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4. Small Group Discussion (50 min) Objective: To gather information about participants' experiences and perceptions of how their community welcomes immigrants and refugees. Instructions: Look over the seating arrangements and make sure that people are evenly distributed across the small groups. At each of the small conversation groups, one member of the host organization or team will sit as a table leader. They will have a notepad for taking notes — remind them to write clearly. The groups will get 10 minutes to discuss each question before moving on to the next question. Offer people a chance to take a break after question #2. • Have you, or someone you know well, ever had a problem with any of the topics you identified in the large group discussion? • How did you or they work to overcome the problem? Did anyone help? • Do you see other members of the community struggling with any of the issues you identified in the large group discussion? • What is working well in making sure people feel included in their communities? • What can we change as individuals, communities, and a state to be more welcoming? During the discussion, the table leader should help keep the conversation on track. • If participants get off topic or spend too long on a single story or issue, gently steer them back to the question being discussed. • Ask to hear from people who haven't yet spoken, but don't force people to participate. • When people mention a specific incident where they felt welcome or unwelcome in their community, ask for details. Try to get basics: when the incident occurred, where it happened, who was involved (relationships or positions if not names), and anything that happened as a result of the incident. • Try to take notes as close as possible to what people are actually saying. Don't summarize. • Remember to participate yourself! 5. Draw the Human Rights Connection (15 min) Objective: To connect the experiences of participants to international human rights. Instructions: Give each table a large piece of white paper or flip chart paper and markers. Remind participants of what they did as a large group at the beginning of the meeting, linking human rights to a welcoming community. They are going to repeat the process with their own findings. The small groups should choose 4 or 5 themes they heard over the course of the discussion and write them on one side of the white paper. Then ask the groups to match those themes to human rights found in the abbreviated UDHR. Circulate among the groups to help them find the rights.