Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Graph paper, 11x17-inch Pencils with erasers, and color pencils or crayons Optional: One or more architectural-style residential floor plans Description of Activity The place where we live creates and holds our memories and our sense of rootedness.

Activity time: 5 minutes Preparation for Activity Find a large, open space to use for this activity-ideally, outdoors. Description of Activity Gather the group in a large, open space. Tell the children to imagine the space as a map....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Writing paper and pencils Optional: Clipboards Preparation for Activity Optional: Find more detailed instruction for using "I am from... " as a writing prompt on the Scribd website and on Fred First's blogsite....

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity This activity is designed to continue the activity begun in Session 1. Research the project the group selected in the previous session. Prepare to share information about the needs, opportunities, and possible logistical...

Adapted from an Aboriginal creation story from Australia.When the earth was new-born, it was plain and without any features or life. There were no rivers or mountains, no trees, no grasses, only flat red earth as far as the eye could see—except that there were no eyes for seeing. Waking time and...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Drawing paper, 11x17-inch Plain pencils and color pencils Description of Activity Participants understand the connections that surround and ground them, by creating a visual depiction. Distribute paper and set out pencils for children to share....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Attractive bowl Smooth stones, at least one for each participant Preparation for Activity Fill the bowl half-way with water. Set the bowl on a surface that will not be damaged if a small amount of water splashes out. Set out stones near the bowl,...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Large ball of yarn Description of Activity This activity makes visible and tangible some of the web of connection that unites us. Have all participants sit in a circle. Acknowledge that they may have created a yarn web in the past....

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Stickers or adhesive dots Preparation for Activity Research groups in your area that do justice or service work that connects with the theme of "earth power"-for example, any organization that deals with food, such as a...

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...

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....

Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals and pens or pencils Workshop 3, Leader Resource 3, Serial Testimony Protocol Workshop 5, Leader Resource 1, About Race-Based Reflection Groups Small object or talking stick for each small group...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Leader Resource 1, The Shaking of the Foundations List of this workshop's goals Covenant established in Workshop 1 Preparation for Activity Practice readin...

From "UU Convicted of Littering While Supplying Humanitarian Aid" , UU World, June 15, 2009. Used with permission. The subject of the story is a White Unitarian Universalist who currently uses the name "Emrys Staton." Next fall, Walt Staton will be starting divinity school to become a Unitarian...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Leader Resource 2, The Singing of Angels Preparation for Activity Copy Taking It Home for all participants. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home. Invite participants to do the suggested activities before the next meeting.

Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape List of reflection group members from Workshop 3, Activity 4 Workshop 6, Handout 2, Multicultural Competence Worksheet Handout 2, Procedure for Creating Your Skit Optional: Variety of simple costume pieces for skits (su...

Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Story, “No More Deaths” Computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity Copy the story for all participants. Preview the podcast "http://s3.amazonaws.com/uuavideo/audio/sermons/20120602_staton_life.mp3… or Litter? The Value of People and...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Audre Lorde Project" Preparation for Activity Copy the story for all participants. Description of Activity Read the story "The Audre Lorde Project" aloud or ask a volunteer to do so....