DIVERSITY TALKS SHIFTS MINDSETS.

We provide the platforms, knowledge, and resources to drive systemic change.

We do this by partnering with organizations to create unique learning environments where the most marginalized voices are at the forefront.

We aim to increase cultural competence in youth-serving organizations by equipping youth and adults to challenge the societal standards that uphold white supremacy.

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Youth-Led Professional Development

Our workshops are grounded in research and led by highly trained youth facilitators. We’ll work with you to identify the workshops that meet your organization’s professional learning needs.

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Youth & Teacher Fellowship Programs

We offer 12-month intensive fellowship opportunities for teachers and youth.

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Research & Resources

Our innovative approach to individual and community assessments and signature research can provide the insights you need in order to catalyze change.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“Diversity Talks facilitated two workshops for our organization, and they were both exceptional. The youth facilitators did an amazing job creating a container for learning. We all developed in our racial analysis and grounding in equity. The artifacts were also really engaging. We are actually taking their information design lead and using it in some of our own sessions. Additionally, the process of planning and organizing the workshops virtually was so easy. The team is wonderful to work with.“

— Shannon Scott, Foster America
“There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. Diversity Talks and PR(iSM) provided a fantastic anti-racism training for our 130 staff in November 2020. Despite the training being virtual, Kiara and Rachael created a safe and interactive space where our diverse team was able to be vulnerable, challenge themselves, and identify ways to be anti-racist in their day to day work.”
— Emily Briglia, Associate Vice President, Education and Training, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic
"The seminar with Diversity Talks was a great way to start the conversation about biases in our everyday society at Roger Williams and beyond. As future educators, it is crucial for us to understand the students we have in front of us, and how our view of them as a whole can affect their abilities in the classroom setting.
I think that the Diversity Talks event offers educators the knowledge, awareness, and types of transformative discussions that help people to think more deeply about the issues of bias and diversity that everyone must collectively face in order to help others, ourselves, and our communities move beyond prejudice to form a more inclusive environment both in our classrooms and in our world."
— Melissa Rodriguez, Senior Elementary Education Major, Roger Williams University
“Following the Diversity Talks events, our student teachers have been able to process what they’ve taken in. The conversations that we’ve had weeks later have been even deeper and richer, about the impact implicit bias has on ourselves and our interactions with our families, the people that we work with and the students we serve.”

— Kimberly Johnsen-Smith, Ed.D. Roger Williams University