6 Questions for Using Books as a Catalyst for Social Action

ref: Complete Guide to Service Learning by Cathryn Berger Kaye, chapter 3
In the Complete Guide to Service Learning, the author recommends creating a Service Learning Bookshelf with books and stories that can teach and motivate young people to read and become inspired to action. Books can lead students to consider many questions:

What do I have [...]

9 Promises Made by Everyone Who Marched with Gandhi in 1921

[ref: soulforce.org]
This is the pledge to nonviolence signed by marchers with Mahatma Gandhi in 1921. Gandhi’s birthday is October 2nd.

A civil resister will harbor no anger.
A civil resister will suffer the anger of the opponent.
In so doing, a civil resister will put up with assaults from the opponent, never retaliate; but he will not [...]

30 Small Acts to Change the World

(ref: Be the Change, by Michelle Nunn pg. 243-270)

If someone says they need money to get on the subway, I will swipe my subway pass for them and pay for their ride that way. (Allan Sih – NY, NY)
So what if your Dumpster is closer than Goodwill? Put that stuff in your car and [...]

31 Questions About Allowable Political Activity from the Pulpit (and where you can get the answers)

(ref: Politics and the Pulpit 2008 from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
In relatively plain English, Politics and the Pulpit 2008 – A Guide to the Internal Revenue Code Restrictions on the Political Activity of Religious Organizations identifies the following commonly asked questions about what role religious organizations can play during an election. [...]