This presentation will help coaches to further develop their skills when working with their clients. Race is a hard and uncomfortable topic to talk about. We will look at the history of racism in our country and how it is systemic and operational at all levels of civic engagement and society. Understanding the power dynamics of systemic racism will help you navigate coaching relationships that have racial difference, and to comprehend and build compassion for the lived experience of BIPOC. (black, Indigenous and people of color) Takeaways: 1. Develop critical thinking and compassionate care in dealing with racial difference in coaching. 2. Understand the impact of micro aggressions, code switching, and proving for BIPOC in the work environment. 3. Through understanding Systemic Racism, Systemic Oppression, to increase your awareness of power dynamics in the coaching relationship. 4. Build your tolerance to be in uncomfortable and necessary conversations about race. 5. To learn about common racial micro aggressions. About Suzanne: Suzanne Roberts is the Principal of UnifyingSolutions and the co-founder of Safe Conversation About Race. Suzanne Roberts has worked as a trainer, speaker, and facilitator for small and large corporations, businesses, and non-profits since 1979. As a Certified Master Somatic Coach, she coaches leaders to become inspiring, on purpose, resilient, and effective in their perspective domains. Suzanne is dedicated to cultural diversity, social equity, and social justice. She educates how social systems of oppression got designed, and incorporates an intersectional lens in her work, in order to bring about sustainable change. The process illuminates how historical forces operate today to limit human dignity and contribution in some groups of people, while benefiting an elite group of people. While she cares about all marginalized communities, her primary focus is on interrupting and reducing racial harm due to systemic racism.