One of the primary ways to foster inclusion and increase the retention of individuals with identities underrepresented in physics is to discuss equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the physics classroom. Despite the growing number of curricula, seminars, and workshops providing resources for physics educators to address EDI in their classrooms, many physics educators are hesitant to engage in critical conversations in their physics classrooms. The APS EDI Fellows Program seeks to address the gap between EDI resources and physicists' lack of expertise in critical conversations by training a cohort of physicists, paired with critical conversation specialists, to present interactive workshops that build capacity for physicists to engage in EDI conversations within the physics classroom context.