The Holistic Ball of Yarn
...Steps to Social Involvement, everyone is asked to form a circle. The first person is holding the ball of yarn and is asked to choose an issue that they feel passionate about. After telling the people in the circle of the issue that they feel really strongly about, they throw the ball of yarn to another person, where he/she repeats the same process. This activity continues until all the members in the group have had a chance to state their issue and hold a ball of yarn. It ends with a look at the final picture of the entire circle. Each person is holding a piece of the yarn and it looks like a web of issues. The point of the exercise is to explain that we all have passions and issues that we all feel strongly about changing. However, whatever the issue, it is always conne...