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The Process
MHC is eager to work with teachers and school groups throughout the state to hold Community Conversations. If you are interested in participating, the first step in the process is to contact MHC using the form here. Lydia Woods, MHC’s Coordinator of Grants and Community Outreach, will then contact you to learn more about your ideas for the conversation.

The primary responsibility of the participating school group is to provide an appropriate site for the program and to assemble a multi-racial audience for the conversation.

As you think about planning a community conversation, please consider the following:

	How do you think this community conversation will help you explore ways to resolve racial differences?
	Are there particular issues in your school or community that you feel a Community Conversation can help to address?
	Who will be the participants for the Community Conversation? Do they represent different racial perspectives in your school? How do you plan to attract this audience?
	How can the conversation strengthen partnerships within your school and community?
	Is the location for the Community Conversation welcoming to all?

Once your form has been submitted, Lydia Woods will contact you to help you shape a Community Conversation that meets your interests and needs. She can answer questions that you may have, work with you to select the Martin Luther King reading for the discussion, and arrange for a trained facilitator to lead the discussion for your group.

Following the initial discussion session, MHC will also help you to offer additional Community Conversations, if your school group is interested.