Creative Jam: Imagine the Beloved Community

Part of Mosaic Lifespan Curriculum

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Prayer for a Drop in the Bucket by Amy Zucker Morgenstern

Blessed are the droplets, for they shall fill the bucket to overflowing.

Blessed are they who know there is a bucket, for they shall be filled with hope.

Blessed are they who can see beyond their lifetimes, for they shall walk in faith that their work will not be in vain.

Blessed are we when we know we only appear so small because what we are creating is so big.

Blessed are we who are part of one another.

Blessed are we when we give new life and light to others, for we will live more richly ourselves.

Blessed be.

This can be read either by one speaker, or as a call and response as follows:

Call: Blessed are the droplets
Response: for they shall fill the bucket to overflowing.

C: Blessed are they who know there is a bucket
R: for they shall be filled with hope.

C: Blessed are they who can see beyond their lifetimes
R: for they shall walk in faith that their work will not be in vain.

C: Blessed are we when we know we only appear so small
R: because what we are creating is so big.

All: Blessed are we who are part of one another.

C: Blessed are we when we give new life and light to others
R: for we will live more richly ourselves.

C: Blessed be.

Read

Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police” by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J Ritchie

Following the reading ask the following: What discomforts arise at the thought of abolition?

Watch

Questions for a Resilient Future (16:56) (YouTube, 16:56) by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Following the video, ask: How do Kimmerer’s stories of Sky Woman and turtles fit into our journey of anti-racism?

Do

Provide everyone with paper and pencils or pens and give the following instructions:

We are about to begin a journaling exercise. I will give you two prompts to respond to, and five minutes each for you to journal. You may respond in whatever form you like, but please be mindful to give full time and attention to each prompt.

Prompt one: What does accountability look like without police, jails, and prison?

Prompt two: If you could only tell one story to build Beloved Community, which story would you tell?

Close

Let Us Begin Again in Love

Having let go,
Set our intentions,
Named our curiosity,
Committed our energies,
And given ourselves over to lives of balance, purpose and meaning,
Let us begin again
In love

Close out with a one-word or one-phrase check-in: Now that our time here has ended, what is one word or one phrase that describes your feelings at this moment?

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