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 [...]

7 Key Elements for Combining Education and Volunteer Service

(ref: SLOOPY: Service-Learning Opportunity-Options Program for Youth CD-ROM Resource Kit by Youth Community Service)
Service-learning combines service to the community (civic engagement) with student learning in a way that improves both the student and the community. Focus is placed equally on the learning experience, the skills developed, and the service performed. Here’s a seven-point evaluation system [...]

35 Colleges with a Strong Concern for Social Justice and Service-Learning

(Ref: Making a Difference Colleges by Miriam Weinstein)

Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
Beloit College (Beloit, Wisconsin)
Berea College (Berea, Kentucky)
Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island)
Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)
California University of Pennsylvania (California, Pennsylvania)
Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota)
Center for Global Education (a program of Augsburg College, MI)
Clark University (Worcester, MA)
College of Environmental Science & Forestry State University of [...]