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By Rev. Elizabeth Buffington Nguyen, Leadership Development Associate for Youth and Young Adults of Color. When I was 24, my father gave me a new name. I was learning Vietnamese in graduate school....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Draw a large gift basket on a piece of newsprint and post....

A series of intimate stories from immigrants, activists, human rights workers, and border patrol people. Through their stories, the book explores the ethical, moral, and spiritual challenges presented by the complex immigration issues on the border, evoking our human response.

Patel challenges those who believe in religious pluralism to support young people, providing what is needed to help them ground themselves in a faith that both fuels their deepest passions and feeds their cooperation across faiths to make the world a better place.

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Postcards or photos cut from magazines with images of people or human activity, one for each pair of participants (see Preparation for Activity) Paper and pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Obtain postcards for this exercise from an art museum o...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Postcards or photos cut from magazines with images of people or human activity, one for each pair of participants Paper and pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Obtain postcards for this exercise from an art museum or other local source that has a...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, enough for participants to share Handout 5, Pirates, Boats, and Adventures in Cross-Cultural Engagement Optional: Singing the Journey, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook supplement...

A profile of the UUA curriculum for young adults (ages 18-35) engaged in anti-racist, multicultural congregational transformation. The curriculum is available for free on UUA.org.

By Pat Schneider, from Another River: New and Selected Poems (Amherst Writers and Artists Press, 2005). Used with permission. The self you leave behind is only a skin you have outgrown. Don't grieve for it. Look to the wet, raw, unfinished self, the one you are becoming. The world, too, sheds its...

"Telling" is used with permission. For more information about Laura's poetry and other writing, go to her website, www.laurahershey.com.

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle List of this workshop's goals Covenant established in Workshop 1 Description of Activity Light the chalice or invite a participant to light it while you r...

Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, About Race-Based Reflection Groups Optional: List of reflection group members from Workshop 3, Activity 4 Handout 1, Reflection Group for People Who Are White Handout 2, Reflection Group for People of Color and from Racially or...

Plan a worship service that inspires participants and allows them to bear witness to one another's commitments to take on the work of building antiracist, anti-oppressive, multicultural communities and groups in all areas of your lives. Use the questions and template below as a guide. I....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Handout 2, Final Evaluation Preparation for Activity Download and adapt Taking It Home as needed, and make copies for all participants. Copy Handout 2, Final Evaluation for all participants or plan to e-mail it to the group....

Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Planning the Worship Service Newsprint, markers, and tape Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1, Planning the Worship Service....