Nonprofit Helps Americans Talk About Race With Free Guide Essential Partners makes decades of expertise in dialogue across differences available to the public News provided by Share this article Share this article CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Essential Partners (EP), an international leader in dialogue across differences, has released a new free publication, Participants of an Essential Partners dialogue about race and faith in Howard County, Maryland (2018) Participants of an Essential Partners dialogue about race and faith in Howard County, Maryland (2018) "If we want to live in an inclusive, open, democratic society, Americans need to be able to talk about race with honesty and dignity," said Katie Hyten, co-Executive Director of Essential Partners. "We need to build the capacity to navigate differences of racial identity in our neighborhoods, our houses of worship, our workplaces, and our schools. When we share our stories, reflect on our experiences, and complicate our understanding of one another, it makes new relationships, new ways of living together, and genuinely transformative solutions possible."