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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Building the Beloved Community

A Discussion Guide for 40 Days of Nonviolence

40 Days of Nonviolence: Building the Beloved Community This material can be found electronically at:

www.mlkday.gov/about/beloved_community/index.asp

“Today there is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.”

- Excerpted from a 1967 interview of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.by Arnold Michaelis “Every King Holiday has been a national ‘teach-in’ on the values of nonviolence, including unconditional love, tolerance, forgiveness and reconciliation, which are so desperately needed to unify America.”

- Coretta Scott King, “The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday” As we turn our attention to the King Holiday and pause to remember the accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. it is especially important to connect the King Day of Service intentionally with the principles upon which Dr. King built his life, his service, and the movement that he championed—the principles of nonviolence. He believed that applying the principles of nonviolence in all areas of one’s life would ultimately bring about the Beloved Community, the end goal of nonviolence, where differences are resolved peaceably and reconciliation occurs among adversaries. To connect the King Holiday to the example Dr. King set and to engage more Americans in honoring him through service, Oregon Volunteers is joining with the Corporation for National and Community Service and others in its network to provide tools for the “40 Days of Nonviolence: Building the Beloved Community” initiative. On the King Holiday and during the 40 days that follow, individuals and organizations participating in the initiative would:

• Study, discuss, and reflect upon the principles of nonviolent action as a strategy for bringing about stronger communities. • Examine the structures in their communities that lead to violence and engage in projects that address those underlying issues. • Plan for 40 days beginning with the King Holiday and implement sustainable service activities to extend throughout the year and beyond.

These elements reflect the fundamental steps in Dr. King’s vision for nonviolent social change: information gathering, education, personal commitment, negotiations, direct action, and reconciliation. What better learning mechanism can there be than one in which everyone can be actively engaged in their community? 40 Days of Nonviolence: Building the Beloved Community will have a powerful and lasting impact on the reach of the King Day of Service campaign. Linking the powerful principles of nonviolence with the tradition of service brings contemporary stature to a historical movement in our country and contemporary meaning to the unfinished work of Dr. King. Linking service more directly to the teachings of Dr. King provides a great opportunity to educate youth and others who have little or no knowledge of this important part of American history and to engage them in service that is grounded in his teachings and creates lasting change.

http://www.mlkday.gov/about/beloved_community/index.asp

Resources Table of Contents

Building the Beloved Community Through the Principles and Steps of Nonviolence pp. 1-2

For Dr. King, the Beloved Community was a realistic, achievable goal that could be attained by a critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy and methods of nonviolence. These resources encompass further study of nonviolence, peace, Dr. King's teachings, and methods of community engagement and strengthening.

From Community Assessment to Community Action pp. 3-4

Community assessment involves identifying both the strengths and weaknesses of a community. These resources provide tools for conducting a community assessment and planning and implementing the response to that assessment.

Projects: A Day of Service pp. 5-6

These are resources to help you plan a service project appropriate for MLK day. From a Day of Service to a Social Change Movement pp. 7-10

These are resources to help you implement ongoing service projects that build the Beloved Community.

Engaging and Managing Volunteers pp. 11-12

Find tools and best practices to help you manage volunteers effectively. Curricula pp. 13-14

Find curricula that supports ongoing learning about Dr. King, conflict resolution and strategies for infusing learning into project planning.

Reflection Guides pp. 15-16

An important part of any service project is reflection. This is especially important for King Day projects to ground them in the example and teachings of Dr. King. These materials support reflection for all ages.

40 Days of Nonviolence: Building the Beloved Community

Building the Beloved Community through Principles and Steps of Nonviolence

For more information, please visit www.MLKDay.gov

For Dr. King, The Beloved Community was a realistic, achievable goal that could be attained by a critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy and methods of nonviolence. The resources below encompass further study of nonviolence, Dr. King's teachings, and nonviolent methods of community engagement and strengthening. (See also the Curricula section).

Adult / General

• Welcome to the Beloved Community http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/bc/ This web page explains the concept of the beloved community in detail.

• Nonviolence: A Way of Life

http://www.thekingcenter.com/prog/non/awayoflife.html This section of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change website includes links to Six Principles of Nonviolence, Six Steps of Nonviolence, and the Pledge of Nonviolence.

• Pledge of Nonviolence in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/pledge.pdf This downloadable pledge can be printed and used with your team as part of a ceremony or discussion.

• Building Community

http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/volunteerweek/building.html Resources for connecting volunteers with their communities

• Resources on Community Engagement and Strengthening

from the Resource Center http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/online_pubs/index.php#community This webpage includes a collection of radio shows and downloadable documents on community engagement topics.

• American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea

http://spot.colorado.edu/~chernus/NonviolenceBook/ This online book discusses the rich intellectual heritage of nonviolence and includes chapters on Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Increase the Peace: A Primer on Fear, Violence and Transformation

http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R0445 This book discusses fear as the root of violence.

MLK Videos

• In Remembrance of Martin http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3001 This informative documentary commemorates the life and work of the civil rights leader.

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http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/bc/index.html


Building the Beloved Community through Principles and Steps of Nonviolence


• King: Man of Peace in a Time of War http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3471 This video examines the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while also looking at the struggle between black and white America and divisiveness within the civil rights movement itself.

• Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream (Video) http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3408 This video presents Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech in its entirety. Concludes with Robert Kennedy's heartfelt, impromptu speech in which he responds to King's assassination.

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3003 This video provides rare film footage and photographs that trace Dr. King's life and political progress.

• Martin Luther King: Commemorative Collection http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3002 This video includes reminiscences by family, friends, and colleagues, and all of King's major orations.

• Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3004 This video examines the life and legacy of the legendary leader through interviews with his confidants and extensive analysis of his speeches and sermons.

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V1324 This is a video biography of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement.

Additional Links to Websites on Dr. King

• King Research and Education Institute http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ Building upon the achievements of Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project, the King Research and Education Institute provides an institutional home for a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate’s life and the movements he inspired.

Youth

• Learn about Dr. King through books and websites http://www.mlkdayofservice.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/content.Resources This website offers a list of resources for further study for both youth and adults.

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From Community Assessmentto Community Action


“Each time a person uses his or her capacity, the community is stronger and the person more powerful. That is why strong communities are basically places where the capacities of local residents are identified, valued, and used.”

—John P. Kretzman and John L. McKnight Community assessment involves identifying both the strengths and weaknesses of a community. When done well, the process uncovers community assets and builds connections between those who provide service and those who need them. Assessment is a first and critical step in any community action plan.

Adult / General

• The Community Toolbox Troubleshooting Guide http://ctb.ku.edu/en/solveproblem/ This guide can be helpful in solving problems and dilemmas that are common with doing community work. Back out to their main website at http://ctb.ku.edu/en/solveproblem/ for an incredible wealth of community development resources

• Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/chapter_1027.htm This is a comprehensive guide to understanding cultural diversity as part of the work of community building.

• Charting a Course: Assessing a Community's Strengths and Needs http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R0283 Helps communities develop their own community assessment strategies to improve the content, timeliness, targeting, and coordination of services, and track the effectiveness of their actions over time.

• Know Your Community: A Step-by-Step Guide to Community Needs and Resources Assessment http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R0668 This guide explains how to complete a comprehensive community assessment. It takes an asset-oriented rather than deficiency-oriented approach, considering individuals, citizen's groups, organizations, and government resources as elements that contribute to community.

• Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=m0026 This book can help you locate the assets, skills, and capabilities of residents, citizen associations, and local institutions in communities.

• Resources on Community Engagement and Strengthening from The Resource Center http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/online_pubs/index.php#community This webpage includes a collection of radio shows and downloadable documents on community engagement topics.

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From Community Assessmentto Community Action


Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of what other projects have done in the area of community assessment

• Assessing community needs before planning a service project http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4610

• Collaborating to develop service programming to address community needs http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=857

• Deciding on the right volunteer project for your program http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4654

• Improving neighborhoods with web-based community mapping http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=1032

• Locating community needs data http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=389

• Helping America’s Youth www.helpingamericasyouth.gov Developed by a team of ten federal agencies, this web site provides users with strategies, tools and resources for building partnerships to address local youth issues. Of particular note is the Community Guide to Helping Americas Youth which contains a national database of research-based program models and an interactive tool for capturing and mapping community resources.

• First Steps in Evaluation: Basic Tools for Asset-Building Initiatives http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=W1735 This workbook includes seven essential goals for community-based asset-building, healthy community rating sheet, youth assessment of asset-building programs, and assessment of asset-building strategies.

Youth

• YMCA Resource Mapping & Community Action Guide: Assessing & Strengthening Communities through Service-Learning http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=6897 This guide helps young people and adults work together to assess community resources and then plan and implement service-learning projects that strengthen those resources and leverage young people's participation in civic life.

• Youth Power Guide: How to Make Your Community Better http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C1367 This manual is designed to help youth improve their communities. Sections include team community assessment, and choosing and planning community projects. It provides advice for adult coordinators of youth groups.

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Projects: A Day of Service


The resources below will help you plan a service project appropriate for MLK Day. Adult / General

• Now is the Time: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Partnership Outreach Video Demonstrates how the King Day of Service is a time to act and give back to the community. Contains testimonials from those who have volunteered and shows footage of various acts of service. Borrow from the library at http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V3425 or watch it online at http://www.mlkday.gov/resources/time/index.asp

• Project Examples

http://www.mlkday.gov/resources/examples/index.asp Ideas for projects that transform Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and teachings into community service that helps solve social problems.

Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of what other projects have done for single-day service projects

• Planning a Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=356

• Instituting a new service day by combining university and community resources http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=728

• Thinking through the details of a service project: a checklist http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4840

Youth

• Everyone's Guide to Successful Project Planning: Tools for Youth http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=W1768 Guide for young people who are working on team projects in their communities.

• Semester of Service http://ysa.org/Programs/SemesterofService/tabid/170/Default.aspx Describes a broad-based effort to involve every American young person, ages 5-25, in a powerful semester of service.

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Projects: A Day of Service


• National and Global Youth Service Day Planning Toolkit http://ysa.org/Portals/0/PDF%20Documents/2007toolkitcomplete.pdf The in-depth information about planning a service day is adaptable to MLK day.

• Students Against Violence Everywhere http://www.nationalsave.org/main/action.php This website offers concrete ideas for single day as well as ongoing violence prevention projects for students.

Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of what other projects have done for single-day service projects

• Involving children of prisoners in a Martin Luther King, Jr., Day event http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=1888

• Offering educational activities for children on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=716

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From a Day of Service to a Social Change Movement


Resources to help you implement ongoing service projects that build the Beloved Community. (See also the Community Assessment section.) Adult / General

• The Triple Evils http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/triple_evils.html This website describes the triple evils; keep them in mind when choosing ways to extend your service.

• Building Community http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/volunteerweek/building.html This website offers resources for connecting volunteers with their communities.

• First Steps in Evaluation: Basic Tools for Asset-Building Initiatives http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=W1735 This workbook includes seven essential goals for community-based asset-building, healthy community rating sheet, youth assessment of asset-building programs, and assessment of asset-building strategies.

• Corporation for National and Community Service Partnerships http://nationalservice.org/for_organizations/how/index.asp This web page explains how you can partner with the Corporation for National and Community Service to increase the impact of your community service program.

• Semester of Service http://ysa.org/Programs/SemesterofService/tabid/170/Default.aspx Describes a broad-based effort to involve every American young person, ages 5-25, in a powerful semester of service.

• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse http://www.servicelearning.org/ Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service/Learn and Serve America, this web site houses a comprehensive collection of materials for engaging K-12 youth, higher education students, community-based organizations and learning institutions in community change through student engagement in service-learning. Resources cover a wide range of topics and include fact sheets, curricula, effective practices, on-line discussion lists, toolkits, bibliographies and project examples that illustrate how young people can make a real difference in classrooms, communities and the world.

• The Ripple Effect: When Mentors and Mentees Volunteer Together http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/filemanager/download/learns/The_Ripple_Effect_fall07.pdf This research to practice paper describes various ways to use service as a strategy for building relationships between mentors and mentees – and their community.

• Summer of Service http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/summer.asp Summer of Service is a national initiative spearheaded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This page on the Corporation’s web site connects users with a national network of organizations committed to engaging youth in meaningful service during summer months and beyond. The site includes strategies for engaging youth and families in service and a toolkit that walks users through the project planning process.

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• LEARNS http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/online_pubs/learns/index.php This is a collection of resources for volunteers and program managers working with youth in mentoring, tutoring, and out of school time.

Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of how others have chosen and implemented service programs

• Deciding on the right volunteer project for your program http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4654

• Working collaboratively to reduce juvenile gun crime in Boston http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=381 This practice is an example of effective partnerships among police, community agencies, and youth agencies.

Youth

• Building Community: A Toolkit for Youth and Adults in Charting Assets and Creating Change http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=W2189 This toolkit helps high school students and adults work together for positive community change. Topics include teambuilding, leadership, building readiness, and creating a shared vision. Provides project ideas with step-by-step instructions.

• Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=M2454 Tells stories of kids who saw a problem and did something about it, addressing issues such as hunger, homelessness, violence, discrimination, healthcare, education, and the environment.

• Art Works! Prevention Programs for Youth & Communities http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R1240 Collection of model programs for involving children in art projects as alternatives to drugs, violence, and alienation. Projects include playwriting, music, theater, traditional dance, mural painting, and acting workshops.

• Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R0327 Ideas for service for young people of all ages, ranging from simple to complex projects. Project areas include community development and beautification, crime fighting, the environment, health, literacy, and senior citizens.

• 160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for Young People http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R0326 Provides ideas for community projects, including how to plan and execute a project. Geared toward young people, the projects include planting trees, starting a toy collection drive, and finding homes for abandoned pets.

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• Service Projects for Teens: 20 Plans that Work http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=R3255 Provides a collection of teen-oriented service projects that have successfully been used by youth ministries. Includes time lines and descriptions, past results and reflections, and special considerations to keep in mind.

• Students Against Violence Everywhere http://www.nationalsave.org/main/action.php Concrete ideas for single day as well as ongoing violence prevention projects for students.

• Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/teach/ Content rich site with sections for teachers, parents, teens, and kids. Includes ten ways to fight hate and 101 tools for tolerance.

• TAP - Teens Acting for Peace http://www.ipj-ppj.org/tap/index.html This website offers resources for implementing a program that teaches college, high school and middle school students to be peace educators with elementary students.

• Stop Bullying Now: Information, Prevention and Tips http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp?area=main Helps kids know what to do if they are being bullied, witness bullying, or think they are bullying others.

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Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of what other projects have done to engage youth in social change

• Teaching peer conflict resolution skills http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=274

• Helping youth use technology for social change http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=1068

• Helping youth create change by developing leadership skills http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4823

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Engaging and Managing Volunteers


For tools and best practices to help you manage volunteers effectively, see below. Adult / General

• Volunteering in America: Resources for Retention http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/volunteerweek This website offers effective volunteer management and community engagement practices.

• Recruiting Mentors: A Guide to Finding Volunteers to Work with Youth http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=M2337 This book includes sections on designing and implementing recruitment plans, as well as recruiting college students and older adults to be mentors.

• Volunteer Leveraging Online Courses http://nationalserviceresources.org/resources/courses/#vol_leveraging Step-by-step online courses on project planning, working with diverse volunteers, and moving volunteers from service to civic engagement

• Washington Youth Voice Handbook http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/index.php?action=detail&id=2474 Housed on the National Service-learning Clearinghouse web site, this Handbook is one of many publications that helps organizations and individuals give youth an authentic voice in all phases of program and project planning, implementation and evaluation.

• Recruit for Diversity http://encorps.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/recruitment_and_placement/recruit_for_diversity.php These tips for recruiting diverse AmeriCorps members can be applied to any volunteer program.

• Ask the Expert: Paula Sotnik http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/online_pubs/disablility_issues/expert.php This article includes questions and answers on including volunteers with disabilities, as well as links to other resources for recruiting and accommodating them.

• Ask the Expert: Andrea Taylor http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/online_pubs/boomers/expert.php This article includes questions and answers on working with baby boomer volunteers, as well as links to other resources for recruiting and accommodating them.

Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of how other projects work effectively with volunteers

• Keeping volunteers motivated by maintaining positive communication http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4829

• Allaying typical concerns of first-time volunteers http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4832

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http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/index.php?action=detail&item=W3403


Engaging and Managing Volunteers


• Resolving differences of opinion http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=800

• Retaining members through conflict resolution http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=372

• Resolving team conflict http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=279

• Resolving conflict between volunteers http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=796

Youth

• Top Ten Ways to Recruit and Engage Youth Volunteers http://nonprofit.about.com/od/volunteers/tp/recruityouth.htm This article explains how to recruit youth volunteers by putting yourself in their shoes.

• Change the World with a Youth Media Agency http://nonprofit.about.com/od/volunteers/a/youthsocialmktg.htm This article explains how involving youth in a media agency fills the community’s need for social marketing while providing teenagers with a positive experience that builds career and personal skills.

• Volunteer Connections: New Strategies for Involving Youth http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=M3555 This manual offers practical suggestions for engaging youth in an organization for the benefit of the volunteer, the organization, and the community. Covers recruitment, orientation and training, supervision and evaluation, screening, recognition, and more.

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Curricula


For curricula that supports ongoing learning about Dr. King, conflict resolution and strategies for infusing learning into project planning, see below. Adult / General

• Face to Face: Resolving Conflict without Giving In or Giving Up http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C1907 This curriculum contains thirty hours of training materials in three modules, which cover personal strategies, interpersonal strategies, and intragroup or intergroup strategies for resolving conflict.

• Face to Face: A Presenter's Manual on Conflict Resolution and Communication Skills (6-Hour Basic Course) http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C0967 This abbreviated curriculum offers a six-hour basic course in conflict resolution and communication skills.

• Conflict Resolution Training Program http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C3346 This program offers a step-by-step approach for teaching dispute resolution techniques.

• Conflict and Communication Activity Book: 30 High-Impact Training Exercises for Adult Learners http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C3347 This book gives step-by-step directions to guide adult learners through creative, interactive exercises.

• Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C1190 This is a curricula for social justice education topics such as racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and heterosexism.

Youth

• Celebrating the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King: Curriculum Materials http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl/mlk/curriculum.htm This is a comprehensive collection of curricula from a variety of authoritative websites. Includes both K-12 and young adult resources.

• Liberation Curriculum http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ This website offers a wide variety of rich curricula related to Dr. King suitable for grade levels 9 - 12.

• National Service-learning Clearinghouse http://www.servicelearning.org/ Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service/Learn and Serve America, this web site houses a comprehensive collection of materials for engaging K-12 youth, higher education students, community-based organizations and learning institutions in community change through student engagement in service-learning. Resources cover a wide range of topics and include fact sheets, curricula, effective practices, on-line discussion lists, toolkits, bibliographies and project examples that illustrate how young people can make a real difference in classrooms, communities and the world.

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Curricula


• Adventures in Peacemaking http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C1557 This resource contains tools and activities for teaching conflict resolution to school-age children.

• Helping Kids Prevent Violence: Conflict! Think About It, Talk About It, Try to Work It Out http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=V0074 This video teaches children that conflict with others doesn't have to lead to violence. Video and follow-up discussion program designed to help students think and talk about conflict, and to learn new ways to work conflict out.

• Ready-to-Use Conflict Resolution Activities for Secondary Students http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C0103 This book provides lessons for those teaching peaceful and successful ways of resolving conflicts. It includes information on how to establish a school-wide peer mediation program.

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Reflection Guides


An important part of any service project, is reflection. This is especially important for King Day projects to ground them in the example and teachings of Dr. King. For materials to support reflection, see below. Adult / General

• Journal Reflection: A Resource Guide for Community Service Leaders and Educators Engaged in Service Learning http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=W0021 This guide provides thought-provoking exercises to help the novice writer incorporate impressions into day-to-day service efforts.

• Lasting Lessons: A Teacher's Guide to Reflecting on Experience http://nationalserviceresources.org/nsrclibrary/?action=detail&item=C1153 This guide discusses how to lead a reflection session and develop questioning, and offers alternative activities for reflecting.

Effective Practices Proven techniques and real-life examples of what other projects have done to encourage reflection

• Bringing closure to a service project with recognition, reflection, and evaluation http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4841

• Planning reflection activities http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=431

• Creating structured opportunities for reflection http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=503

• Defining service with a reflection activity http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=927

• Incorporating creative reflection activities http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=407

• Moving from reflection to action with a volunteer plan http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/epicenter/practices/index.php?ep_action=view&ep_id=4821

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Reflection Guides


Youth

• Service Reflection Toolkit http://www.studentsinservicetoamerica.org/tools_resources/docs/nwtoolkit.pdf This toolkit covers the basics of what reflection is and gives sample questions, as well as information about the benefits of the process.

• Connecting Thinking and Action: Ideas for Service-Learning Reflection http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/132/Reflection%20Guide%20Internet1.pdf This downloadable document offers ideas for connecting thinking and action in service-learning.

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