Adapted from the work of Peggy McIntosh and Emily Style. "Giving testimony" can mean bearing witness, giving evidence, speaking the truth of one's experience and perspective, and claiming responsibility for one's own truth. The serial testimony protocol is very simple: The facilitator poses a...

This model can be a valuable tool to help people who identify as White to better understand their identity formation. A limitation of such a model is that human beings are all different and that each of us is constantly evolving and changing. Keep in mind that these stages are meant as guidelines.

This model can be a valuable tool to help people who identify as a Person of Color or as a member of a historically marginalized ethnic group, and those working with them, to better understand identity formation....

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Copy Taking It Home for each participant. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Serial Testimony Protocol Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Talking stick or other object for each small group Preparation for Activity Read Leader Resource 3 and prepare to explain the serial testimony process to the group.

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Four Stages of Identity Formation: A Model Handout 2, Four Stages of White Identity Formation: A Model A computer with Internet access, and a large monitor or a digital projector Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals and writ...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Putting White on the Table Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself with Leader Resource 2....

Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity A computer with Internet access, and a large monitor or a digital projector Newsprint, markers, and tape Paper and pens or pencils Preparation for Activity Preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsItFEqQqAE&context=C4febf71ADvjVQa1PpcF… video, The...

Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Leader Resource 1, Meditations of the Heart List of this workshop's goals Covenant established in Workshop 1 Description of Activity Light the chalice or...

The Identity Map was created by Rev. Dr. Monica L. Cummings, influenced by the work of Pamela A. Hays. Some of our values, beliefs, and behaviors are conscious. We hold others without awareness. The Identity Map is a tool for developing self-awareness related to the cultural influences that have...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Leader Resource 1, Mattering Preparation for Activity Copy Taking It Home for all participants. Practice reading Leader Resource 1 aloud. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home and invite participants to do the suggested...

Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Cummings' Identity Map and Worksheet Pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1 for participants. Description of Activity Introduce this activity with these or similar words: Part of being a culturally competent person is...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Participant journals or paper, and pens/pencils Description of Activity Distribute paper and writing implements. Invite participants to consider the influences family, friends, and community have on their own identities. Invite participants to draw...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals or paper, and pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Set out paper and pens/pencils....

This resource includes several first-person narratives from Unitarian Universalists, many of them young adults, describing experiences of being affirmed and experiences of being marginalized. Introduce these voices and experiences using a Theater of Voices technique as described Activity 4....

Dear Thank you for registering for Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults. The (program/conference/first workshop) will take place (day, date, time, and place)....

For your newsletter or website Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults is a Unitarian Universalist program that seeks to interrupt the workings of racism and transform how people from different racial/ethnic groups understand and relate to one another....

Use these suggestions to slow down the flurry of assumptions that can come into play when we talk together about the stories and truths that shape our lives. Following these guidelines can help every participant fully engage with others and grow from our interactions. Ask questions from the...

This program will: Provide participants with a better understanding of people who are different from them Deepen participants’ ability to communicate openly and clearly with those in their circle of friends and acquaintances Present the idea that racism is a social construct which can be...

Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Taking It Home A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist Association hymnbook Preparation for Activity Copy Taking It Home for all participants. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home.