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Category: Discrimination, Prejudice and Racism

Being Discriminated Against	Adapted from Hope, A. & Timmel, S. Training for Transformation Book 4. This exercise aims to help participants explore the theme of discrimination in a personal way by inviting them to consider some of their own experiences of being discriminated against.
Cushions	Adapted from Hope, A. & Timmel, S. Training for Transformation Book 4 This exercise aims to help participants look at how people protect or ‘cushion’ themselves from discrimination and the effects cushioning can have on everyone involved.
Definition of Key Terms in ‘Racism’, ‘Refugee’, ‘Immigration’ Field	Two lists of terms, neither of which is exhaustive. One list is of a general nature, dealing with broad terms like ‘racism’ ‘ethnicity’ etc. The other list is more specific to the field of immigration and refugee matters.
How Might Life Be?	Partners TfT acknowledge Sharon Murphy and Vicky Donnelly of Galway One World Centre for introducing us to this exercise. This exercise aims to help participants explore institutional racism. The exercise provides a number of different scenarios and invites participants to consider how these scenarios would be experienced by different kinds of people.
Interculturality and Me	The aim of this exercise is to reflect and share on one’s attitude towards others in intercultural encounters. This exercise is developed from and based on the article, ‘Personal Leadership’ which is summarised in this download.
Interculturality and Me Worksheet	worksheet for the exercise 'Interculturality and Me'
I’m not racist but ……	This exercise aims to create opportunities for people to have conversations about issues relating to racism as well as the issue of racism itself. It attempts to do this in a safe way by setting up a number of possible conversations and allowing participants to freely choose which one they would like to take part in.
Learning from Difference	The aim of this exercise is to explore the possibility of learning from someone who is very different from oneself.
My Origins and Now	Adapted from Hope, A. and Timmel, S. Training for Transformation Book 4 The aim of this exercise is to enable participants to consider some of the changes which have occurred in their lives and to share these with others from other cultures. This is quite a personal exercise and so would need to happen at a time when the group knows and trusts each other well.
My Origins and Now Worksheet	landscape worksheet for 'My Origins and Now'
Privilege	Adapted from Hope, A. & Timmel, S. Training for Transformation Book 4 This exercise aims to help the group begin to explore ‘privilege’; what it is and how it might relate to them. It is an exercise that is best done when a good level of trust exists in the group.
Ways in Which I Have Discriminated	Adapted from Hope, A. & Timmel, S. Training for Transformation Book 4 This exercise aims to help participants look at ways in which they have discriminated. It is an exercise that is best done when a good level of trust exists in the group.
When People from Two Cultures Meet	This exercise aims to explore what can happen when people from two different cultures meet. To do this exercise with a group you will need to allow yourself time beforehand to read and become familiar with the framework.
Who Is Discriminated Against?	Adapted from Hope, A. & Timmel, S. Training for Transformation Book 4 The aim of this exercise is to invite participants to take a general look at discrimination in society, with some key points about discrimination.