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This space isn’t large enough to capture everything we’re talking about right now, but here are some of our greatest hits: Affinity Groups Creating Community Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Implicit Bias & Privilege Microaggressions Race, Anti-Racism, & Racial Identity Formation Honestly, perhaps the better question would be what aren’t we talking about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61beb3b34f875038fbbca4fe/1639968535506-VLPW8SNUD95FL3U55TUK/unsplash-image-YLMs82LF6FY.jpg Home - Who Are We Talking To? We’re talking to school-based educators, leaders and executives, boards of directors, camp professionals and others working with children outside of schools, parents and caretakers, corporate professionals, people ready to have candid & vulnerable conversations, people more comfortable being silent bystanders, and everyone in-between. 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Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61beb3b34f875038fbbca4fe/a08a3dd3-3c74-4822-90c8-0aef9606c044/lance_cpet.jpg Who Are We? - Dr. Lance W. Ozier Lance has been on the faculty of The City University of New York since 2009, having also taught courses at Teachers College, Columbia University. Born and raised on a Georgia farm, he now lives in New York, and has taught and worked in Atlanta and NYC classrooms for over 20 years. Lance also spent 15 seasons in the Catskill Mountains at Morry’s Camp, and serves on the American Camp Association’s research advisory committee. https://www.conversationforward.org/our-vision daily 0.75 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61beb3b34f875038fbbca4fe/1639970432522-14AID5DCHWUBLKHLAAN0/unsplash-image-2JLN11-aHmM.jpg Our Vision We cannot undersell the importance of conversations in our ability to connect with ourselves - our shallow and our deepest thoughts - and others around us. In a country fraught with societal and historical ills, it can be easy and sometimes preferable to avoid conversation, but we are unapologetically committed to creating spaces and opportunities for meaningful exchanges to take place. 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