Challenging community conversations are not easy to begin since they reflect the depth of who we are as individuals and may bring up feelings and emotions from our own complex experiences. Learn more from the approaches practiced by five Ys in the United States and the World Alliance of YMCAs to discuss issues affecting their communities.

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