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Standing on the Side of Love. Susan Leslie, Director, Office of Congregational Advocacy & Witness, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. Dan Furmansky , Campaign Manager, Standing on the Side of Love . Spirit in Action – Power UP! Networks Team.
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Standing on the Side of Love Susan Leslie, Director, Office of Congregational Advocacy & Witness, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Dan Furmansky, Campaign Manager, Standing on the Side of Love
Spirit in Action – Power UP! Networks Team Linda Stout TaijKumarieMoteelall Jodi Lasseter ManauvaskarKublall Executive Director Power Up Co-Director Power Up Co-Director Creative Director
INTRODUCING THE PROCESS • This is our moment! • Long-term, solutions-driven • Approximately 3 hours • Invitation to innovate
GROUNDWORK • Build inclusion • Choose issue focus or general • Be strategic • Reach out to the margins • Know who will be in the room • Prepare materials & the space
CREATE A WELCOMING SPACE • Make it beautiful • Have an intentional opening • Invite everyone to check-in • Generate group agreements
GUIDED VISUALIZATION • Make the script your own • We all vision differently • Speak slowly and pause • Use sound effects & music • Be ambassadors of the future
COLLECTIVE IMAGE MAKING • Set up a canvas • Release inhibitions • Document the process • Discuss themes
ACTION PLANNING • What can I do personally? • What can we do together? • Who are we connected to? • How will we communicate? • Next immediate steps (24 hrs)?
WRAPPING UP • Plan how to share your vision • Have an intentional closing
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