Crossing the Line The University of North （北大学的越界,）.pdfVIP

Crossing the Line INTRODUCTION: When facilitated right, Crossing the Line is a powerful, interactive, and effective activity that builds diversity awareness within a group. The goals of this activity include helping participants learn about themselves; give participants an opportunity to reflect upon their self- and cultural identity; allowing the community involved to appreciate its own diversity more and learn to treat each other like the diverse human beings we all are, instead of as homogenized, singular, cultureless beings. POINT TO PONDER: Education should not be the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats DIRECTIONS: The following is a list of recommended instructions for Crossing the Line. This activity requires thorough facilitation, and should not be conducted carelessly or lightly. Read over the directions closely, and email any questions you have to info [at] . Time needed About 35 minutes for the activity. About 45 minutes for discussion. Room set-up • Plenty of open space (All chairs to the side or out of the room) • Note on the door (Workshop in Progress, DO NOT DISTURB!) • Dim the lights a bit if possible. • Facilitator should be off to the side so he is not the center of attention. Publicity Keep it vague. It seems fair to describe it as “a workshop where we find ways in which we are both different from and similar to each other.” Be careful about over billing the workshop. Content Introduction of the facilitator Be careful not to draw too much attention to the facilitator; the focus should be on the exercise and the group. Statement of Purpose This is a diverse organization and we have spent the last couple days exploring that diversity. In this exercise we continue exploring that diversity. Much of our earlier exercises addressed diversity that was obvious. We want to acknowledge and address those differences but also bring to the su