Another Look at Our Names, Our Stories: Closing



Objective(s) & Context

  1. Reflect on the theme of immigration.

  2. Provide a sense of closure in a shared experience.

 

Duration

15 minutes

* Add one minute for each additional group member

 

Group Size

10

 

Age Group

All

 

Skills

Interpersonal communication skills

 

Format(s) & Technique(s)

Large group activity

 

Materials

Giant name tags created by participants in opening exercise

 

Facilitation Tips

  • This activity should follow the “Our Names, Our Stories: Opening” activity.

 

Popular Education Prompts

  • This is a closure activity.

 

Leading the Activity: Steps to Take

Preparation:

  1. Ensure that the “Our Names, Our Stories: Opening” exercise has been completed earlier that day.

 

Workshop:

  1. Collect the name tags created by participants in the opening exercise.

  2. Ask participants to form a large circle, where each participant stands and faces inwards.

  3. Place the name tags in the middle of the circle so that each one is fully visible.

  4. Remind participants that at the beginning of the workshop, they had thought of words related to immigration that corresponded with their name.

  5. Ask participants to look at all of the other name tags in the middle of the circle and to find a word on someone else’s name tag that is especially meaningful.

  6. Go around the circle and invite each participant to say the word that they found meaningful and why.

 

Success Indicators

  • Participants reflect silently or aloud in the exercise

 

Source: Andrea Canales, Go Girls