Workshop 4: Whiteness and Privilege Part of Building the World We Dream About - Young Adults In This Section Introduction From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults The struggle for racial justice in America calls those of us who are White to make this journey. Our presence is needed. We have been absent too long. —... Workshop-at-a-Glance From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity Minutes Opening 2 Activity 1: Introducing White Privilege 15 Activity 2: Aesthetic Journaling on Whiteness and White Privilege 50 Activity 3:... Spiritual Preparation From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Take a few minutes before leading this workshop to consider how unearned privilege accrues in your own life. Read Handout 1, White Privilege. If the... Opening From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle List of th... Activity 1: Introducing White Privilege From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, White Privilege Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1 for all... Activity 2: Aesthetic Journaling on Whiteness and White Privilege From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 50 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals A variety of writing materials Index cards, four per... Activity 3: Dismantling Privilege Role Play and Discussion From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 50 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 2, Dismantling Privilege Handouts 3, 4, 5, and 6, Privilege Scenar... Closing From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Leader Resource 1, Living Wide Open Preparation for Activity Copy Taking It Home for all... Taking It Home: Whiteness and Privilege From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults The struggle for racial justice in America calls those of us who are White to make this journey. Our presence is needed. We have been absent too long. —... Handout 1: White Privilege From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Adapted from a piece originally published in Weaving the Fabric of Diversity (Boston: UUA, 1996). If I am a White person in America: I can turn on my... Handout 2: Dismantling Privilege From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Steps for Dismantling Privilege Step 1: NAME IT! Grapple with understanding of what privilege is and how it works in everyday life. Step 2: DEAL WITH IT! Handout 3: Privilege Scenario 1 From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults This scenario explores the intersections of race, class, and gender. It takes place in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, New York. Two police officers... Handout 4: Privilege Scenario 2 From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults By Nora Rasman, a White Unitarian Universalist. This scenario concerns the recent, major increase of gentrification and forced relocation within... Handout 5: Privilege Scenario 3 India McKnight From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults This scenario is set at a Unitarian Universalist congregation. For the first time ever, the congregation is hosting a youth conference with the theme of... Handout 6: Privilege Scenario 4 Jessica York From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults CAST Lexie, a White bookstore manager. She is one of three manager/trainers in the company.... Leader Resource 1: Living Wide Open From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults Material excerpted from the book I Will Not Die an Unlived Life copyright (C) 2000 by Dawna Markova Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, Newburyport, MA and San... 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.