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Download full textKirby, Kathleen – 1989
Community service is a voluntary contribution to the commonweal that teaches valuable lessons about the responsibilities of citizenship in a free society. Vital services are provided through thousands of organizations created to meet needs not otherwise provided for by government. Participation in these community service projects help create a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Hernandez, Arturo – 2002
Traditionally an urban problem, gang involvement is growing on Native American reservations. This digest examines common factors in gang development and one tribe's response through a Native-centric education and juvenile justice system. The sum of handicaps associated with gang involvement has been termed "multiple marginality," and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Responsibility, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Cooperation
