Make a Wish
This activity fosters community engagement, solidarity, and collaborative action, allowing participants to experience the transformative power of working together.
How to run it
- Explain that the goal is to identify a wish or need the community can make come true together.
- Encourage people to dream big, but also think in concrete actions that can make a positive impact.
- Each person proposes a wish related to a real need in their environment.
- Wishes can be personal, institutional, or community-based.
- Wishes can be collected on paper or digitally.
- The most viable and meaningful ones are selected.
- The community votes on the wish they commit to fulfilling together.
- Define the purpose: Identify and highlight local needs or dreams from individuals or institutions.
- Prepare the materials: Cards, papers, or forms for people to write down their wishes.
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Prompts to use +
Explain that the goal is to identify a wish or need the community can make come true together.
Define the purpose: Identify and highlight local needs or dreams from individuals or institutions.
Prepare the materials: Cards, papers, or forms for people to write down their wishes.
Run this with your AI assistant +
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Make a Wish. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Explain that the goal is to identify a wish or need the community can make come true together.; Define the purpose: Identify and highlight local needs or dreams from individuals or institutions.; Prepare the materials: Cards, papers, or forms for people to write down their wishes.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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