Workshop 24: Celebrating Ourselves and Future Work Part of Building the World We Dream About In This Section Introduction From Building the World We Dream About We humans are deeply, fundamentally, inescapably, relational beings. Our spirituality, our experiences of the sacred, revolves around how we relate to ourselves, to each other, to the cosmos. — Rev. Peter Morales, in Bringing Gifts, a publication of the Latino/a Unitarian Universalist Networking... Workshop-at-a-Glance From Building the World We Dream About Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: Your Gift to Me, Version One 45 Activity 2: Our Next Actions 60 Activity 3: Final Evaluation 15 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Your Gift to Me, Version Two 45 Alternate Activity 2: Your Gift to Me, Version Three 45... Spiritual Preparation From Building the World We Dream About As you prepare to lead this final workshop, spend some time reflecting on how your own understanding and commitment to antiracism and multiculturalism have deepened. How has facilitation of the workshops been a spiritual practice for you? How has it touched you? What would you tell a friend or... Welcoming and Entering From Building the World We Dream About 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.... Opening From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Leader Resource 1, Tomorrow's Child Facilitator notes and impressions from Workshop 23 List of this workshop's Goals Covenant established in Workshop 1... Activity 1: Your Gift to Me, Version One From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Group photo Preparation for Activity Read Activity 1, Alternate Activity 1, and Alternate Activity 2. Choose one of these activities to guide participants in expressing gratitude. Write on newsprint, and post:... Activity 2: Our Next Actions From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Workshop 23, Handout 1, Possible Next Actions Preparation for Activity Make copies of Workshop 23, Handout 1, Possible Next Actions. Write on newsprint, and post: What is your action? What are the goals of your action? Activity 3: Final Evaluation From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Final Evaluation Pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1, Final Evaluation for participants. Description of Activity Invite participants to complete a Final Evaluation and distribute handouts and pens/pencils.... Closing From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, The Shaking of the Foundations Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Print out Leader Resource 2, The Shaking of the Foundations, and prepare to read it aloud. Download and adapt Taking It Home.... Leader Reflection and Planning From Building the World We Dream About Take a few moments to read the evaluations and discuss them with your co-facilitators. Alternate Activity 1: Your Gift to Me, Version Two From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Lined paper and pens/pencils Small brown paper bags - one for each participant Optional: Group photo Preparation for Activity Read Activity 1, Alternate Activity 1, and Alternate Activity 2.... Alternate Activity 2: Your Gift to Me, Version Three From Building the World We Dream About Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape An object to pass (e.g., a stone, talking stick, kaleidoscope) Optional: Group photo Preparation for Activity Read Activity 1, Alternate Activity 1, and Alternate Activity 2. Choose one of these activities to guide... Taking It Home: Celebrating Ourselves and Future Work From Building the World We Dream About We humans are deeply, fundamentally, inescapably, relational beings. Our spirituality, our experiences of the sacred, revolves around how we relate to ourselves, to each other, to the cosmos. — Rev. Peter Morales, in Bringing Gifts, a publication of the Latino/a Unitarian Universalist Networking... Handout 1: Final Evaluation From Building the World We Dream About Which activities, experiences, models, and methods in Building the World We Dream About helped you stretch or deepened your understanding of race and equity? Please describe a particular activity that was successful in helping you learn.... Leader Resource 1: Tomorrow's Child From Building the World We Dream About Excerpted from Tomorrow's Child: Imagination, Creativity, and the Rebirth of Culture by Rubem A. Alves (New York; Harper & Row, 1972). What is hope? It is the presentiment that imagination is more real and reality is less real that it looks.... Leader Resource 2: The Shaking of the Foundations Paul Tillich From Building the World We Dream About From The Shaking of the Foundations. Sometimes... it is as though a voice were saying: You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now;... Find Out More From Building the World We Dream About The UUA Multicultural Growth & Witness staff group offers resources, curricula, trainings, and tools to help Unitarian Universalist congregations and leaders engage in the work of antiracism, antioppression, and multiculturalism. Visit... PREVIOUS: Find Out More UP: Building the World We Dream About NEXT: Introduction Download all of Building the World We Dream About (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.