Service learning and human rights education are mutually compatible areas of work, but they are not often presented together in one publication. We hope to promote greater integration of the two through you, the human rights educator/activist readers of The Fourth R. This issue builds a bridge from the children's rights activism featured in the Fall 1996 issue, "Working for Children's Rights" to the current topic of service learning, but it only scratches the surface of the service learning field. We have included articles about youth activism and school programs that include service learning, lessons, and activities that support and deepen students' understanding of their community service work, and selected organizational, video, print, and World Wide Web resources to support your efforts to develop and enhance service learning and human rights education programs.
After editing four issues of the Fourth R (including the Fall 1997 issue), I would like to turn over this interesting, challenging, and rewarding volunteer job to someone new. Please send a letter of interest to the AIUSA Human Rights Educators' Network (see address, below left) between now and September 1, 1997. Or, if you prefer, contact me directly to discuss the specific details of the job.
Janet Schmidt
phone: (508) 543-9895 fax: (508) 698-8832
e-mail: janets@igc.org
