Don’t make assumptions. Ask Questions. Communicate! 

Jubilee Symposia  Friday, August 21, 2020   7:00 PM-8:15 PM(Via Zoom)

Celebrate, Educate, Cultivate

Key Objective:  Participants will be able to recognize the importance of not making assumptions. 

INSTRUCTIONS

Explain that a series of statements will be read out to the group, and they will respond by either taking steps forwards, backwards, as each question pertains to them.

• Participants may remain stationary if they are uncomfortable moving forward or backward on any question asked. 
• No one, other than the facilitator, may speak during the activity.

1. If when you walk into a store, the workers sometimes suspect you are going to steal something because of your race, take one step back.
2. Your family had to move because you could not afford rent.Take a step forward.
3. You  have never been told that someone hated you because of your race, ethnic group, religion or sexual orientation…take one step forward. 
4. If there were times in your childhood when you went hungry because your family couldn’t always afford food, please take one step back. 
5. All those who were given a car by their family, take one step forward. 
6. All those raised in homes with libraries of both children’s and adult books, please take one step forward. 
7. All those who were told by their parents that you were beautiful, smart and capable of achieving your dreams, take two steps forward. 
8. If your parents had to sit you down, when you were young, and explain to you “This is what people might call you, and this is how they may treat you, and this is how you should deal with it” because they knew you were going to encounter racism and because it was an issue in your community, take one step back. 
9. All those who have ancestors who, because of their race, religion, or ethnicity, were denied voting rights, citizenship, had to drink from separate water fountains, ride in the back of the bus, use separate entrances to buildings, separate restrooms, were denied access to clubs, jobs, restaurants,  quality education…were precluded from buying property in specific neighborhoods, take one step back.
10. If you were ever stopped or questioned by the police because of your race, take one step forward.
11. If you were ever uncomfortable about a joke related to your race, take a step to the right.

De-brief//Evaluation

  How did it feel to take part in the activity?

  What did you observe? 

 What were you aware of? 

 How did it feel to take steps forwards? 

 How did it feel to take steps backwards?

 What was the point of this activity? 

 How can you apply what you learned here?

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