• Spending time with someone who’s lonely or frequently ignored • Tutoring or mentoring a younger child • Cleaning a neighborhood • Acknowledging and affirming the humanity of a person in a dehuman- izing situation, like someone living in poverty or who is unhoused • Marching or protesting for change • Creating and sharing art that inspires and uplifts others • Amplifying the voices of the marginalized • Engaging in a letter writing campaign • Developing eco-friendly habits for school and home Cathedral’s Episcopal tradition places particular emphasis on service through supporting the poor, feeding the hungry, sheltering the unhoused, visiting the sick and imprisoned, educating others, comforting the sorrowful or afflicted, supporting migrants and refugees, caring for creation, and engaging in social justice and racial reconciliation. Step 4: Reflection Reflection is the crucial conclusion to service learning. This involves looking back on the whole process and asking questions like: What was the most and least effective of our actions? What should we do differently next time? How has my understanding of others and the situation changed? What did I learn about myself in this process? How have I become a better servant? For example, imagine the Upper Schoolers are addressing homelessness in San Francisco. We begin the cycle of service learning by seeing the humanity in our neighbors who are unhoused and asking about the experience and condi- tions of homelessness. We visit our local service partner—City Hope—and ask what actions and organizations that address homelessness have been the most and the least effective. With this greater awareness, and in conversation
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