SEED Co-director Emmy Howe and Associate Director Gail Cruise-Roberson will be facilitating a workshop at Boston College's 14th Annual Diversity Challenge: Racial or Ethnic Discrimination across the Lifespan this Friday, October 24, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The experiential workshop, on "Racial Literacy and Schooling," examines the importance of conducting racial dialogues with skill and sensitivity. It is based on the belief that racial literacy can be learned with study and practice, and those who practice racial literacy in schools can positively impact learning outcomes for all students. The structured activities in the workshop are part of a repertoire of skills used by SEED, which has been teaching diversity and facilitation to teachers, administrators, and parents for 28 years. Participants will share their own stories around race and explore methods for incorporating ongoing dialogues in their own groups, schools and institutions.

SEED Founder Peggy McIntosh will be one of two keynote speakers at the Association of Independent Schools in New England Diversity Conference this Thursday, October 23, in Chelmsford, Mass. The other speaker will be Anita Hill, Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University. McIntosh's talk will be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and Hill's from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

SEED Founder Peggy McIntosh, along with SEED Associate Directors Gail Cruise-Roberson and Jondou Chase Chen, and SEED Summer Staff Members Pat Badger and Donald Burroughs, will be presenting at the White Privilege Conference in Madison, Wisconsin this week. If you'll be at the conference, we hope you'll attend one of our two sessions on "Teaching Methods That Build Relationships, Strengthen Communities, and Bring About Justice in School Classrooms," and/or stop by the SEED exhibit table to say hello and see some of our new SEED materials. Read on for details.