Meeting Plan for 10-20-14

Meeting Plan for Global Voices – 10/20/14:

·         Hand out the outline for the meeting (with theme, quote, order of meeting, etc.)

-          Different style now – today will be a lot of discussing GV for the rest of the semester, but the following meetings will focus more on singing than talking

·         Hand out schedule for rest of semester (with themes for each meeting, etc.)

-          Each member can pick a date to teach us Hello, Peace, and Goodbye in their language (if they want to). Please tell me at the end of the meeting. Feel free to suggest songs from your country/culture that fit with one of the themes for each meeting. Please let me know ahead of time by sending me the recording & lyrics for the song in the original language, as well as a rough English translation.

·         Potluck on Dec. 15^th or weekend before? Sharing our country/culture/food/music etc. with each other – everyone comes prepared to briefly tell us about these things, give a music sample, etc.?

·         Discuss possible “sharing time” with others for Martin Luther King Jr. day in January? What might this look like?

·         Theme for this meeting: self improvement that leads to a more positive influence upon our community (family, friends, and wider local and global community).

·         Quotes about “keeping our own inner garden clean” and how that influences our inner peace and outward actions. Quote about our own personal perspective and worldview.

·         Show a video – discuss the choice we have to make a difference, starting with ourselves and then one-on-one relationships. Comments?

·         Read “The Starfish Story”

·         Reflect on what we can do ourselves to have a positive impact upon others (smile, be helpful, random acts of kindness, etc.)

·         Perhaps we can each try to do at least one random act of kindness before our next meeting and share it with the group (if desired).

·         Vocal warm up

S     Then sing:

·         “We Are The World” theme song

·         “Better Man” – from Playing For Change

-          Listen first and read the lyrics while listening

-          Read through lyrics aloud as a group, in segments (vocabulary, pronunciation, meaning, how it makes us feel, etc., discussion)

-          Sing along with recording

-          Break it into segments and learn it

-          Last time sing ourselves with recording playing softly in background

·         “Stand By Me” – regular version – if time

-          Pick it apart and learn it

-          Last time sing ourselves with recording playing softly in background

·         End with “We Are The World”  theme song