Running a religion and dialogue conference

This conference aims to get young people sharing (also see Running an interfaith dialogue day):

their own beliefs and values
their experiences of growing up in a multi-faith society
ideas about how to deal with differences of opinion or tensions between different groups.

Detailed instructions for all of the activities in this agenda can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.

There are also many other activities that you could use in this event. Please take a look at Ice-breakers, energisers and session closers, and the activities in Working in a classroom or established youth group.

Agenda

9:30am	Welcome and introductions Setting ground rules Ice-breaker: Stand Up, Sit Down Activity to introduce participants to the issues that will be addressed later in the day.
10:00am	DVD: Play 'Living in a Multi-faith Society' (Contact us to oder a copy of the DVD.)
10:20am	Discussion workshops Young people split into small groups to discuss key issues around faith, identity and multi-faith living, building on questions raised in the video. Teachers, outside speakers or older, more confident students could facilitate discussions.
11:20am	SHORT BREAK
11:40am	Outside speakers: Reflections Invite faith leaders from the local community to reflect on some of the issues that have been discussed by the young people in the previous session. Follow up with a question and answer session where young people are able to add their own answers to these statements. If time, share findings from the earlier discussion workshops.
12:20pm	LUNCH
1:20pm	Afternoon session – Introduction The afternoon session asks young people to think about their common values and about how to deal with potential disagreements. Energiser: Listen to me! Activity asking students to think about what makes a good and bad listener.
1:40pm	Activity: Values and identity Participants undertake this activity individually. It asks them to think about their outlook on life and what influences this. Students then bring their sheets with them to the workshops as a prompt for discussions.
2:00pm	Group activities: Similarities and differences Students discuss their answers to the previous exercise. Did they choose the same factors? Were they influenced in the same ways? Participants choose a moral issue and make up a scenario where people disagree (in groups of three or four). Young people act out scenarios and discuss.
2:45pm	Activity: Statement of unity Young people agree on a code that everyone should follow if we want to build a successful multi-faith society. Students should write this up as a statement of unity. This could be a code of practice for the school or for young people in the local area.
3:15pm	Reconvene Two or three groups read out their codes of practice.
3:30pm	Finish

Additional work: If you have funds you could invite a performance poet, community artist or musician in to work with the young people on scenarios and solutions and to produce art work symbolising the similarities and differences between young people from different faiths and backgrounds.

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