Courageous Conversation™ Academy (CCA) is designed for deepened engagement. CCA offers differentiated opportunities to learn, practice, and apply the Protocol and Framework in environment-specific contexts across organizational sectors. Courageous Conversation™ Academy is also a vehicle for creating expanded networks in a global community of racial equity leaders and practitioners.
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Courtney Caldwell brings with her 16 years of experience in the field of education, as a classroom teacher, and equity leader. She holds two degrees in Education as well as licenses in K-12 Principal and Director of Community Education. Courtney resides in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota.
LaKeisha Cook has over 20 years of experience as an educator, policy advocate and faith leader. LaKeisha holds degrees from Virginia Union University, Northern Arizona University, and United Theological Seminary. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia with her family.
David Gonzales is the Project Manager for Certification at Courageous Conversation™. This program is designed to work with partner organizations in identifying individuals who are ready to learn and grow in the foundational work of Courageous Conversation About Race.
Andrea Johnson holds a BFA from Marygrove College, and MAT from Wayne State University. A highly skilled facilitator and trainer, Ms. Johnson is also a contributing author in the text, Courageous Conversations About Race, Second Edition (2015).
Dawan Julien has worked for racial equity for more than two decades. Ms. Julien holds a BA and MA from Columbia University. She began her career as a Bilingual/ESL educator in the South Bronx. She and her family reside in Harlem, New York City.
Janae, a Courageous Conversation practitioner for 20 years, remains curious about the wisdom surfaced when engaged in this conversation and in community with others. She holds a BA in Elementary Education, MA in Literacy and Language Development from the University of Michigan, and an MA in Learning Sciences from Northwestern.
Cal Jackson has over 30 years of experience in corporate America in senior leadership. After completing the NTL Institute Diversity Practitioner Certification Program™, Cal worked as an equity, diversity and inclusion leader in Fortune 100 companies. In his current role, Cal introduces corporations to the Courageous Conversation™ protocol.
A second-generation Afro Cuban-American hailing from Bloomington, MN, Luis Versalles received his BA and M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota and superintendent licensure from MN State University, Mankato. His calling is transforming systems to center underserved students and families in PreK-12 systems.
Brooke Gregory has over 25 years of experience as an educator, professional mentor, and policy consultant. As an administrator, she provides key leadership in the advancement, hiring and retention of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian and multi-racial educators. Brooke was selected as President by Founder and CEO of Courageous Conversation™, Glenn E. Singleton.
Glenn Singleton, author, thought leader, and strategist, is the creator of Courageous Conversation™ a protocol and framework for sustained, deepened dialogue. Courageous Conversation™ is an agency that guides leadership development in education, government, corporation, law enforcement, and community organizing. He is the award winning author of Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools, Second Edition; and of MORE Courageous Conversations About Race.
Pacific Educational Group, Inc. (PEG), DBA, Courageous Conversation™ is a San Francisco-based consulting firm, dedicated to forging racial equity in education, corporate, government, health care and community organization contexts. Founded by Glenn Singleton in 1992, Courageous Conversation™ engages in sustained partnerships to help examine beliefs, behaviors, and results in the US, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. We do so through intentional, facilitated, self-reflective dialogue focused on developing leadership, culture, and structures to transform systems through a lens of racial equity.
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Courageous Conversation™ Exploration
Led by Courageous Conversation™ Team
This session is required to enroll in CCAR Protocol: Grow and Practice (Part I).
This full-day, 6.5 hour, seminar is intended for participants who were unable to take the same or a similar seminar at their company/school/organization. This professional learning exercise will enable participants to gain a working understanding of racial equity, diversity and inclusion as well as explore the basic elements of The Protocol™. Participants will also consider how to engage the Courageous Conversation™ in their personal and professional lives.
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Duration: 6.5 hours
Introduction to Courageous Conversation™
Introduction to Courageous Conversation™ is an experience that acquaints individuals with a set of tools, The Protocol™, to engage, sustain and deepen dialogues about race. Participants will be introduced to the three components of The Protocol™: The Compass, Four Agreements, and Six Conditions. This initial engagement with Courageous Conversation™ guides an exploration of the life impact, and promotes an essential literacy and consciousness to examine our personal, professional, and organizational ways of being. Designed to meet participants at whatever their level of experience. Introduction to Courageous Conversation™ will enhance any effort to promote racial equity.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Racializing Latinx People and Communities
Led by Luis Versalles
People all across the broad color spectrum of the Latinx community face critical choices regarding racial equity, intragroup conflict, and the “colorblind” narrative dominant in the United States. The intersection of language, nationality, and ethnicity with race, significantly impacts the education of Latinx children. This experience will introduce participants to current identity theories related to the racialized experiences of Latinx people, and explore their implications in the socialization of Latinx students, professionals, and communities.
Duration: 2 hours
From DEI to EDI: Interrupting Inter-system Whiteness in Racial Equity Leadership
Led by Cal Jackson
Audre Lorde stated, "...the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." In recent years, DEI — or "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" — has become the commonplace terminology for the work being done to address systemic bias. At Courageous Conversation®, we refer to it as EDI - 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 — and intentionally so. This module explores theories and practices which provide participants with a new approach which prioritizes 'equity.' Many DEI leaders are frustrated attempting to give validity to their efforts while searching for resources to help them with true culture change. Corporations, government agencies, philanthropists, school equity officers and not-for-profits can benefit from this dialogue while discovering new approaches to create new outcomes in each sector.
Intersectionality, Detours, and Protocol: Why is this Conversation Only About ______?
Led by Andrea Johnson
We are complex beings and the intersection of our various identities sometimes calls us to question Condition Two of Courageous Conversation™, to Isolate Race. This seminar will use the Protocol to examine the meaning of Intersectionality and ways that it can become a detour and keep us from addressing the systemic issues that uphold the status quo. We will engage in deep thought and examine our life texts as we embark on the work before us and when we emerge from, global crises of our humanity and our health.
Plan and Process for Systemic Racial Equity Transformation
Systemic racial equity transformation is an unapologetically top-down process. Centering this work at the highest levels of the organization prepares it for accelerated results. It also better positions leadership to create the essential culture of authenticity and sustainability. Participants will be introduced to the process for developing a Systemic Racial Equity Transformation Plan. Leaders explore a model of organizational expectation; learn, anticipate, and ultimately interrupt the “faces of danger” in leading racial equity; and consider the degree to which they are poised for transformation.
Black Women Leading for Racial Equity
Led by Dawan Julien
Some of the most powerful lessons in leadership, both personal and professional, come from Black women. Living at the intersection of racial and gender oppression, Black women lead in ways that challenge and interrupt both whiteness and patriarchy. In this seminar, we will interrogate traditional models of leadership, and explore new ways of leading using both historical and contemporary examples. Participants will use Courageous Conversation™ to examine their own beliefs about, and experiences with, Black women leaders. This session is a multiracial space that centers and affirms Black women, and is open to any person who wants to contribute to the growth and success of Black women in their communities and organizations.
Raising Racially Conscious, Social Justice Activist Children
Experience the power of being explicit about race and social responsibility while raising children of all races. Participants will examine race in their own lives, as we build skill and capacity to usher in the next generation. This seminar is designed to surface and center powerful testimonials from young people raised with this consciousness and offer poignant examples that you can “try tomorrow."
White Racial Identity Development: A Courageous Conversation™ With Self
Led by Courtney Caldwell
This is an Affinity Seminar for those who identify as White. White racial identity development theory describes how White people develop a sense of themselves as racial beings. In this session, participants will use The Protocol™ to move from a theoretical understanding to a personal examination of their own White racial consciousness journey. Participants will reflect on their experiences of the stages of White racial identity development, so that they can apply these learnings to who they are as racial equity leaders in their families, organizations and communities.
Sequential Sessions
Courageous Latinx Coalitions Building: Our Stories, Our Healing, Our Journey
PART I & PART II
Led by Luis Versalles and David Gonzales
Introduction to Courageous Conversation™ is the prerequisite for this two-day seminar.
This is an Affinity Seminar for those who identify as Latinx. The intersection of language, nationality and ethnicity with race, significantly impacts the Latinx community. Join us for an opportunity to share and heal as we ground our discussion in the United States Latinx context and use Courageous Conversation™ (Protocol and Framework) for intentional engagement in affinity. This experience will invite participants to reflect on their own racial identity and to think critically about the ways race impacts the lived experiences of diverse Latinx communities.
Required for Courageous Latinx Coalitions Building:
Part I: November 4 @ 8am - 10am PST
Part II: December 2 @ 8am - 10am PST
CCAR Protocol: Grow and Practice (Part I)
Led by David Gonzales
Courageous Conversation™ Exploration is the prerequisites for this Part I.
This seminar is the next step for the individual looking to continue to learn, grow, and practice the use of The Protocol™. Participants will go deeper in their understanding of the three components of The Protocol™: The Compass, Four Agreements, and Six Conditions. This three-part series unpacks The Protocol™ and provides participants many opportunities to engage and apply their learning with experiential activities and conversations centered on race. Part I of the series will cover the Compass and Four Agreements as tools for Courageous Conversations About Race.
October 20 @ 8am - 10:30am PDT
CCAR Protocol: Grow and Practice (Part II)
Courageous Conversation™ Exploration and Part I are the prerequisites for this Part II.
This seminar is part II in a series for the individual looking to continue to learn, grow, and practice the use of The Protocol™. This session of the three-part series will cover the Three Tiers (Six Conditions) as a tool for Courageous Conversation About Race. These tiers guide us through the requisite content and processes of racial dialogue in a way to examine the points at which race intersects our world.
November 11 @ 8am - 10:30am PST
CCAR Protocol: Grow and Practice (Part III)
Courageous Conversation™ Exploration, Part I & Part II of series are prerequisites for this Part III.
This seminar is part III for the individual looking to continue to learn, grow, and practice the use of The Protocol™. This session of the three-part series of sessions unpacks The Protocol™ and provides participants many opportunities to engage and apply their learning with experiential activities and conversations centered on race. Part III of the series will cover putting all of The Protocol™ together to engage, sustain, and deepen Courageous Conversations About Race. The CCAR Protocol is essential in turning our passion into practice.
December 1 @ 8am - 10:30am PST
Registrant Information
Session Subject to Change
In the case that a session does not meet a minimum of 15 registrants, Courageous Conversation™ will offer another date to participants. An email from the Courageous Conversation™ Team will be sent 72 hours prior to the session start time.
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations, please email [email protected]. Cancellations will be refunded only if a written request has been submitted 72 hours prior to the start of the session.
Substitution Policy
For substitutions of sessions, please email [email protected] within 48 hours prior to the start of the session.
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