COMMON GROUND CONVERSATIONS ON RACE
Conversations about race can be hard ... but they don't have to be.
COMMON GROUND CONVERSATIONS ON RACE
Conversations about race can be hard ... but they don't have to be.
Conversations about race can be hard ... but they don't have to be.
Conversations about race can be hard ... but they don't have to be.
Our unique Conversations Journey® has a four-year track record of success in helping clients across varied industries build a common ground of knowledge and understanding of deep-rooted racialized inequities and increase support for DEI and Racial Equity efforts across sectors of society.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Sorry, Not Sorry ...
Each issue of the CGC Journal starts with a focus on a timely topic in the news. We offer insights through an informed lens of historical context, complete with links to primary resources. You can add to your library of valuable knowledge each month just by reading the CGC Journal.
Each month the CGC Journal features Emily Green's perspective on life issues as a homeschooling mama raising a biracial family in a predominantly White region of America. Through Emily's insightful, empathetic and gentle lens, readers receive valuable knowledge, pragmatic tools and inspiration to grow in their own understanding.
In each month's CGC Journal, our section on "How to Talk to Kids About Race" features a short story with lessons our kids learned. We offer anecdotes, insights shared by our boys, their experiences with friends, family and their community. We show how intentional we are in raising race-conscious, competent and confident children into adults.
Each CGC Journal contains Recommended Resources to add to your home library plus insightful guest columnists:
Barbara Geraghty on how she Builds Unity in her Local Community.
Ray Shellmire on nurturing your Mental, Emotional, Spiritual and Physical Health.
Racialized triggering events often reveal the underlying tension of racial divides across America. We can help communities bridge knowledge and communications gaps to find common ground.
In business, education, politics and law, DEI efforts are under attack. We can help companies, organizations and institutions create a common ground of support for DEI strategies.
Economics and race were inextricably intertwined long before the founding of this nation. We can help K-12 schools and higher education institutions teach this important history.
Schools and faith communities inherited racialized conditions from previous generations. The historical impact of race in U.S. education and Christianity reveals truths about our society today.
Tina Gray | Human Resources Director, City of Ashland, OR
Administrators, Teachers and Students are on the front lines of America's culture war. K-12 districts hire CGC to help build a common ground of knowledge & understanding.
City leaders and staff hire CGC to help bridge gaps in knowledge and understanding about inherited policies and practices that have historically impacted their communities.
Law enforcement officers are on the front lines of community discord and political debate. We equip police departments to positively engage with communities on issues of race and equity..
Higher Education is impacted by various attitudes and politics of communities. CGC helps clients build common ground between admin, staff, students and communities.
CEOs, business leaders and managers are responsible for stewarding work environments that are inclusive, welcoming and equitable for a growing multicultural workforce. We can help.
Churches and nonprofit organizations often share similar missions, to help uplift the most vulnerable populations. CGC helps clients develop new approaches to empathetic impact.
Mike Green