Prepare your own reflections for the worship service, following the instructions in Workshop 12, Taking It Home: What have I learned? What do I need to learn more about? What I need you to know about me is _________. I feel challenged/supported by _________....

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 15 Activity 1: Worship for Racial Reconciliation and Healing 45 Activity 2: Refreshments and Break 15 Activity 3: Considering the Congregation 15 Activity 4: Where Do We Go from Here? 20 Closing 10...

Blessed are you who know that the work of the church is transformation of society, who have a vision of Beloved Community transcending the present. — Rev. John Buehrens This workshop marks a transition in the program. Previous workshops explored the concepts and manifestations of identity and...

By Kathy Galloway, in Maker's Blessing (Wild Goose Publications/The Iona Community, 2000), www.ionabooks.com.

Race-based identity groups, or caucuses, provide a chance for people to talk in a structured format with others from their own ethnic/racial group, an opportunity that is rare, even for those who regularly participate in multicultural dialogues. This kind of within-group talk more often than not...

By Alla Bozarth, Julia Barkley, and Terri Hawthorne, from Stars in your Bones: Emerging Signposts on Our Spiritual Journeys (St. Cloud, Minnesota: North Star Press, 1990). Used with permission. I am pregnant with myself. Do you realize what this means?...

Participants in the Biracial/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 and People of Color and from racially or ethnically...

The experience of racially or ethnically marginalized groups in the United States context is nothing short of tragic: the loss of identity, dignity, property and cultural communities, assignment to second-class citizenship... not to mention the violent crimes against the (brown) body over time....

Select a facilitator from the group to read questions and monitor time. Use the Serial Testimony Protocol (Workshop 2, Leader Resource 2) to talk about as many of these questions as possible. Note that there are more questions below than your group will have time to fully explore. The facilitator...

Activity time: 100 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, Reflection Group for People who are White or of European Ancestry Handout 2, Reflection Group for People of Color and from Racially or Ethnically Marginalized Groups Handout 3, Reflection Group for...

Take a few moments right after the workshop to ask each other: What went well? What didn't? Why? What do you think was the best moment of the workshop? Why? Did anything surprise you? Do we need to make changes in the way we work together?

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Lined paper and pens/pencils Taking It Home A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook OR Leader Resource 3, God Beyond Borders Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint, and post: What ideas were most interesting...

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

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....

Read and reflect on this passage from Derald Wing Sue, author of What Must People of Color Do to Overcome Racism and Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation: In light of the historical and continuing experiences of oppression, even I marvel at our ability to continue our lives in such a...

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Race-based Reflection Groups 100 Closing 10...

The purpose of monocultural community is two-fold: (1) to find identity and self-esteem as a group; and (2) to do homework together before encountering other cultural communities. — Eric H. F. Law, educator and author, in The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb This workshop introduces racial identity...

Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried to help or to hurt — ask me what difference their strongest love or hate has made. I will listen to what you say....

General Assembly 2009 web coverage Presented by the Council for Cross-Cultural Engagement: Rev. Danielle DiBona, President of Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM); Rev. David Takahashi Morris; Linda Friedman, General Assembly (GA) Planning Committee;...

By Taquiena Boston, originally published in A People So Bold: Theology and Ministry for Unitarian Universalists, edited by John Gibb Millspaugh (Boston: Skinner House, 2010). Used with permission....