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Using dialogue to create understanding between people with different backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives, is key to resolving conflict and building peace. Some activities in this pack will encourage participants to reveal their assumptions, perceptions, and judgements, and highlight how all forms of prejudice and discrimination can lead to conflict.
When facilitating Stand Together for Peace, it is important to create a safe space where participants feel they can be brave, get out of their comfort zones, truly hear each other’s stories, and trust others to hear them. You can use many different methods for this.

Resources

https://www.wagggs.org/en/resources/world-thinking-day-2021-activity-pack/
This is copied directly from the resource for easy access in programmes.

Instructions

1. Vocally state that your space is safe for all who wish to participate.
2. As a group come up with clear guidelines to promote respect and openness for everyone and agree how the group will keep to the guidelines.
3. Stress the importance of confidentiality.
4. Be aware of what is happening in your community and the world that may be impacting your group members.
5. Be mindful of your facilitation approach to make sure all voices have space to be heard.
6. Be ready to adapt your programme. If the group are deep in a powerful conversation, it is fine to change the plans, so they have more time to work through that conversation.
7. Avoid making generalisations when speaking about different issues.
8. Plan how you will support group members to speak up or seek support if they don’t feel safe and communicate this to the group.

Tags

• WAGGGS resources
• world thinking day
• world thinking day 2021

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