Arlingtonians across the County are invited and encouraged to share their perspectives in a Countywide assessment, as Arlington recognizes that everyone has different experiences, backgrounds, insights, opinions, and beliefs about race and equity. Our communitywide assessment is a short online questionnaire (disponible tambien en español) to help our community understand potential areas of opportunities for advancing race and equity and the related systemic issues in our community.

Over the next few months, Arlington will host various dialogues with three focus areas:

• DRE in Your Community – We encourage Arlington residents to sign up for small interactive virtual conversations with neighbors to learn and discuss race and equity in Arlington County.
• DRE Together – We are inviting partners, including Arlington nonprofits, civic associations, faith organizations, and businesses to join us in hosting interactive conversations within their own networks and with other organizations. DRE Partners will receive facilitator training and dialogue resources. Sign up now to be a partner.
• DRE in Your Neighborhood – Launching later this year, provides for neighbor-to-neighbor facilitated conversations in the community.

​These small, interactive virtual conversations offer individual residents an opportunity to participate in facilitated conversations with neighbors to learn and engage on racial tensions and concerns in Arlington County.

• Upcoming sessions are Fri. Nov. 6 @2 PM, Sat. Nov. 14 @10 AM (Spanish language available), Mon. Nov. 16 @ 6 PM, and Wed. Dec. 9, @ 6 PM

Arlington is partnering with Challenging Racism to facilitate the dialogues for Arlingtonians to learn from each other, provide input and participate in a collective conversation critical to the growth and equity within the community. The organization also is conducting the assessment on perspectives on race and equity in Arlington.

For more information and to learn how you can participate in the Perspectives on Race and Equity Assessment, join DRE in Your Community conversations, or become a DRE Together partner visit the Arlington County Dialogues on Racial Equity webpage.

Please Sign Up for a DRE in
​Your Community Session

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Find More Resources From
​Challenging Racism ​on Dialogues on Race and Equity

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Navigation Guide for Difficult
Conversations About Race in
​Troubling Times​

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The 21-day Racial Equity
Habit-building Challenge:
​Discussion Guide for Groups

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