Youth Ministry Institute

Questions for a Black or Racially Mixed Youth Group:

1. What does it feel like to know BIPOC voices are not considered important in non BIPOC churches?
2. How have you seen “interest convergence” in your lifetime?

Questions for a Predominately White Youth Group:

1. What do you make of the idea that racism is around all of the time (instead of rearing its ugly head every so often)? Is this a new concept for you?
2. How does the notion of “interest convergence” flip the understanding of how things like the Civil Rights Movement happened, and their apparent impact?
3. Regarding intersectionality: What identities do you inhabit?
4. What would it look like for you to center the voices of BIPOC folx in your youth group setting?