Our Community Speaks

Hear from community members about race and racism and the initiative.

New Conversations
Great generator of conversation

“It’s a great generator of conversation.  It gets you thinking about your own  more ...


It wasn’t the same old diversity training

“This was hands on.  It wasn’t the same old diversity (training).  It  more ...


Makes it easy to get into the discussion

“I like the small group, you know, where you can have discussion… I like the  more ...


Where We Are
Down on the floor, or we are going to shoot!

“We walked to a corner store.  A police car came.  Two police. The lady officer  more ...


I changed quite a bit

“One day my daughter came home and she had a Black baby… and she had a husband who was  more ...


It was based on my skin color

“I was searching for an apartment complex…they had an ad in the paper, I called first;  more ...


I’ve been taught to be ashamed

“I’ve been taught to be ashamed, and I had to learn how to overcome being ashamed.  more ...


We saw their anger.

“We saw their anger.  They would trip us, spit on us.  It was a living hell!   more ...


What are you hiding? Disease, dirt or what?

“Children used to tease us, make fun of our clothes.  They used to tell us, ‘What  more ...


You look like us

“When we moved from California to (suburb in Minnesota, my daughter) was lonely there.   more ...


Our Community Speaks