Breaking the Age Barrier: Multi-Generational Service-Learning

This issue of Service-Learning Network explores a world where teachers, students, and community members break the age barrier in service to their communities. Former Illinois Senator Paul Simon offers images of intergenerational service from political and personal points of view. In The Gathering of Elders, Stella Raudenbush and McClellan Hall use an Indigenous model of community to celebrate the relationship between young and old. Youth in Decision Making, an in-depth study conducted at the University of Wisconsin, surveys the effects that young people can have on adults and organizations. FYI acknowledges the tragic events surrounding September 11 with online lessons, research links, and service-learning project suggestions designed to provide students and teachers with coping and learning strategies. In Program Profiles, writer-educator Wendy Schaetzel Lesko surveys projects where citizens of diverse ages work together. Review Corner looks at three publications designed to encourage collaboration across the generations.