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11.6ObjectivesTimeTalk Shows1. To engage the participants and their community guests in an activity and adiscussion that includes proposed solutions for issues and themes appearing in thismanualTwo hours and 20 minutes. (This activity can take place in one long session, but twoor more sessions are recommended so that other community members, includingfamily and friends of the participants, can also be engaged.)Materials • Flip-chart and markers.• Enough copies of Handout 21: Case Studies for Talk Shows for allparticipantsAdvancePreparationSteps• Optional: poster boards, crayons/colored pencils, tape, presentation props.For this activity, the participants will dramatize a talk show focusing on a problem intheir community. In addition to casting the participants in the roles of talk showparticipants, the facilitator might want to bring in a real “specialist”—doctor, lawyer,psychologist, or other expert who can offer advice and and/or counseling on theshow. It is essential that the specialist be briefed on the objectives of the workshopsand “talk show” prior to the session(s).Part 1: Preparation for the Talk Show (One hour and 30 minutes)1. Ask the audience if they have ever seen a talk show and to discuss the positives andnegatives of dramatizing a talk show.2. Explain that the participants will produce a talk show, during which a communityissue is addressed and possible solutions are proposed.3. Review the various issues that have been discussed in the workshops.4. Pass out Handout 21: Case Studies for Talk Shows or ask a few participants to readaloud the case studies from the handout.5. Ask participants if they want to vote on which of the handout’s case studies to useas the theme of the talk show, if they would prefer to use a case study from aprevious workshop, or if they want to create a case study of their own.6. Once a case study has been selected, brainstorm all its issues and potentialsolutions.7. Review the general format of talk shows, using examples from television.8. Make a list of the possible “characters” to appear on the talk show. For example, ifthe group selects Case Study No. 1, they might include: Maria, Jose, one of Maria’sfriends, one of Jose’s friends, another young woman and/or young man who hasexperienced a similar situation, a nurse or a doctor, and a family member. Thereshould be between three and six characters.9. Divide the participants into the same number of groups as there are characters and111