Digital Coffee with Crossroads: Conversations that Challenge and Motivate, August 14th, at 11:00am-12:15pm CT

Coffee with Crossroads: Conversations that Challenge and Motivate

Session Overview

What began as a pandemic gathering has evolved into something bigger. Coffee with Crossroads is now a conversation series featuring people whose work and ideas push us to think, act, and organize differently. Each session introduces you to change-makers, thinkers, and practitioners who are reimagining what's possible. These aren't polished presentations—they're real conversations about the challenges, breakthroughs, and questions shaping racial justice work today. We offer these sessions for free because transformation happens through learning together, not alone. Whether you're just starting out or you've been doing this work for years, pull up a chair. There's room at the table.

What You'll Gain

• New frameworks for thinking about change in your organization

• Inspiration from people doing transformative work in real contexts

• Practical insights you can adapt to your own setting

• Fresh energy and perspective to sustain your efforts

Who Should Attend

• Anyone interested in antiracism and organizational transformation—whether you're leading change in your institution, exploring these questions personally, or simply curious to learn mor

How It Works

Coffee with Crossroads is 75 minutes long and unless noted takes place over ZOOM Webinar.

Suggested Donation:

At Crossroads, we believe that meaningful dialogue should be accessible to everyone. That’s why Coffee with Crossroads is free of charge—as a gift to our friends, partners, collaborators, and the broader public.

However, if you find value in the conversations we’re curating and the voices we’re amplifying, we invite you to support this work. The recommended donation amount is $20 but any contribution is appreciated.  

Your donation helps us continue producing thoughtful, inclusive content that sparks change and builds community. Together, we can keep this space open, accessible, and thriving. 

To make a donation, click on the Donation during check out and enter the amount of the donation you would like to make.

COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION AGREEMENT

The Courageous Conversation Agreement is the set of principles that informs the way Crossroads expects people who participate in our programming to engage with each other as well as our staff and vice-versa to create a space everyone can speak freely in, especially when delving into particularly sensitive topics. The agreement is as follows:

Every person in the room has inherent worth and value no matter their background. Because of this, we must all listen to understand and not just listen to respond when an opinion is shared. We must each take responsibility for the way we choose to share our opinions and embrace ambiguity, keeping in mind that not every situation is cut-and-dry. We must also make a conscious effort to make room for as many diverse voices as possible, so we are able to consider the topic at hand from different angles and perspectives. Finally, we must preserve the integrity of the stories that are shared within this conversation by respecting one another, holding space when necessary and making sure that anything shared in confidence remains that way and does not leave the room.

ACCESSING THE EVENT

Registered guests will be provided with a zoom link after receiving a confirmation email. All guests must have a registered Zoom account to ensure security and confidentiality of the space. If you do not have a Zoom account, please create a free Zoom account beforehand: https://zoom.us/freesignup/. In order to access the full functions of Zoom and our shared workspaces, we highly recommend joining the meeting from a laptop or desktop computer. Accessing the event through a tablet or phone will limit your ability to interact with the fullness of the experience.

In order to give our facilitators an idea of what to expect, we ask that you share your question or topic of interest while you sign-up. 

If you have concerns about your ability to participate or any accommodation needs, please contact us at registration@crossroadsantiracism.org.
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