Guides & Workshops

This dialogue guide, produced in 1998, is the combined product of several groups working together under the auspices of President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. It covers the following topics:

• Characteristics of Community Dialogues on Race;
• Getting Started—Steps in Organizing a Dialogue;
• Conducting an Effective Community Dialogue on Race; and
• The Role of the Dialogue Leader.

It also contains a sample small group dialogue, a description of the difference between debate and dialogue and examples of racial reconciliation from across the nation. A more recent version of this guide, updated by the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Department of Justice and entitled Community Dialogue Guide: Conducting a Discussion on Race, can be found at http://www.justice.gov/archive/crs/pubs/dialogueguide.pdf.