Topics of discussion in the panel will include: Unconscious Bias Talking to your kids about our differences How union solidarity can be an agent of change We suggest the following books for both our personal enrichment and to inform the discussion: "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn "The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences" by Carolyn Helsel and Y. Joy Harris-Smith "The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class" by David Roediger "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" by Robin DiAngelo “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander