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Family Conversation Kits are resources that help adults and young people begin or continue important lifelong conversations about diversity and equity.

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What are Family Conversation Kits?

Our Goal: To build in our youth an understanding of and empathy for people who are different from them, paving the way for a more equitable, welcoming community.

Our Story: Family Conversation Kits came from concerned citizens just like you who saw inequities in our community and nation. We were inspired by the research showing children can internalize stereotypes and biases by the time they enter school. We come from a welcoming community where families WANT to have conversations with their children about diversity and equity, but many adults hesitate because they don't know where to start or are afraid they will say the wrong things. Family Conversation Kits are resources that help families to begin or continue important lifelong conversations about diversity and equity with confidence.

How Our Kits Work: Our team personally reads and reviews hundreds of books to select the best 2-3 titles for each edition and those titles are paired with a helpful guide. We offer different editions for different stages which contain books and information that are just right for that age group: Early Childhood, Young Readers, and Tweens & Teens. Each kit also focuses on one specific facet of diversity. Our currently available kits focus on Asians and Latinxs.

What's in a Guide:

Conversation starters for the books included in the kit

Lists of words to avoid and words to use (and why)

Answers to FAQ about diversity and equity conversations

A list of other age-appropriate books on the topic

Recommended books for adults to learn more

Recommended websites

Where You Can Find Our Kits: We provide our kits free of charge to organizations and institutions in our area that make them available to families. You can find our kits at the following locations:

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (Eau Claire)

Altoona Public Library

Chippewa Falls Public Library

Boys and Girls Club Mary Markquart Center

UWEC Children’s Nature Academy

How You Can Help: Family Conversation Kits is a nonprofit organization. Our team donates their time to carefully select our texts and write the guides. All donations made to Family Conversation Kits go directly to making our kits available to people in our community. You can make a tax-deductible donation at this secure website: https://squareup.com/store/FamilyConversationKits

You can also donate by sending a check to: Family Conversation Kits P.O. Box 996 Eau Claire, WI 54702

Locals to the Chippewa Valley have a couple more donation options: you can send us an e-mail (address below) to request that a team member receive your donation in-person, or simply go to Charter Bank to make a deposit in the Family Conversation Kits account.

Every Donation Helps: $420 funds a single set of all 6 currently available kits $210 funds all 3 editions on a single topic $70 funds a single kit $15-25 covers the cost of a single book $5 covers the cost of printing one guide and the pouch that keeps it safe inside the cover of a book.

We are a program of the Luginbill Children's Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation in Eau Claire, WI. Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

If you have questions or would like to connect with us about sponsoring kits at your organization, e-mail: [email protected]