Now you can talk live with people from different cultural backgrounds via hosted Y? Chat! sessions. Y? encourages you to be provocative and frank, but civil and respectful. Watch for Y? Chat! schedule updates, and mark your calendars now!

Y? Chat! Host lineup:

  • Wednesday, Dec. 1 -- 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific:
    Kathy Noll, co-author with Dr. Jay Carter of Taking the Bully by the Horns, will be on hand to discuss her book, and to answer parents' and kids' questions regarding bullying and self-esteem. Noll specializes in helping kids gain the skills they need to deal with bullies and maintain healthy self-images. She also offers advice and ideas on what parents and teachers can do for both the "victims" and "bullies." Taking the Bully by the Horns is available at http://members.aol.com/kthynoll/bully.htm. Click here to go to Y? Chat!
  • Tuesday, Sept. 21 -- 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific:
    Sam, a 31-year-old African-American firefighter in Chicago, will talk with Y? users about the historical causes behind the differences between black Americans' and post-slavery immigrants' "assimilation" into American society. Click here to go to Y? Chat!
  • Thursday, Sept. 9 -- 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific:
    Carmen, a Chilean/Canadian career woman, will be in the chat room to discuss her culture and upbringing, as well as gender issues. Click here to go to Y? Chat!
  • Wednesday, Sept. 8 -- 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific:
    A.C.C., a Mexican and American Indian male, will be on hand to discuss American Indian issues. Ask him questions about his culture, background, customs, views, etc. Click here to go to Y? Chat!
  • Monday, Sept. 6 -- 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific:
    Kerry Noble, author and former extremist hate movement member, will conduct a chat on race relations. Kerry is a former leader within the extremist hate movement and was involved in an armed standoff with the federal government. So entrenched in the extremist philosophy was he that Kerry almost committed the largest domestic terrorist act in America in 1984. Having straightened out his life, today he is a full-time children's book distributor, pastor of Sojourner Fellowship in Fort Worth, Texas, and occasionally speaks before law enforcement and human rights organizations about the philosophy and theology of the extremist hate movement. He is the author of Tabernacle of Hate. Click here to go to Y? Chat!
  • Wednesday, Sept. 1 -- 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific:
    Libra H., a black female from Jacksonville, Fla., will take your questions about life as an African-American woman. She'll moderate an open discussion among people of different races. Click here to go to Y? Chat!
  • Tuesday, Aug. 31 -- 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific:
    Mark, a gay, HIV-positive male from New York, will facilitate an open dialogue among gays and straights about gay- and AIDS-related issues. Don't miss it! Click here to go to Y? Chat!

Host a Y? Chat! session:

  • Let Y? know if you'd like to facilitate a dialogue session. E-mail Y? with details about your cultural background and what your topic will be, and Y? will contact you and arrange a session that you can moderate right from your own computer. It's a snap; no advanced web knowledge needed. Now you can get to the bottom of all that's different - and not so different - between you and others!

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