Goals, Workshop 10: You and Me
In "Exploring Our Values Through Poetry," a Tapestry of Faith program
This workshop will:
- Utilize self-portrait poetry and drawing to reflect on and reframe participants' personal histories
- Investigate the distinctions between how we see ourselves and how others see us
- Utilize poetry to explore what it means to celebrate, rather than tolerate, diversity
- Help youth articulate and share perspectives on what sets human beings apart from one another and what connects us
- Affirm youth as valuable, loving, and lovable individuals
- Optional: Supply suggestions for ways to educate others on the UN World Millennium Goals
- Optional: Engage youth in creating a game for the congregation
- Optional: Encourage youth to write a reconciliatory poem or letter that recognizes similarities they share with the recipient
- Optional: Provide time for participants to review their poetry in preparation for the Poetry Slam
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Last updated on Thursday, October 27, 2011.
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