On the back of the piece of paper write the top three identities you feel closest to. Write out your fullest name and tell your story. Markers and 8-by-10-inch sheets of paper folded horizontally. The goal of this activity is to warm up participants to sharing about themselves and start revealing a bit about each participant’s background.
The following activity is particularly useful when working with participants who don’t know one another very well. “My Fullest Name” Source: Awareness Activities, Critical Multicultural Pavilion Social identity includes affinities one has with other people, values and norms that one accepts, and the ways one has learned to behave in social settings. Personal identities include an individual’s name, unique characteristics, history, personality and other traits that make one different from others. Though participants are encouraged to discuss what they have learned and share reflections on conversations, it is important to keep names and individual experiences private.Įveryone has a personal and social identity. Confidentiality. Each participant within the community needs to feel that he/she/they can trust that what is shared with peers will not be shared outside of the group.One voice, all ears. When one person speaks, everyone else listens.Facilitators should encourage the participant to take responsibility for his/her own experience rather than projecting it onto fellow participants. When a member of the community speaks of personal experience or feelings, it is of utmost importance that he/she/they uses the “I” statement. “I” Statements. It is critical to draw a line between individual experience and communal experience to prevent alienating someone whose experience may be different.Facilitators should ask their team what respect means to them. Respect. Though this term is used widely, “respect” means different things to different people.Online MSW Curriculum Snapshot expand_more.
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