Activity 4: UUA Right to Die with Prominently post suicide prevention hotline phone numbers. Dignity Resolution (15 minutes) Invite an expert to speak with youth and Distribute copies of 1988 UUA General Resolution, parents. or project it. Go around the circle and ask Activity 3: Right to Die (40 minutes) participants to read aloud one section at a time, noting that it is fine to pass. After you have read the Show Segment of "" (15:06-21:08), Frontline, PBS. resolution, ask: Then call attention to color pencils, markers, pens, What has changed since 1988—in medicine and pencils. Invite participants to consider their own or ethics or in the political and legal experiences and feelings about suicide in the event landscape? of debilitating terminal illness and to reflect, write, Does this resolution represent your own or draw in their journals. Allow ten minutes for this point of view—or would you change it in part of the activity. some way? Invite participants to form pairs and to share their Does your Unitarian Universalist faith call reflections and experiences as they are you to support the right of self-determination comfortable. Allow ten minutes for this part of the in dying? Is this support unequivocal? If not, activity. what are the conditions or limitations you Then regather the large group noting that assisted would put on that right? suicide is a controversial issue in our time. Lead a For Next Time (5 minutes) discussion asking: Share with participants any updates on upcoming What are some reasons to support the right plans. Distribute Handout 1, Looking Ahead to to die? Workshop 7 and answer any questions. What are some risks of legalizing assisted suicide? Tell participants that Find Out More includes additional resources they may wish to explore.
Prominently post suicide prevention hotline phone numbers. Invite an expert to speak with youth and parents. Activity 3: Right to Die (40 minutes) Show Segment of "" (15:06-21:08), Frontline, PBS. Then call attention to color pencils, markers, pens, and pencils. Invite participants to consider their own experiences and feelings about suicide in the event of debilitating terminal illness and to reflect, write, or draw in their journals. Allow ten minutes for this part of the activity. Invite participants to form pairs and to share their reflections and experiences as they are comfortable. Allow ten minutes for this part of the activity. Then regather the large group noting that assisted suicide is a controversial issue in our time. Lead a discussion asking: What are some reasons to support the right to die? What are some risks of legalizing assisted suicide? Activity 4: UUA Right to Die with Dignity Resolution (15 minutes) Distribute copies of 1988 UUA General Resolution, or project it. Go around the circle and ask participants to read aloud one section at a time, noting that it is fine to pass. After you have read the resolution, ask: What has changed since 1988—in medicine or ethics or in the political and legal landscape? Does this resolution represent your own point of view—or would you change it in some way? Does your Unitarian Universalist faith call you to support the right of self-determination in dying? Is this support unequivocal? If not, what are the conditions or limitations you would put on that right? For Next Time (5 minutes) Share with participants any updates on upcoming plans. Distribute Handout 1, Looking Ahead to Workshop 7 and answer any questions. Tell participants that Find Out More includes additional resources they may wish to explore.
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