This is a group drawing activity that invites participants to tell their stories about how they came to be anti-racist activists/organizers. We use it at the beginning of a long program, so that participants can reflect on their lives and what brought them to the room, and then use those drawings as a way to get to know each other.  We do this after we have shared a little bit with the group about our own paths. We like to take a break after this exercise and invite people to look around the room at the gallery of paths, talk to each other about their paths, etc. 

Note: We also like to use a version of this exercise at the end of a long program, as a way for participants to reflect on their experiences through the program, evaluate the program, see where they’ve come and how they’ve changed.