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Activity Guide: African American Rite of Passage
Discuss these questions and share your thoughts with others, or record your thoughts and responses in a personal journal.
1. What ways has your family or community acknowledged your coming of age?
2. Name four rituals that are a part of your community, family or personal life?
a. First, _________________________
b. Second, ______________________
c. Third, ________________________
d. Fourth, _______________________
3. Why did you select these four? What do each of these mean to you?
4. Imagine that you could design a coming of age ceremony for yourself. Describe your ceremony in detail (i.e. clothes, types of reading, who’s involved, etc.).
5. How does your ceremony express your culture or background? How does it express your hopes for your future as a woman?
6. Who would you choose to lead your ceremony and why?
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