Social Awareness Practices & Activities
Circle Opener/Closer
If you could be any kind of animal, what would it be and why?
Share: “One thing you may not know by looking at me is….”
Talk about a time when you feel you have not been heard? Why did you not feel heard? What was the impact?
Talk about a time you have not spoken up. Why did you not speak up? What was the impact?
Connections opening protocol
http://www.nsrfharmony.org/system/files/protocols/connections_0.pdf
Listening Exercise:
Brainstorm: “Ways You Know Someone is Actively Listening”
Divide partners into person A and person B.
Have person A tell a story to person B for about 2-3 min. Have person B practice their active listening.
Debrief: What was it like to listen? What was it like to tell your story? What did the person do that showed you they were listening?
Context Map
Redistribute context map.
What factors impact your Social Awareness?
Where do your cultural norms emerge? Where do your values emerge?
Where is there alignment? Where are there differences?
What impact does this have on your Social Awareness?
Allow individual time to complete.
Share out in pairs or as a group.
Being and Ally: Bystander to Upstander
What’s the difference between a bystander and an upstander?
What does it take to be an upstander/ally?
What difference can it make?
Is there a time you have been an ally or have had someone be an ally to you? What difference did it make?
