The Owensboro Human Relations Commission will be holding a virtual workshop soon focused on educating parents about how to discuss difficult topics such as racism with children and young adults.
Officials said the workshop will be held toward the end of February or early March and will be designed to be enlightening and fun for families who participate.
“Parents can learn how to talk with kids [by] practicing conversations and becoming informed on issues,” OHRC Interim Executive Director Jaklyn Hill said during a Tuesday board meeting. “So when you are asked difficult questions, you’re informed in your answers.”
Hill said the workshop may also focus on breaking the cycles of racisim and discrimination that exist generationally in families. Many people want to break out of those learned mindsets and ideologies, Hill said, but they don’t know how or where to reach out for advice.
It will also touch on age-specific ways to address questions regarding race and racism.
Hill, who’s been planning the workshop for a month, said she was working to find a date and time that accommodated most parents.
The workshop will include a PowerPoint presentation and a workbook for families.
“I want to make sure we have good involvement because it’s not just informative. It’s going to be fun,” Hill said. “I want it to be something they want to do, not have to do.”
More information about the workshop will be made available through the OHRC’s Facebook Page and website in the near future.
