let's Talk Race facilitator
This module will address the following questions:
What is a Let’s Talk Race conversation?
What facilitator actions help support an LTR conversation?
What facilitator qualities help support an LTR conversation?
How does a facilitator prepare for a Let’s Talk Race conversation?
This module should take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Use this checklist to decide if you are ready to move on to the next module: Planning a Let's Talk Race Conversation.
Module 2: Planning a Let's Talk Race conversation
This module will address the following questions . . .
What do all LTR conversations have in common?
How does a typical LTR conversation at Richland Library go?
What does it look like in action?
What are the steps to planning a conversation?
This module should take approximately 40 minutes to complete.
Use this checklist to decide if you are ready to move on to the next module: Planning a Let's Talk Race Conversation.
Module 3: Fostering a "welcoming and brave" space
This module will address the following questions:
What is a welcoming and brave space?
What facilitator actions contribute to creating a welcoming and brave space?
What are some examples of difficult moments that have come up in LTR conversations in the past?
How do you know when a conversation needs to be redirected and what strategies can you use to diffuse a situation?
This module should take approximately 25 minutes to complete.
Use this checklist to decide if you are ready to move on to the next module: Planning a Let's Talk Race Conversation.
Module 4: Encouraging participation
This module will address the following questions . . .
What is “participation” in the context of an LTR conversation?
What approaches can LTR facilitators use to encourage participation?
What can you do if one voice crowds out all the others?
This module should take approximately 25 minutes to complete.
Use this checklist to decide if you are ready to move on to the next module: Planning a Let's Talk Race Conversation.\
Module 5: Taking care of yourself
This module will address the following questions:
What is self-care?
What is the connection between self-care and LTR facilitation?
How can you be proactive about making a plan to safeguard your well-being?
This module should take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Use this checklist to decide if you are ready to move on to the next module: Planning a Let's Talk Race Conversation.
Ready to start planning your first courageous conversation?
Browse our conversation guides or even create your own.