Workshop 3: Dominant Culture and Identity Part of Building the World We Dream About - Young Adults In This Section Introduction From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults To consider "Whiteness" . . . is not an attack on people, whatever their skin color.... Workshop-at-a-Glance From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity Minutes Opening 3 Activity 1: Culture and Identity 45 Activity 2: Putting "White" on the Table 15 Activity 3: Racial/Ethnic Identity Formation ... Spiritual Preparation From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults If you are a White person, meditate or journal about how you discovered your "whiteness." What role has Whiteness played in your life?... Opening From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Leader... Activity 1: Culture and Identity From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity A computer with Internet access, and a large monitor or a digital projector Newsprint, markers, and tap... Activity 2: Putting "White" on the Table From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Putting White on the Table Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself with Leader... Activity 3: Racial/Ethnic Identity Formation From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Four Stages of Identity Formation: A Model Handout 2, Four Stages of White Identity Formatio... Activity 4: What Role Has Whiteness Played in Your Life? From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Serial Testimony Protocol Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Talking stick or ot... Closing From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Taking It Home Preparation f... Taking It Home: Dominant Culture and Identity From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults To consider "Whiteness" . . . is not an attack on people, whatever their skin color.... Handout 1: Four Stages of Identity Formation: A Model From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults This model can be a valuable tool to help people who identify as a Person of Color or as a member of a historically marginalized ethnic group, and those... Handout 2: Four Stages of White Identity Formation: A Model From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults This model can be a valuable tool to help people who identify as White to better understand their identity formation.... Leader Resource 1: Meditations of the Heart From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Excerpted from Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman. Copyright (C) 1953, 1981 by Anne Thurman. Reprinted by permission of Beacon Press, Boston,... Leader Resource 2: Putting White on the Table From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Read the following sentences aloud in pairs, pausing briefly between the two items in each pair, and pausing again after each pair is read.... Leader Resource 3: Serial Testimony Protocol From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Adapted from the work of Peggy McIntosh and Emily Style. "Giving testimony" can mean bearing witness, giving evidence, speaking the truth of one's... Find Out More From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults The UUA Multicultural Growth & Witness staff group offers resources, curricula, trainings, and tools to help Unitarian Universalist congregations and... PREVIOUS: Find Out More UP: Building the World We Dream About - Young Adults NEXT: Introduction Download all of Building the World We Dream About: For Young Adults (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.