Powerful Conversations on Race

**Powerful Conversations on Race will be on summer hiatus in June, July, & August. Join us when we resume dialogues in September.

Powerful Conversations on Race (PCR) is a monthly community dialogue series exploring topics around race, racism, and the resulting impact. These sessions provide a means of getting comfortable talking about uncomfortable topics and are rooted in humanities- and arts-based materials and sources.

Each month we’ll choose 1 or 2 readings and other source materials such as art, music, poetry, lyrics and videos to ground our conversation. Facilitators trained in the Civic Reflection Dialogue Method will use these materials to further support and push our discussion into deeper examination and reflection on our underlying beliefs around race and racism in America and its implications. It is not necessary to read or engage with any of the source materials before we meet. In fact, we encourage everyone to come to the table as is.

This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but rather a space for community to come together and dive deeply into a variety of topics concerning race. Active participation is expected.

Register for the most current session here.

Special thanks to our partners Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis; Community Action of Greater Indianapolis; IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI; Medical Humanities & Health Program at IUPUI; National Endowment for the Humanities and Indiana Humanities as part of the American Rescue Act of 2021; Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr., Memorial Foundation; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; The Indianapolis Foundation a CICF affiliate; and of course, our community-based dialogue facilitators!

Upcoming Conversations

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Session Tracks & Registration

Powerful Conversation on Race Topics

UPDATE: SUMMER HIATUS
Powerful Conversations on Race is taking the summer off. We will return in September!

Powerful Conversations on Race is a great starting place for those new to race-centered dialogues and/or those wishing to more fully understand America’s complex racial history. Rooted in the text Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence, PCR sessions provide a deep dive examination on how racist and white supremacist attitudes, beliefs, and systems took root in American life. Different topics are covered monthly with each dialogue session run by a different set of facilitators using different source materials.

Past topics have included:

Slavery, Survival, and Community Building
Religious Life, Spirituality, and Racial Identity
The Civil War and Reconstruction in History and Memory
Jim Crow, Racial Politics, and Global White Supremacy
Civil Rights and Black Power
White Supremacy (Exterminate all the Brutes, documentary)

Registration & Virtual Dialgoues

For now, PCR sessions will be conducted via Zoom.

A camera check-in will be requested when you enter the space and since we share our computer screen to show images and text, it is best to login from a laptop or tablet rather than a smartphone.

Registration is managed through Eventbrite.

Visit the Spirit & Place event calendar to search for the session you wish to attend and then register.

Please register no later than 11:59pm the Friday before each Sunday session.

Due to the nature of online dialogues, we will not be able to admit participants into the Zoom space after 3:15pm.

Questions

LaShawnda Crowe Storm

lascrowe@iu.edu

Community Engagement Director LaShawnda Crowe Storm is also a mixed media artist, activist, community builder and occasionally an urban farmer. Whether she is making artwork or sowing seeds, Crowe Storm uses her creative power as a vehicle for dialogue, social change and healing. Crowe Storm has ...

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