<div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000">Hi Folks,</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Green Line is hosting a workshop on Having Difficult Conversations about Race, facilitated by LJ Solidarity Consulting, on Sunday, February 25, 2018 from 5:30 - 8:30pm at the Hyattsville Municipal Building.</span><br></font></div><div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="padding-top:0px;font-family:"Benton Sans",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5px">Sometimes you know it's going to happen and sometimes it just sneaks up on you. You're just going about your day and BAM! someone makes a comment or snide remark and you have the choice to let it go or engage in a difficult conversation. In this workshop, participants will learn techniques to navigate those moments and how engage in difficult conversation topics while </span><span style="font-family:"Benton Sans",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5px">remaining assertive, empathetic and calm. Through games, role-playing and observation, participants will practice these conversation techniques and develop a personalized communication plan to take with them through their everyday lives.</span><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">$20 tickets for this event can be purchased at the link below. If you are unable to afford the fee, please email <a href="mailto:greenlinesurj@gmail.com" target="_blank">greenlinesurj@gmail.com</a> No one will be turned away for an inability to pay.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/having-difficult-conversations-about-race-tickets-42370075035" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:inherit">https://</span><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-word_break" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"></span><span style="font-family:inherit">www.eventbrite.com/e/</span><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-word_break" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"></span><span style="font-family:inherit">h<wbr>aving-difficult-conversati</span><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-word_break" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"></span><span style="font-family:inherit">ons-<wbr>about-race-tickets-423</span><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-word_break" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"></span>70075035</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><wbr>. </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br><br>Refreshments will be provided. </font></span></div><div><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br><br>The Hyattsville Municipal Building is ADA compliant. If you need additional accommodations, such as transportation assistance, childcare, allergy considerations, or an interpreter, please email <a href="mailto:greenlinesurj@gmail.com" target="_blank">greenlinesurj@gmail.com</a>.</font></span></div><div><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br><br>The Hyattsville Municipal Building has a parking lot, street parking (free on Sundays), and is located near a number of bus stops which serve the West Hyattsville and PG Plaza Metro stations, along with the University of Maryland. Visit the following link for more information: <a href="http://www.hyattsville.org/277/Transportation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">http://</span><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-word_break" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"></span><span style="font-family:inherit">www.<wbr>hyattsville.org/277/</span><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-word_break" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"></span>Transporta<wbr>tion</a></font></span></div><div><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br><br>About the Facilitator:<br>LJ Solidarity Consulting specializes in highly interactive diversity and allyship training for businesses, community groups, non-profits and religious institutions. Read more: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ljsolidarity/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.<wbr>com/ljsolidarity/</a></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span class="gmail-m_3052547414468374205gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br><br>About the Organizer:<br>Showing Up for Racial Justice Green Line is a Prince George's County Maryland Chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). SURJ believes in collective liberation -- and that none of us can be free until we end white supremacy. SURJ’s role as part of a multi-racial movement is to undermine white support for white supremacy and to help build a racially just society. Read more: </span></font><font color="#1155cc" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/SURJGreenLine/about/">https://www.facebook.com/pg/SURJGreenLine/about/</a></u></font><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Thanks on behalf of SURJ GL,</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Sarah </font></div></div></div></div>