Select a facilitator from the group to choose questions, read them aloud, and monitor the time. Use the Serial Testimony Protocol (Workshop 3, Leader Resource 3) to talk about as many of the following questions as possible....

Participants in the Biracial and Multiracial Reflection Group will work to explore, affirm, and heal their spirit by first naming the landscape of their experience. They will also consider how to create healthy relationships alongside White people, People of Color, and those from racially or...

The experience of racially or ethnically marginalized groups in the United States is nothing short of tragic: the loss of identity, dignity, property, and cultural communities, the assignment to second-class citizenship . . . not to mention the violent crimes committed against People of Color...

Select a facilitator from the group to choose questions, read them aloud, and monitor the time. Use the Serial Testimony Protocol (Workshop 3, Leader Resource 3) to talk about as many of the following questions as possible....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Customize Taking It Home and make copies for the group. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home and invite participants to do the suggested activities before the next meeting....

Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 6, About Two UU Black Kids Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 6 for all participants. Description of Activity Distribute Handout 6 and invite participants to read the two companion pieces, one a blog entry and the other a sermon. Then,...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Computer with projector and speakers Participant journals and writing implements Preparation for Activity Download the video “Theological Wings.” Locate these excerpts: Kat Liu sharing an excerpt from A People So Bold (“Theological Wings,”...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Talking stick or other object Description of Activity Invite participants to share thoughts or observations they have had about Whiteness since the last workshop....

Activity time: 5 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 re...

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 Francisco, CA www.redwheelweiser.com.

CAST Lexie, a White bookstore manager. She is one of three manager/trainers in the company. She has decades of sales experience, though she has only been in books for three years. She currently manages a small mall bookstore that is part of a chain....

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 "Homelessness and LGBTQ Youth." The majority of the attendees, congregational leaders, and guest workshop leaders are youth....

By Nora Rasman, a White Unitarian Universalist. This scenario concerns the recent, major increase of gentrification and forced relocation within Washington, D.C....

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 have stopped two people in a car on Nostrand Avenue and Bergen Street. After some time, a passerby interrupts the situation....

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! Identify privilege, address it, and take some personal responsibility for not allowing it to continue. Step 3: REFRAME IT! Build new roles,...

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 participants. Practice Reading Leader Resource 1 aloud. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home and read the instructions aloud....

Activity time: 50 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 2, Dismantling Privilege Handouts 3, 4, 5, and 6, Privilege Scenarios 1-4 List of reflection group assignments (Workshop 3) Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Review the scenarios and...

Activity time: 50 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals A variety of writing materials Index cards, four per participant A large variety of found objects, such as fabric, mechanical parts, string, rope, buttons, cotton balls, foam letters and shapes,...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, White Privilege Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1 for all participants. Write the following questions on newsprint, and post where they will be visible to all participants: What is my response to the...

Activity time: 2 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 of...