Racism harms the body of Christ.

Make a bracelet to learn how racism and white privilege affect you.

This activity was created for Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009. You'll need:

Instructions (287k PDF)
Brochure (1832k PDF) Email Susan Mark Landis to ask about availability and cost.
Beads and twine (We bought our wooden beads and twine from Fire Mountain Gems and the colorful, Fair Trade beads from BeadforLife. The twine frequently frayed; it helped to run it across soap. The BeadforLife beads had very small holes which we enlarged a bit with needles. The twine seemed thick for some of the beads. BeadforLife is working to make their bead holes larger by Jan 2010.)
Scissors, needles, soap, etc.

Beads are currently (July 2009) popular with youth and they came to the exhibit and persevered long to make their bracelet. The fourth-sixth graders created bracelets using simplified questions. The physical movement while mentally thinking through a question appears to increase learning and ownership. We nearly ran out of beads.