Ubuntu, Community & Belonging Groups / GRP1169
A Community Boundary — Cooperative Planning Workshop
Draft a group boundary that protects dignity and leaves room for respectful difference.
40 minutes · 3–12 people · Adults with trained group facilitation
Facilitator PDF · Fillable participant PDF · Open activity / add to session
UNDERSTAND THE IDEA
Ubuntu invites connection with room for boundaries.
Belonging and mutual care can be explored through relationships, contribution, shared resources, and community responsibilities. Connection does not require identical experiences or unlimited availability. Reciprocity can include receiving help, not only giving it.
Facilitation lens: Invite participants' own cultural meanings and challenge the assumption that one community model fits everyone. Make space for limits and chosen connection.
Explore the conceptual background · Broad background, not validation of this original exercise.
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Fictional example
A group wants to address repeated unwanted advice.
Open with choice — 3 minutes
Explain the purpose, privacy limits, and the option to observe, use fiction, adapt, or pass. Check access needs and group readiness; do not promise absolute confidentiality.
Meet the fictional case — 4 minutes
A group wants to address repeated unwanted advice. Ask what is known, what is assumed, and what the person in the case wants.
Practice: Planning workshop — 26 minutes
Draft a group boundary that protects dignity and leaves room for respectful difference. In pairs or small groups, create two possible plans for the fictional case. Compare access, effort, likely tradeoffs, and consent. Choose one reversible trial with a backup and a review point; allow an observing role.
Reflect and compare — 4 minutes
What limit supports connection? Ask what fits, what does not, and what external conditions or supports affect the options. No personal disclosure is required.
Close and integrate — 3 minutes
Invite an optional observation, support request, or small next step. Passing is welcome. Agree how to revisit questions and seek appropriate help outside the exercise.
Practice output
A feasible plan with a support, a backup, and a review question.
Scope and adaptation
Use fictional or ordinary examples, consent, accessibility adaptations, and passing. Original educational group facilitation; not a complete treatment protocol. Do not interpret drawings or require personal disclosure.
Offer reading aloud, typing, drawing, pointing, or observation. Avoid mandatory movement, eye contact, touch, and body focus.
Original AI-assisted educational draft; independent clinical review pending.
Conceptual background
References inform broad principles and do not validate or endorse this original plan.