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Online Service Learning Project Engaged Students to Service (A Learn and Serve America Subgrantee)
Sara Buttram a Broad Ripple High School 10th grade student in Indianapolis Indiana is the winner of the "Season of Service Images of Peace" Contest (107K pdf), sponsored by Service For Peace, Learn and Serve Indiana, Peace Learning Center, Indy Parks, and the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. Her winning poster entitled "Holding Peace" was displayed at this year's Martin Luther King / Robert F. Kennedy Commemoration Event "Making the Dream A Reality: Our Commitment to Peace and Non-Violence" which was held on April 4th, 2007 in Kennedy King Park. Her entry was part of an expanding the Martin Luther King Day of Service to a Season of Service starting from January 15th to April 4th 2007, which advances Dr. King's dream for peaceful and just communities by building a movement of positive social change. 
The Poster/ Multimedia Contest encouraged teachers to instruct students in a youth directed service-learning project rooted in Robert F. Kennedy's April 4, 1968 speech to the citizens of Indianapolis following Dr. King's assassination. Ms. Emily Davies, a 2D Art Teacher at Broad Ripple, presented the assignment to the students, concentrating on the idea of symbolism. She had the students draw images or symbols that they thought represented many different words, i.e. freedom, agony, family, etc. After they finished this task, she introduced the poster assignment. Discussing what peace meant to them, both as individuals, and as a society, the students then had free reign to produce their idea of an Image of Peace. 
"As for my thoughts on teaching about peace...I don't teach about peace as much as I do the practice of respect. After all, one cannot exist without the other." Ms. Davies said when asked about the service-learning project. When Ms. Buttram was asked about her experience she said, "I wanted to show that Peace may be hard to catch, but if you're careful enough, you just might catch it and be able to hold it in your hands."If you would like more information about the program, contact Bruce Smith at Service For Peace/Peace Learning Center at bsmith@serviceforpeace.org.
Sector:
K-12 Sector Contact Information
Name:
Bruce Smith
Email:
bsmith@serviceforpeace.org
Institution/Organization:
Service For Peace/Peace Learning Center
Geographical Location:
IN
Area of Service:
Days of Service
Area of Service:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Topics: Theory & Practice:
Service-Learning - General 
