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Living Room Conversations don’t require any special skills or certifications to host yourself. However, we have a number of resources to support you in hosting and organizing your own conversations. 

Host Toolkit
Trainings
Host Certification
Community Hosting
Hosting Resources
Host Toolkit

Walk through this step-by-step process on hosting a conversation in your community, online or by video, or within your organization.

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Online or Video
At Your
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Trainings

How to Host Your Own Living Room Conversation

Recommended for those looking to implement regular conversations in their communities or understand better what is involved in hosting. This training goes over the nuts and bolts of hosting and you’ll walk away with a game plan for your first conversation.

Held on the second Tuesday of the month at 9am PST/12pm EST – sign up here

How to Host a Conversation About Race

Recommended for those wanting to start conversations about race. Rather than go over “how to host” in general, the focus for this training involves our framework for approaching conversations about race. We will explore what gets in your way from having these conversations and how to stay engaged regardless.

Held on the second Wednesday of the month at 9am PST/12 pm EST – sign up here

Custom Host & Organizer Trainings

Recommended for those looking to build understanding within a specific organization, community, or corporation. This training includes a co-branded PDF packet with resources not available in our standard Host Toolkit. It also includes program design, support for implementation, and a hosted conversation on the topic of your choice. We can pull from content from the other training offerings, offer a combination of both, or focus on building conversation skills in general.

Each custom training is unique—please schedule a consultation for more information.

Host Certification
We know that anyone willing to honor the conversation agreements can host a Living Room Conversation, including you! Those wanting to grow their practice or deep dive into the power of conversation can now join our Host Certification Online Course.
 
The content each week is designed to empower you to bring these conversations to the communities and relationships you care about.
 
Benefits:
  • Advertise your conversations on our Events Calendar
  • Receive a digital badge or micro-credential for your resume or LinkedIn profile
  • Connect to hosting opportunities and compensation for Living Room Conversations events, trainings, and partner projects
  • Give your input on upcoming Living Room Conversations projects
  • Become part of the larger, nationwide bridging movement

We also offer full and partial scholarships.

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Hosting in your Community

Hosting Living Room Conversations can be especially rewarding in faith communities, schools, libraries, online, and more.

Faith Communities
Living Room Conversations has been used by congregations all over the world - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, interfaith, and more.
Check out our resources for Faith Communities
Hosting in Schools
Living Room Conversations has partnered with AllSides for Schools, which helps educators lead students in conversation and teach essential skills in critical thinking, collaboration, listening and respectful discourse, media and digital literacy and social-emotional learning.
Check out our resources for Schools
Libraries
Libraries are a neutral place that welcome everyone in the community. Librarians need programs to engage their readers. Living Room Conversations offer robust programs and an easy-to-replicate format with over 100 topics; they've been used in libraries across the United States.
Check out our hosting resources for Libraries
Youth Council
The Living Room Conversations Youth Council brings together young people from all over the country to foster cultural, political, and racial understanding through small group conversations. We hope to inspire youth participation in our own communities and beyond by providing resources, tools, and space for conversation.
Check out our Youth Council
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