Activity 3: Twenty-one Thoughts (10 minutes), Workshop 9: Justice Practices, in the Spirit in Practice Program
Materials for Activity
- Handout 1: Twenty-one Thoughts on Peace and Justice (see Preparation)
- Small basket
- Optional: Microphone (preferably cordless)
Preparation for Activity
- Cut Handout 1 into strips—one quote per strip—and place them in the basket.
- If desired, make extra copies of Handout 1 for people who want to take home all the quotes.
Description of Activity
Invite participants to sit in a circle. Explain that you will pass around a basket of quotations. Participants can pick a quotation to read aloud, or let the basket pass by them if they prefer to just listen.Going around the circle, have participants read the quotations slowly and loudly. Take a moment or two of silence between each quotation. Continue around the circle until all of the quotations have been read.
Discuss the quotations with the group:
- Which quotations particularly spoke to you? Why?
- Were there any you disagreed with? Why?
- Do you know any other quotations about peace and justice that you'd like to share?
Including All Participants
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Last updated on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
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