The attached calendar and sign-up sheet is designed to help you plan how you intend to participate in both the virtual sessions and apply the practices in your context. 

While a member of the Auburn Leadership Team will guide key elements of each session – with monthly recaps, framing and check-in, helping folks to dig deeper into the topic for each section, and setting participants up for the following session at the end of the two hours – the bulk of the leadership will be the responsibility of the cohort participants. 

A grounding and closing practice are included in each of the areas. These are leadership opportunities where members of the cohort get to practice anchoring the group during the opening and closing of each session.  

Unless otherwise indicated all practice sessions will take place in small breakout rooms. This means there should be a dedicated leader for each breakout. The leader acts as the overall facilitator for the given activity and is not a participant. All practice leaders will be provided with detailed instructions on how to lead the practice in advance of the session.  

Each virtual session will follow a similar structure, intentionally designed to facilitate learning and build community within the cohort. 

Each month will include the follow elements:  

• Framing, recap - Auburn team led overview of the monthly session and recap of where we have been on our learning journey
• Community check-in - Full group "what's up" moment, and opportunity for cohort to collectively imagine what a healed world abounding in love looks, feels, sounds, smells and tastes like. 
• Grounding ritual  - Cohort led opportunity for folks to center our community of practice with resources informed by our religious/spiritual traditions
• Digging Deeper - Auburn team led opportunity to add depth to the theme and practice of the month, through focused conversation, resource sharing and reflection
• The Practices - cohort led opportunities for folks to lead practices and methodologies on building community, bridging divides and pursuing justice introduced during the intensive in preparation for sharing them in your context
• Journaling/silent reflective time -  an opportunity to reflect and connect on your experience of our process for the month
• Wrap- Up  - Auburn team led "housekeeping," in preparation for upcoming session 
• Closing ritual  - cohort facilitated session closing that, like the grounding at the beginning sends us forth with a word from our traditions

The following are general worksheets that you may refer to throughout the year to support your experience

Links to instructions for practice sessions, and worksheets  relevant to those sections will be included in the monthly assignment section 

Context, Action, Impact Worksheet