Facilitating Conversations on Race : Strategies for Leading Group Discourse / Caprice D. Hollins and Ilsa Marie Govan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollins, Caprice, author.

Govan, Ilsa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-racism.

Group facilitation.

Racial justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Facilitating Conversations on Race: Strategies for Leading Group Discourse will equip facilitators and organizational leaders with the necessary tools and strategies for dealing with stumbling blocks that often arise when people are brought together to talk about some of the most difficult issues facing our country today—racism, power, and privilege. Hollins and Govan share stories and strategies they have practiced in their more than forty years of combined experience facilitating, while reminding the reader the power of bringing your authentic self. This comprehensive guide begins with the personal work leaders need to do to build their confidence, identify their style, and recognize their triggers. From there readers will learn facilitation foundations, from structuring a workshop using best practices in adult learning, to skillfully interrupting someone, to asking questions that encourage deeper reflection. The book supports increasingly advanced skill development, including naming and addressing the dynamics of whiteness as it plays out in a meeting and utilizing multiple strategies for moving through tension. This comprehensive guide begins with the personal work leaders need to do to build their confidence, identify their style, and recognize their triggers. From there readers will learn facilitation foundations, from structuring a workshop using best practices in adult learning, to skillfully interrupting someone, to asking questions that encourage deeper reflection. The book supports increasingly advanced skill development, including naming and addressing the dynamics of whiteness as it plays out in a meeting and utilizing multiple strategies for moving through tension.

Contents:

Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Before You Do, Know Who Chapter 2 Setting Yourself up for Success Chapter 3 Planning and Pivoting Chapter 4 Getting Grounded Chapter 5 Your Race Matters Chapter 6 Confidence and Credibility Chapter 7 Welcome! We’ve Been Waiting for You Chapter 8 Building Relationships Chapter 9 Knowing Your Style and Working in Partnership Chapter 10 Assessing Triggers Chapter 11 Addressing Triggers Chapter 12 Foundations for Effective Content Delivery and Group Management Chapter 13 Engaging Resistance Chapter 14 When You Disagree Chapter 15 Asking Questions with Genuine Curiosity Chapter 16 Facilitation Essentials for Group Discourse Chapter 17 Countering Expressions of White Privilege Chapter 18 Persisting When the Unexpected Happens Chapter 19 Diving into the Tension Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Bibliography

ISBN:

9798216379409

OCLC:

1587322444