Adapted from World Cafe Model. CAFE SETUP Arrange the room so there are four tables with enough chairs around each to accommodate one-fourth of participants. Place a large sheet of newsprint and markers/crayons at each table....

Excerpted from an essay originally published in Soul Work: Anti-Racist Theologies in Dialogue, eds. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley and Nancy Palmer Jones, 171-98. Boston: Skinner House Books, 2003. Used with permission....

These definitions are adapted from the work of Louise Derman-Sparks and Carol Brunson Phillips, published in Teaching/Learning Anti-Racism: A Developmental Approach (New York: Teachers College Press, 1997). Racism An institutionalized system of economic, political, social, and cultural relations...

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Not Somewhere Else, But Here Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals Writing and drawing materials Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Write on newsprint, and post: What is the image or passage from...

Activity time: 65 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint - one sheet for each of four tables Color markers and crayons Handout 1, Definitions of Racism Leader Resource 1, Discussion Cafe Instructions Sticky dots or other means of identifying participants in a color group Preparation for Activit...

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Recording(s) of song(s), totaling ten minutes or less, that speak to the interplay between individual actions and participation in "the system" of racism Music player Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Lined paper and pens/pencils Taking It Home Handout 2, Not Somewhere Else, But Here Preparation for Activity Write these questions on newsprint and post: What ideas were most interesting or challenging to you? What powerful ideas, concerns, or...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Participant evaluations from previous workshop List of this workshop's Goals Covenant established in Workshop 1 Preparation for Activity Practice reading ...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use) and bold markers Optional: Music and player Optional: Snacks and beverages Preparation for Activity Arrange chairs in a circle and set out name tags and markers on a table....

"Two Kinds of Intelligence," by Jellaludin Rumi, was translated by Dr. William C. Chittick and published in The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1983). Used with permission.The intellect is of two kinds: The first is acquired....

Steps for Dismantling Privilege NAME IT!—Grapple with understanding what privilege is and how it works in everyday life. DEAL WITH IT!—When you identify privilege, address it, and take some personal responsibility for not allowing it to continue. REFRAME IT!—Build new roles, practices, shared...

Activity time: 15 minutes Description of Activity Invite participants to reflect on the small group activity. Ask, "Why does working on issues of racism require working through issues of guilt, shame, and powerlessness?"...

Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Dismantling Privilege Small group newsprint lists of how privilege manifests in congregational life (from Workshop 5, Activity 4) Newsprint, markers, and tape for each small group Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1 for all...

Activity time: 15 minutes Description of Activity Invite participants, each in turn, to share an example of when and how they have seen White privilege at work in their daily lives since the last workshop. Including All Participants Remind participants that they may pass if they choose not to share.

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Lined paper and pens/pencils Taking It Home Singing the Journey, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook supplement, enough for participants to share Optional: Keyboard Optional: Recording of the song "How Could Anyone?" by Libby Roderick, on the album...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Leader Resource 1, Two Kinds of Intelligence Participant evaluations from previous workshop List of this workshop's Goals Covenant established in Workshop ...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use) and bold markers Optional: Music and player Optional: Snacks and beverages Preparation for Activity Arrange chairs in a circle and set out name tags and markers on a table....

Excerpted from Black Pioneers in a White Denomination (Boston: Skinner House, 1992). The problem of segregation in all churches seems more unfortunate when one recognizes that there is much to gain, beyond the realization of liberal values, and racially diverse congregations. Here there is a...

Adapted from a piece originally published in Weaving the Fabric of Diversity (Boston: UUA, 1996). If I am a White person in America: I can turn on my television or watch a movie and see many images of people of my race in a wide variety of roles, including many positive and heroic ones....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Group-generated lists from Activity 4 Description of Activity Lead a large group discussion about the lists generated by the small groups. Draw out participants' insights that arose in the process of creating the lists. You might ask: How easy or...