Improving the Human Condition: Leadership for Justice-Oriented Service-Learning

In this article the authors describe and analyze collaborative leadership for a justice-oriented service-learning project. The Banneker History Project (BHP) reconstructed the history of the Benjamin Banneker School, which operated as a segregated school for African Americans from 1915 to 1951. It was a project in social justice education with community service as its base. The authors provide an insider perspective of group dynamics among core leaders for the BHP. Building relationships, working for social justice, and confronting racism are key themes for the group. The authors also offer suggestions for those who might do similar work. (author)