The conversations your team has been avoiding won’t disappear on their own.

Silence doesn't resolve workplace tension. It only deepens misunderstandings, erodes trust, and leaves employees feeling unheard.

Race Table Talks are intimate, professionally facilitated conversations held over a shared meal, creating a relaxed yet structured environment where teams can engage in honest dialogue about race, bias, and lived experiences.

The conversations held over a meal help teams move beyond avoidance, strengthen trust, and create meaningful progress that extends well beyond the tables.

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Is a Race Table Talk right for your team?

This experience is designed for organizations where:

  • Difficult conversations about race keep getting avoided.

  • Employees have experienced racial harm or exclusion.

  • Leadership wants to respond thoughtfully after an incident.

  • Team members are unsure how to talk about race respectfully.

  • Your organization wants to strengthen trust rather than simply move on.

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What’s included?

✔ 30-minute discovery and planning call

✔ Preparation with a trained co-facilitator

✔ A professionally facilitated 2.5-hour Race Table Talk

✔ Trauma-informed facilitation designed for psychologically safer conversations

✔ Ten 15-minute follow-up check-ins with participants

✔ Facilitator debrief and observations for leadership

How it works

Step 1: Book a Discovery Call

We'll learn about your team, understand your workplace dynamics, and discuss what has brought you to this conversation.

Step 2: We Prepare the Experience

Laurabel and her co-facilitator carefully prepare a Race Table Talk tailored to your organization's context, ensuring participants are supported throughout the process.

Step 3: Your Team Comes Together

Gathered around a shared meal, participants engage in a thoughtfully facilitated conversation designed to encourage honest dialogue, deeper understanding, and practical reflection in a respectful and supportive environment.

Step 4: We Continue the Conversation

Over the following weeks, participants receive ten follow-up check-ins that help reinforce learning, answer questions, and support lasting culture change

Investment

Race Table Talks

Includes planning, co-facilitation, ten follow-up check-ins, and leadership debrief.

Starting at $1,500 + HST

2.5-Hour Facilitated Experience

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Sharing a meal naturally creates a more relaxed and human environment. It helps break down barriers, encourages authentic conversation, and allows participants to engage with one another in a way that feels more open than a traditional boardroom setting. 

    Combined with expert facilitation, the experience supports honest dialogue while maintaining psychological safety.

  • Meaningful conversations don't end when people leave the room.

    The 15 min follow-up check-ins help participants process the conversation, maintain momentum, and continue applying what they've learned within their workplace.

  • Not at all. Some organizations book Race Table Talks after a specific incident, while others use them proactively as part of their commitment to creating healthier workplace cultures.

  • No. Participation is always respectful and voluntary.

    Laurabel and her co-facilitator create an environment where participants can engage in ways that feel appropriate while still contributing meaningfully to the conversation.

  • Co-facilitation allows the facilitators to better support participants, respond thoughtfully to difficult moments, and ensure the conversation remains balanced, psychologically safer, and productive.

  • The ideal group size will depend on your team's needs and goals. This will be discussed during your discovery call to ensure the conversation remains engaging, supportive, and effective.