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Tips for the Healing and Reconciliation Workshop If possible, meet on Friday night for dinner, introductions, an ice-breaker and to discuss expectations of the workshop, and then on Saturday, work through the ISP Reflective Action Kit for Healing & Reconciliation. Take time for an opening and closing prayer or moment of silence. Distribute Goals and Guidelines to help create a safe place. Start the Workshop with the video by Randy Butler of the Institute for Sustainable Peace to introduce people to the concepts of the workshop (see page 2 of the kit.) Encourage people to partner with people they don’t know or who are from different backgrounds. Take the time necessary for everyone to participate. At the end of the workshop, invite someone from your community who did not participate in the workshop, perhaps a pastor or friend, and as a large group ask people to share with this person what they experienced and learned. This is a non-threatening and very powerful way for the group to hear from each other. At the very end of the workshop, gather everyone in a circle and ask people to share one word that describes how they are feeling after such a full and productive workshop. After the workshop, consider taking these actions: o Create a report that captures the outcomes, photos, etc. for your community members. o Write an article about your workshop for a local and/or South Sudan newspaper. o Write a letter to your elected officials in the U.S. and/or to the leaders of South Sudan about your experience and if there is anything you would like them to know or do. South Sudan Women United | [email protected]
